• Job Description

  Req#: 823754400

  This position is located at Bureau of Engraving and Printing, within the Background Investigations Branch. As a Personnel Security Specialist, you will help conduct background investigations for federal public trust and national security positions; conduct special investigations pertaining to employee and contractor misconduct; periodic reinvestigations and continuous vetting of federal employees and contractors.

  
  

  Duties

  
  

  The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

  
  

  Requirements

  
  

  
  

  Qualifications

  
  

  This opportunity is also open to Status Candidates under Announcement 25-BEp-12639144. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.
  
  You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
  
  For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

  • applying personnel security rules, regulations, policies, and practices in order to gather facts, draw conclusions or recommend solutions to problems. AND
  • establishing and maintaining effective partnerships and communication regarding personnel security investigations. AND
  • review reports and investigations for indications of improper activities and identifying potential problems.

  OR You may qualify with a Ph. D. or equivalent doctoral degree
  OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR LL.M., if related.
  OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.
  
  
  For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

  • applying personnel security rules, regulations, policies, and practices in order to gather facts, draw conclusions or recommend solutions to problems. AND
  • establishing and maintaining effective partnerships and communication regarding personnel security investigations.

  OR You may qualify with a 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 You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.
  
  
  For the GS-07, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

  • Applying security, law enforcement or personnel security rules, regulations, policies, and standard procedures in order to gather facts, draw conclusions or recommend solutions to problems.

  OR 1 full year of graduate level education
  OR a Bachelor's degree with one of the following requirements for superior academic achievement: A GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last 2 years of study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college, university or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies.
  OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, your total qualifying experience is calculated as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level. Then, your education is calculated as a percentage of the education required for the grade level. The two percentages are added together. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level.

• About the company

  The secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, which is concerned with all financial and monetary matters relating to the federal government, and, until 2003, also included several major federal law enforcement agencies. The secretary of the treasury is the principal economic advisor to the president of the United States and plays a critical role in policy-making by bringing an economic and government financial policy perspective to issues facing the federal government. The secretary of the treasury is a member of the United States Cabinet, and is nominated by the president of the United States. Nominees for Secretary of the Treasury undergo a confirmation hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Finance, prior to a vote by the United States Senate.

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