THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 DUAL STATUS TECHNICIAN EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
The National Guard is the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United States. Since the earliest American colonial days, citizens have joined together for collective defense. We have a proud tradition of coming to the aid of our friends and neighbors in times of serious emergencies. Join our National Guard team and serve your nation, your states and your community!
Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 DUAL STATUS TECHNICIAN EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
The National Guard is the oldest component of the Armed Forces of the United States. Since the earliest American colonial days, citizens have joined together for collective defense. We have a proud tradition of coming to the aid of our friends and neighbors in times of serious emergencies. Join our National Guard team and serve your nation, your states and your community!
POSITION DUTIES: This position is for non co-located/stand-alone or host Air National Guard (ANG) Wings or ANG Security Forces organizations co-located on non-Air Force installations. This position is located in the Mission Support Group, Security Forces Squadron (SFS). This is an ANG Dual Status Technician position requiring military membership, compatible military skill assignment, and classification. The primary purpose of this position is the principal advisor to the Wing Commander as the Anti-Terrorism Officer (ATO) and reports to the Mission Support Group Commander as the Defense Force Commander (DFC) with responsibility over the SFS; develops, implements, and manages the wing law enforcement, physical security, wing security, and Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection (AT/FP) programs.
MAJOR DUTIES:
1. Incumbent is the Wing Commander's principal advisor in all law enforcement and physical security matters. Enforces federal and assimilated state criminal and traffic laws, applicable regulations and administrative policies. Provides protection at the air base against possible theft, unauthorized entry, espionage, sabotage, and subversion from both internal and external threats. Performs analytical and evaluative duties related to the business of security. Responsible for accomplishment of the wing physical security and law enforcement programs.
2. Serves as the Wing AT/FP Officer. Required to direct installation measures needed to protect against internal and external threats of terrorism. Exercises delegated authority by the Wing Commander to implement plans and protective measures to counter the threat, and for law enforcement initiatives and functions. Plans and develops selective law enforcement operations to assure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Analyzes weaknesses identified during risk mitigation studies, and higher headquarters inspections of systematic security problems in order to modify and/or apply new theories and recommended solutions. Ensures compliance with requirements for the protection of the command's Protection Level 1-4 (PL 1-4) resources. Compiles, summarizes, and analyzes information relating to crime prevention requirements; develops plans for approaches to satisfy the requirements and implements appropriate courses of action.
3. Plans, schedules, controls, and directs all unit functions. Provides leadership and guidance ensuring unit functions meets all wartime readiness requirement. Establishes unit goals that are the foundation for long and short range planning and execution of all internal programs. Develops, implements and reviews policies, procedures, and methods for identifying and protecting information, personnel, property, facilities, operations, or material from unauthorized disclosure, misuse, theft, assault, vandalism, espionage, sabotage or loss. Plans and advises on security and law enforcement issues. Interprets DoD, AF, ANG and State guidelines, and advises on methods and procedures for application. Evaluates overall effectiveness of the unit. Initiates changes to improve services or meet new requirements.
4. Performs a variety of DFC and supervisory functions to include assigning work to subordinates (dual and non-dual status, Active Guard Reserve (AGR), and traditional drill status members) by selective criteria such as the difficulty of the assignment, capabilities of the employee, or present work load assigned to each employee. Sets priorities and deadlines, develops standards and evaluates performance of subordinate employees. Periodically reviews position descriptions to ensure accuracy, and the most effective utilization of personnel resources.
5. Serves as the highest technical authority in regards to security for the wing. Maintains liaison with national, state, and local governmental agencies such as law enforcement, disaster relief, and others regarding matters of operational and environmental safety, protection of resources and other issues of possible installation impact. Negotiates and reviews host/tenant agreements, memoranda of understanding, joint use and inter-service agreements, and leases, with military and civil agencies. Educates on appropriate command and control issues and ensures that applicable units understand organizational relationships and priorities in regards to security. Ensures a close functional working relationship with participating units. Coordinates physical security and other investigative matters with military, other federal agencies, or civil authorities. Provides guidance and assistance during emergencies as well as civil disturbances and disturbances involving use of military resources. Incumbent has full power to detain, pursue, or direct detaining of person(s) fleeing a crime scene, active shooter, or attempting to resist arrest.
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
This is an excepted service position that requires membership in military assignment in WV's National Guard, and is required prior to the effective date of placement.
Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
Male applicants born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered, or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
May be required to successfully complete a 2 year probationary period.
Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request of the agency a legally required exception from this requirement.
The incumbent of this position description must have, at a minimum, a completed Top Secret clearance.
This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
May occasionally be directed to work other than normal duty hours.
