Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to the public.

This position will report to the Chief, Physical Security Branch in the Facilities and Security Office (FSO). The FSO is seeking a dynamic, high energy, and exceptional Physical Security Specialist to join its team. The Judiciary Security Division (JSD) is responsible for overseeing the physical security programs for judiciary facilities. The division also develops and maintains the emergency program for the protection of employees and ensures mission essential functions are continued during and following emergencies. In addition, the JSD advocates for the physical security requirements provided by the United States Marshals Service (USMS), the Federal Protective Service (FPS), and Executive Branch agencies to maintain adequate physical security for the federal courts and works with USMS and FPS staff to collaboratively develop and monitor execution of overall program policies.

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

1. Assisting in formulating judiciary physical security program standards, policy, and guidance for review and approval.
2. Providing inputs and recommendations for long-term planning and short-term formulation of judiciary security budget requests, and changes to judiciary security appropriation language and other legislation.
3. Serving on the Inter-Agency Security Committee (ISC) working group to provide Judicial Branch input and feedback concerning current ISC Physical Security Standards and future revisions.
4. Providing program management oversight of judiciary funded physical security services and projects being delivered by U.S. Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, and/or the General Services Administration.
5. Acting as a Contracting Officer Representative for judiciary security related contracts and programs.
6. Participating in focused studies (e.g., leading the collection of data and information and providing analysis) to evaluate the delivery of judiciary security programs and provide program improvement recommendations.
7. Organizing and facilitating multi-agency executive meetings and discussions to address program delivery deficiencies, emergent issues, and budgetary concerns.
8. Developing standardized information and training materials and messaging to communicate judiciary physical security program goals, objectives, and initiatives to judges, court unit executives, Administrative Office executives and leadership, and federal partner agency representatives.
9. Performing special projects and tasks to include Capital Security Program, Courthouse Construction Program, and Home Intrusion Detection System.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience is demonstrated experience planning, developing, and evaluating the results of security programs to ensure program operations meet established quality performance levels and standards; and monitoring and providing oversight of physical security projects.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.