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Security Spec (Executive Protection) ZA-0080-III (LK)

Vacancy Number:  OS-OSY-2008-0035  

Salary: $58,206.00 to $90,698.00 

Open Date: 6/17/2008 

Close Date: 7/1/2008

Who may apply: Public

Locations:   WASHINGTON, DC ; BRUNSWICK, GA 

Department: Department Of Commerce

Agency: Office of the Secretary of Commerce

Sub Agency: U.S. Department of Commerce

Job Announcement Number:  OS-OSY-2008-0035

Salary Range: 58,206.00 – 90,698.00 USD per year

Series & Grade: ZA-0080-03/03

Position Information: Career/Career-Conditional Permanent

Promotion Potential: 03

Duty Locations: 1 vacancy – Washington DC Metro Area, DC

Who May Be Considered:  US Citizens and Status Candidates

Note: This job contains selective factors: refer to the qualifications section for more detail.  This position qualifies for Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) retirement.

Job Summary:

The Office of Security is looking for bright, energetic and dedicated professionals committed to making a difference by assisting Department of Commerce leaders reduce the security risks in emergency management, anti-terrorism, and counterespionage.The selected candidate will support the Department’s goal of keeping the Secretary and his designees staff from the very real threat of harm.

Key Requirements:

    * Must meet the qualification requirements for the grade (see Qualifications)

    * Must meet the requirement of the Lautenberg Amendment (See Quals.)

    * Completion of basic Police/Criminal Investigation course (See Quals.)

    * Be under age 37 or have qualifying Federal Civilian LEO exp. (See Quals.) 

Major Duties:

As a member of the Secretary’s executive protection team, the 

selected candidate will support the Department’s goal of keeping the 

Secretary and his designees safe from the very real threat of harm.  

This includes overseeing the travel plans of the Secretary and 

ensuring proper protection both before, during and after arrival at 

designated stops, handling security both before and during visits 

and stops; and ensuring that all laws and policies, including 

Federal, state, local, and international, are followed.  The 

selected candidate will also guide policy and programmatic efforts 

in the areas of executive protection by advising operating unit 

heads and other senior-level officials on matters related to 

security, intelligence, law enforcement and other executive 

protection related procedures.  

Specific responsibilities will include, but are not be limited 

to:    

– Implementing the day-to-day operations of executive protection 

functions;

– Traveling both domestically and internationally with the Secretary 

and other heads of state and dignitaries;

– Investigating criminal acts against Departmental personnel and 

property;

– Providing guidance to top-management officials, and interpreting 

regulations which impact the Department; and

– Maintaining liaisons with appropriate internal and external 

entities to enhance the full range of Departmental security programs.

Qualifications:

This position is being offered at the ZA-III band, which encompasses 

the GS-11/12 grades.  This position is advertised at its full 

promotion potential.

The appointee must be able to qualify for Law Enforcement Officer 

(LEO) retirement (see the Qualification section below for the 

definition and requirements of LEO retirement).

The incumbent will be expected to perform overtime duty if deemed 

necessary by supervisory authority.

A financial disclosure form must be filed by the selectee.

Travel (international and domestic) is a part of the expected duties.

Overtime may be required at the discretion of management.

Notice to Status Applicants (see below for the definition of 

status): Applicants for vacancies announced under the agency’s Merit 

Assignment Program must meet all time-in-grade and qualification 

requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  

Additionally, as a status applicant, to qualify for this position 

you must have at least one year of specialized experience which is 

equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in this series. 

Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant 

with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to 

perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is 

typically in or related to the position to be filled.  You must also 

have one year of time-in-grade at the next lower grade level.  NOTE: 

Selection of “No” to the status question in the questionnaire is NOT 

a screen out: your application will still receive consideration as 

an All Sources applicant. 

 

Definition of Status: Current Federal employees serving under a 

career or career conditional appointment; former Federal employees 

who served under a career or career conditional appointment who have 

reinstatement eligibility; applicants eligible under the Career 

Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career 

Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP); and veterans who are disabled 

veterans, handicapped and other applicants eligible for 

noncompetitive appointment under special appointing authorities.  

See the Additional Information section of this vacancy for 

instructions on sending your supporting documentation. 

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

To qualify for the position at the ZA-III band, you must meet the 

following minimum qualifications. 

 

Applicants can qualify using specialized experience or education or 

a combination of both. 

 

Please review the qualification requirements listed below.

