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National Nuclear Security Administration Personnel Security Specialist (Quality Assurance and Training Coordinator) in United States
Summary This position is part of the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration Demonstration Project: This position is covered by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Demonstration Project. The NQ-03 is equivalent to the GS-13/14 grade levels. For more information on the NNSA Demonstration Project & Pay Band/Salary Tables, contact the HR Consultant listed on this vacancy announcement. Responsibilities As a Personnel Security Specialist (Quality Assurance and Training Coordinator), you will: Serve as a senior personnel security specialist with Naval Reactors with responsibility for planning, developing, and evaluating the training program. Implement a major segment of a national personnel security program that affects personnel security/access determinations for a variety of national defense and nuclear security programs, organizations and industrial contractor operations with the Naval Reactors (NR) Program. Provide authoritative technical guidance and advisory assistance to a variety of senior program office and site managers, M&O contractors, and representatives of other government agencies, on the interpretation and application of DOE, DOD and national security policies, regulations, executive orders, standards, and procedures. Responsible for adjudicating personnel security cases of outstanding difficulty, investigating and analyzing a variety of highly sensitive, complex and controversial personnel security problems which typically involve individuals holding high level positions with access to highly sensitive programs of critical importance to national security. Plan, organize, and direct all aspects of the Personnel Security both quality assurance and consistency program and the training and development program. Review, analyze, and assess existing or proposed security policies and objectives to determine impact on current NR personnel security policies and operations in order to evaluate the impact on NR personnel security operations and advise senior security program managers. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: One year of experience in the next lower pay band NQ-02/GS-12 equivalent, which demonstrates an advanced knowledge regarding personnel security principles related to quality reviews, training, procedures and techniques, conduct of surveys and self-assessments for a personnel security program or related field. Prior experience as a trainer or a similar position with demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Position Classification Standards for Security Administration Series, GS-0080 Time-In-Grade/Band: Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade/pay band requirements to be eligible for consideration. Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade/band any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade/pay band requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. For an NQ-03 position you must have served 52 weeks as a NQ-02 or GS-12 or equivalent. The grade /pay band may have been in any occupation and must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade/pay band eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide additional SF-50s that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade/pay band. We will not make assumptions that this requirement has been met. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Duties (be specific in describing your duties, we cannot make assumptions regarding your experience) Employer's name and address Supervisor name and phone number Start and end dates including month, day and year (e.g. June 18 2007 to April 05 2008) Start and end dates for each grade/pay level if you've held a federal position. Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week) Salary Education There is no substitution of education for experience at the NQ-03 or GS-13/14 level. Additional Information The U.S. Department of Energy fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across DOE. 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