This position may be designated mission essential based on local conditions. Mission essential personnel report for duty at normal times when the unit is closed or delayed reporting, and remain on duty during phased or early release.
May require travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments
Maintains weapons qualifications commensurate with a 31PX series Air Force Specialty Code.
The position is designated for drug testing.
Army personnel are willing and welcome to apply, but you must consider and complete a crossover to the Air National Guard before you can officially start this position.
Qualifications
MINIMUM MILITARY GRADE: O1 MAXIMUM MILITARY GRADE: O4
Your rank MUST be included somewhere within your resume.
You must fully substantiate in your own words that you meet the requirements listed below. When explaining minimum requirements and specialized experience you must give examples. Do not copy from the vacancy announcement or the position description. Explain it in your own words and give examples to be considered for this vacancy.
All personnel applying for this position who do not meet the minimum military grade requirement MUST provide the proper signed memorandum from your respective Military Personnel Office (MILPO for ARNG, FSS for ANG) to prove eligibility to obtain the required grade upon accepting the position.
***ENLISTED APPLICANTS ONLY***
All enlisted applicants who exceed the maximum military rank must provide a memorandum explaining if selected for this position, you will accept a voluntary reduction in rank. The memorandum must be submitted WITH your application to be considered for this position.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Leads, manages, and directs Security Forces activities concerning installations, weapon systems, and resources security; anti-terrorism; law enforcement and investigations; integrated defense; armament and equipment; training pass and registration; information, personnel, industrial security; and combat arms. The organizational location of this position is in the ARNG (Plans, Operations, and Training Office) and ANG Security Forces units.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify, must have experience in formulating and implementing the Wing's information protection functions and activities. Experienced in managing the program's plans, processes, and policies. Experiences include establishing and adjusting short and long term priorities. Competent in establishing metric and analysis systems to assess the program's efficiencies and effectiveness. Experiences include work that involved anticipating and planning for unexpected changes in system designs, equipment developments, or comparable aspects of various equivalent projects. Experienced in evaluating requirements for additional resources and balancing organizational needs with mission requirements and resource interests. Capable of identifying the program's needs and priority changes and experienced in executing those changes as required with full control and monitoring skills. Experiences included establishing review systems and procedures that ensured governmental information protection requirements were validated, enforced, monitored, and maintained. Skilled in economically operating the Information Protection program to identify areas, activities, and tasks that need revisions and improvements. Experienced in administrating guides and developed procedures that ensured the Wing's Information Protection Staff employees and Security specialists executed converged, multi-disciplined, and risk-based approaches to address assessments and self-disciplined reviews for Air Force supported and supporting missions and operations. Competent and very capable in presenting briefs to senior leaders on Information Protection program's business accomplishments, forecasted events, goals,objectives, and areas of concern. Competent and very capable to read and write reports concerning the program's business accomplishments, forecasted events, goals, objectives, and areas of concern. Competent in presenting facts, written or orally, to defend and/or applaud the Wing, Major Command, and Air Force programs' progress, priorities, interests, and discoveries. Experienced in establishing a resource program thatprovided comprehensive information to the Wing Commander, Major Commands, and Air Force to support and address program cycle input. Experiences include addressing questions concerning the allocation of resources and program work requirements that obtained necessary resources to affect Information Protection programs in the Wing. Competence levels ensured Information Protection program requirements were considered and included in new or revised operational, technical, or administrative Wing programs, facility structures, or equipment changes. Experiences included a wide-range of activities and responsibilities in monitoring and protecting Wing specific programs.
Education
There are no educational requirements for this position.
Additional information
DEFINITION FOR AREAS OF CONSIDERATION Area 1: Current On-board Title 32 Technicians (Tenure: 1-Permanent, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) and Permanent AGRs in the West Virginia National Guard at the advertised location. Area 2: Current On-board Title 32 Technicians (Tenure: 1-Permanent, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) and Permanent AGRs in the West Virginia National Guard. Area 3: WVNG Army M-Day and Air Force DSG (Drill-Status Guardsmen,) Temporary Title 32 Technicians, Temporary AGR (OTOT), and national guardsmen serving on Full-time National Guard Duty - Operational Support Orders (ADOS). Area 4: Federal re-employable eligible employees, National Guardsmen outside of the WVNG, and U.S Citizens willing to join the West Virginia National Guard as a condition of employment.
Permanent Change of Station: PCS funds are not available for this position.
Incentives: Relocation and Recruitment Incentives may be authorized for this position.
All WVNG positions are pending availability of resources and funds.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your documents will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.
Plagiarism in an applicant's resume from any position description or qualification standard written by NGB or OPM will result in an automatic disqualification.
