Protective Operations Specialist

Duties

• Establishing and maintaining liaison contacts with personnel from the White House Staff, U.S. military, U.S. State Department, and USSS Headquarters offices, and field offices in order to disseminate protective information.
• Establishing and managing protective trips in Agent Management Personnel Systems (AMPS) and Combined Operations Logistical Database (COLD) to include providing trip notifications, reporting instructions, and scheduled hours; creating, maintaining and archiving trip survey files; preparing monthly statistics and history reports regarding the number of trips for protectees; and resolving any issues regarding charges.
• Providing advice and assistance to management on logistics and operations security; coordinating assignments in support of protective operations and related security functions for protective events; conducting logistical, analytical, and administrative assignments and projects required to support the division on all details; planning and conducting projects related to operational activity.

Qualifications

GS-09: You qualify for the GS-09 level if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level performing duties such as: coordinating programs or projects concerning logistics and protective security in support of the Division; controlling internal maintenance and external distribution of draft and completed documents for Division detail assignments; maintaining sensitive information and control records using automated information management systems; monitoring transactions, tracking the timing of actions, verifying costs and changes, and preparing system entries; OR

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

A combination of graduate level education and experience. This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application.

GS-11: You qualify for the GS-11 level if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level performing duties such as: providing advice and assistance to logistics and operational security; coordinates assignments in support of protective operations and related security functions for protective events; conducts logistical, analytical, and administrative assignments and projects required to support the division on foreign and domestic details; OR

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

A combination of graduate level education and experience. This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. Qualifications Must Be Met: The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.