Supervisory Security Specialist

The Supervisory Security Specialist position is located in the Division of Personnel Security and Access Control (DPSAC), Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of Management (OM), Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The incumbent This position is located within the Division of Personnel Security and Access Control (DPSAC). DPSAC is responsible for managing and administering the NIH personnel suitability and security clearance program, verifying personal identity, processing and initiating security clearance requests, conducting background checks, making suitability determinations, and issuing ID badges for NIH personnel.

Duties

If selected for this position as a GS-0080-15 Supervisory Security Specialist your duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Conceiving, planning, developing, implementing, and overseeing all responsibilities under the purview of the DPSAC.
• Directing the administration of all personnel security processing requirements for individuals requesting general and/or limited access to any NIH campus or facility.
• Oversee NIH's ongoing compliance with Homeland Security President Directive 12 (HSPD-12) as it relates to DPSAC areas of responsibility in personnel security and the issuance of identification badges.
• Responsible for the development, implementation, and ongoing management of a comprehensive personnel security program and associated functions for all of the NIH.
• Directing all the issuance of access control cards individuals and others working at or doing business with the NIH.
• Final authority and responsibility over all personnel security and associated functions in direct support of the biomedical research mission at the NIH.
• Authority to make suitability determinations of all individuals requiring physical and logical access to NIH facilities and networks.
• Prescreening of all categories of employees, contractors and affiliates for initial employment and retention of sensitive and non-sensitive positions; security clearances and eligibility; and access to sensitive information, resources, materials, or work sites; and critical infrastructure and IT systems.
• Manage the issuance of a variety of identification badges to individuals supporting the NIH.

*Please note that this is not an official job announcement. All applications will need to be submitted through USAjobs.gov.

Click on the link to apply: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/766065800

The position will open on 12/27/23 and close on 1/5/24.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $155,700.00 - $183,500.00 per year

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person