 

If you are qualifying using specialized experience, you must have at 

least 1 year of specialized experience which is equivalent to at 

least next lower grade level (GS-9 OR Band II).  Specialized 

experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular 

knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties 

of the position and should include, but is not limited to, ensuring 

proper protection of the Secretary and his designees, ensuring all 

laws and policies are followed, and guiding policy and programmatic 

efforts in the areas of executive protection by advising on matters 

related to security, intelligence, law enforcement and other 

executive protection related procedures.

 

If qualifying using education, you must have 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

 

If qualifying using a combination of education and experience, you 

must have a combination of successful completed post-high school 

education (education requirement listed above), and experience 

(specialized experience listed above) to meet total qualification 

requirements for the grade level specified in the table, and may be 

computed by first determining the applicant’s total qualifying 

experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade 

level; then determining the applicant’s education as a percentage of 

the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two 

percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent 

to qualify an applicant for that grade level.

 

NOTICE:

 

In addition to meeting the requirements for the grade you must meet 

the following three requirements which are selective factors:

 

1. You have not have reached your 37th birthday, or, if you have, 

you MUST submit evidence of previous qualifying service in a Federal 

Civilian Law Enforcement position covered by special civil service 

retirement provisions, including early or mandatory retirement which 

can offset the amount of time by which you have exceeded your 37th 

birthday. (If you have passed the maximum age requirement, you must 

provide proof of a pass/present Civilian Law Enforcement position 

that was covered by special civil service retirement provisions)

 

2. You must have and submit evidence documenting your satisfactory 

completion of the Basic Police/Criminal Investigative training 

course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, 

Georgia, or an equivalent Federal, State or City training course 

(refer to Question 1 in the questionnaire).

 

3. You must have the ability to serve in this position as, in 

accordance with 18 USC, Section 922(g)(9) (Lautenberg Amendment), as 

you have not been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic 

violence and are prohibited from possessing firearms and 

ammunition (refer to Question 1 in the questionnaire). 

 

Applicants who do not meet all of these requirements will not 

receive further consideration.

 

 

Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing 

date of this announcement.

 

This position requires the ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.

 

Any required investigations and clearances must be completed before 

the selectee can be placed in the position. 

 

All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be 

required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use 

prior to appointment. 

 

RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE PAID.

 

 

How You Will Be Evaluated:

 

The Human Resource Division’s review of applications is a three-step 

process. First, all candidates are evaluated to determine if they 

meet the basic eligibility requirements (i.e., are a U.S. citizen, 

meet the “who may apply” description). If the candidate meets the 

basic eligibility requirements, their application is reviewed again 

to determine if their background and/or education meets the OPM 

qualification requirements as described above. If so, they are 

considered basically qualified for the position.  The candidates 

responses to the experience questions are used to evaluate their 

work experiences, which could be expected to significantly enhance 

their performance for the position to be filled.  The answers to 

these questions determine which candidates are best qualified for 

the position and will be referred to the selecting official for 

consideration. No one is rated ineligible or not qualified solely 

for failure to possess a positive response to an experience, 

training, or awards question. Candidates are encouraged to provide 

supplemental information in their experience statement which will be 

taken into consideration by the selecting official in the selection 

process. The best qualified candidates will then be identified, or 

ranked, for referral to the selecting official.

 

To preview questions please click here.

 

Benefits:

 

As a federal employee you will be eligible to participate in the 

following benefits programs:  Flexible Spending Accounts, Health 

Insurance, Leave, Life Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, and 

Retirement Program.

 

 

Other Information:

 

You may be asked to FAX additional documents.  If so directed, 

please FAX the appropriate cover sheet and a legible copy of the 

corresponding document to 571-258-4052.  Each document must be 

dialed and FAXed in separately as each sheet includes an 

identification number, which ensures your document is processed 

correctly.

 

This position may be filled through means other than the competitive 

promotion process. 

 

The Department of Commerce provides reasonable accommodations to 

applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation 

for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify 

Human Resources Office. The decision on granting reasonable 

accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

 

This position is in the competitive service. 

 

One year probationary period is required. 

 

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on 

the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification 

Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. 

This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management’s 

website located at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.

 

If selected for this vacancy, you may be required to complete a 

Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) to determine your 

suitability for federal employment and to authorize a background 

investigation. You may be required to sign and certify the accuracy 

of all the information in your application. If you make a false 

statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; or 

you may be fired after you begin work; or you may be fined or 

jailed. 

