Lead Personnel Security Specialist

***Location: Washington, DC***

***THIS POSITION IS NOT REMOTE***

***U.S. Citizenship required***

***This job will close when we have received 50 applications which may be sooner than the closing date.***

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY

As a Lead Personnel Security Specialist, you will:

• Serve as a senior technical authority and provides leadership for the agency's personnel security programs.
• Receive, review and submit requests from OPDIV and STAFFDIV security representatives for personnel security investigations and clearances on employees, applicants, and individual contractors.
• Ensure national security vetting processes meet timeliness, accuracy, and audit-readiness standards; and maintains case metrics and prepares reports on intake volumes, backlog, and performance.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce rework and supports automation and modernization initiatives related to vetting functions.
• Ensure that the ONS Personnel Security Program's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Minimum Qualifications: You must have one year of specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following:

• Expert in personnel security policies, procedures, and national security vetting requirements in order to provide authoritative guidance and recommendations on complex cases, policy interpretation, and personnel security operations.
• Utilizing the Clearance Verification System or a similar commercial system to confirm the status of background investigations and/or adjudication determinations.
• Leading the Intake/Vetting process of background investigations in strict accordance with regulations established by the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or equivalent organizations by serving as a subject matter expert and mentor for complex and sensitive cases.
• Leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing employees while fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Identifying operational efficiencies, streamline workflows, improve quality, ensure audit readiness and implement continuous improvement initiatives.