HRO will not search for missing information or infer about aspects of an applicant's application. The information therein must be clear and unambiguous for an eligibility determination.
DSG and M-Day applicants will be required to include their part-time experience or current status in the West Virginia National Guard in their resume to prove eligibility for Consideration in Area 3.
All supporting documentation required for eligibility certification will be explicitly listed in the Required Documents section on USA Jobs. Applicants that fail to produce all documents listed in this section before the announcement closes will be disqualified.
Resumes alone are not sufficient as proof of documentation.
If you are found eligible, you will be referred in numerical order of area of consideration to the hiring manager for employment consideration. If you are found eligible and were not referred to the hiring manager, then your application will be held until the hiring manager requests your respective area.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:
If you do not submit these forms, you will be deemed ineligible, and your name will not be referred to the hiring manager.
Resume
Must provide Military Rank/Pay Grade for current members serving in the Armed Forces.
Include DSG/M-Day assignment information or provide other supporting documentation (v-MPF RIP, NGB 23A, etc.)
Cannot exceed 2 pages
SF-50, AGR Orders, or ADOS Orders (Only if you are a fulltime employee of the National Guard)
Must be up-to-date and current
Transcripts/Degree (If you wish to be certified based on education)
Certification (If it is required in this announcement)
Your responses to the Qualifications Questionnaire; this questionnaire is filled out via the USA Jobs Announcement through www.usajobs.gov. ALL applications and supporting documents MUST be submitted through www.usajobs.gov electronically and must be submitted prior to midnight of the closing date. Mailed, e-mailed, hand-delivered, and faxed applications will NOT be accepted or considered. Missing required documents will prevent you from being found eligible for this position and will prevent you from being referred to the hiring manager.
DO NOT SUBMIT MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application/Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section of this announcement. To view the Occupational Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13026477
A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. No documents will be accepted after 11:59 PM (EST) of the closing date of the announcement.
To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
Follow the prompts to select your documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.
To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
WV 130th AW
1679 Coonskin Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
US
Next steps
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.
In the event you receive a non-eligible notification, and you believe this decision was made in error; you have 5 working days from the day it was received in your inbox to send an appeal to the servicing Human Resources Office. The appeal will be sent via email to ng.wv.wvarng.list.hrostaffing@army.mil and must include the following information: Announcement number, Announcement title, reason of non-eligibility that you received from USA Jobs, and your justification as to why this decision was erroneous. New documentation cannot be accepted after the closing date of this announcement and will not be used in an appeal request. The appeal process is applicant driven. HRO will not accept appeals from selecting officials on the applicant's behalf and will not communicate with the selecting official regarding the appeal processes status.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:
If you do not submit these forms, you will be deemed ineligible, and your name will not be referred to the hiring manager.
Resume
Must provide Military Rank/Pay Grade for current members serving in the Armed Forces.
Include DSG/M-Day assignment information or provide other supporting documentation (v-MPF RIP, NGB 23A, etc.)
Cannot exceed 2 pages
SF-50, AGR Orders, or ADOS Orders (Only if you are a fulltime employee of the National Guard)
Must be up-to-date and current
Transcripts/Degree (If you wish to be certified based on education)
Certification (If it is required in this announcement)
Your responses to the Qualifications Questionnaire; this questionnaire is filled out via the USA Jobs Announcement through www.usajobs.gov. ALL applications and supporting documents MUST be submitted through www.usajobs.gov electronically and must be submitted prior to midnight of the closing date. Mailed, e-mailed, hand-delivered, and faxed applications will NOT be accepted or considered. Missing required documents will prevent you from being found eligible for this position and will prevent you from being referred to the hiring manager.
DO NOT SUBMIT MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application/Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section of this announcement. To view the Occupational Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13026477
A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. No documents will be accepted after 11:59 PM (EST) of the closing date of the announcement.
To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
Follow the prompts to select your documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.
To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
WV 130th AW
1679 Coonskin Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
US
Next steps
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.
In the event you receive a non-eligible notification, and you believe this decision was made in error; you have 5 working days from the day it was received in your inbox to send an appeal to the servicing Human Resources Office. The appeal will be sent via email to ng.wv.wvarng.list.hrostaffing@army.mil and must include the following information: Announcement number, Announcement title, reason of non-eligibility that you received from USA Jobs, and your justification as to why this decision was erroneous. New documentation cannot be accepted after the closing date of this announcement and will not be used in an appeal request. The appeal process is applicant driven. HRO will not accept appeals from selecting officials on the applicant's behalf and will not communicate with the selecting official regarding the appeal processes status.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
