Security Specialist
Vacancy has expired
Emmitsburg, MD
| Employer: | FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
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Summary The ideal candidate will have experience working in a Physical Security environment assisting in the issuance of badges and credentials and assisting senior security personnel with various tasks related to safeguarding personnel, property, systems and assets. Duties What will I do in this position if hired? This position is located in the NETC Management, Operations and Support Services Division (MOSS), U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), Federal Emergency Management (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Emmitsburg, Maryland. In this position, you will performs assignments in relation to creating and directing the creation of requests for investigations used to determine the suitability, reliability, integrity, trustworthiness and loyalty of FEMA employees, applicants for employment, Federal contractors and other designated personnel who will work with or have access to sensitive or classified information, resources, and material which could adversely affect national security, the public welfare, or the efficiency of the Federal service. Typical assignments include:
What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov. Requirements Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The time-in-grade and qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-09 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:
OR Education Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR Combination of education and experience. Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:
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