 

Notice: To be considered a well-qualified CTAP or ICTAP applicant, 

you must attain a score of at least 85 (see below for the definition 

of CTAP and ICTAP).

 

If you are currently a Department of Commerce employee who has 

received a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a 

Certificate of Expected Separation you may be entitled to special 

priority selection under Department of Commerce’s Agency Career 

Transition Assistance Program (CTAP). To receive this priority 

consideration you must: (1) Be a current Department of Commerce 

career or career-conditional (tenure group I or II) competitive 

service employee who has received a RIF separation notice or a 

Certificate of Expected Separation (CES) and, the date of the RIF 

separation has not passed and you are still on the rolls of 

Department of Commerce. You must submit a copy of the RIF separation 

notice or CES. (2) Be applying for a position at or below the grade 

level of the position from which you have been separated. The 

position must not have a greater promotion potential than the 

position from which you were separated. (3) Have a current (or last) 

performance rating of record of at least fully successful or 

equivalent. (4) File your application and supporting documents by 

the vacancy announcement closing date and meet all the application 

criteria. (5) Be rated well-qualified for the position. To be 

considered well qualified, applicants must meet the basic 

qualification standards and eligibility requirements satisfying 

physical, suitability, education, and experience questions. You must 

FAX the required documents to 301-562-8968.  Please FAX your 

documents as indicated above.

 

If you are a displaced Federal employee you may be entitled to 

receive special priority selection under the Interagency Career 

Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To receive this priority 

consideration you must: (1) Be a displaced Federal employee. You 

MUST submit a copy of the appropriate documentation such as a RIF 

separation notice, a letter from OPM or your agency documenting your 

priority consideration. The following categories of candidates are 

considered displaced employees. A. Current or former career or 

career-conditional (tenure group I or II) competitive service 

employees who: (1) Received a specific RIF separation notice; or (2) 

Separated because of a compensable injury, whose compensation has 

been terminated, and whose former agency certifies that it is unable 

to place; or (3) Retired with a disability and whose disability 

annuity has been or is being terminated; or (4) Upon receipt of a 

RIF separation notice retired on the effective date of the RIF; and 

can submit a Standard Form 50 that indicates “Retirement in lieu of 

RIF”; (5) Retired under the discontinued service retirement option; 

or (6) Was separated because he/she declined a transfer of function 

or directed reassignment to another commuting area. OR B. Former 

Military Reserve or National Guard Technicians who are receiving a 

special Office of Personnel Management (OPM) disability retirement 

annuity under section 8337 (h) or 8456 of title 5 United States 

Code. 2. Be applying for a position at or below the grade level of 

the position from which you have been separated. The position must 

not have a greater promotion potential than the position from which 

you were separated. 3. Have a current (or last) performance rating 

of record of at least fully successful or equivalent. (This 

requirement does not apply to candidates who are eligible due to 

compensable injury or disability retirement.) A copy of this current 

performance rating MUST be submitted along with your ICTAP proof of 

eligibility. 4. Occupy or be displaced from a position in the same 

local commuting area of the position for which you are requesting 

priority consideration. 5. File your application and supporting 

documents by the vacancy announcement closing date and meet all the 

application criteria. 6. Be rated well-qualified for the position. 

To be considered well qualified, applicants must meet the basic 

qualification standards and eligibility requirements satisfying all 

medical, physical, suitability, education, selective factors and 

experience questions. You must FAX the required documents to 301-562-

8968.  Please FAX in your documents as indicated above.

 

 

 

How To Apply:

 

Application under this announcement requires the applicant to 

complete and submit a specially designed Quick Hire application.  

Status applicants and those with reinstatement eligibility must 

submit a copy of an SF-50B “Notification of Personnel Action”, 

indicating your series and grade.  Your application, and all 

supporting materials, must be received by the announcement’s closing 

date. 

 

If you do not have access to the internet, please contact 

Laura Kidwell at lkidwell@doc.gov or 202-482-8078.

 

 

Required Documents:

 

Status applicants and those with reinstatement eligibility must 

submit a legible copy of a recent SF-50B – Notification of Personnel 

Action along with the electronic on-line application.  The documents 

should be faxed to (571) 258-4052 using the QuickHire-provided 

coversheet.  Each document must be dialed and faxed in under the 

appropriate coversheet as each sheet includes an identification 

number, which ensures your document(s) will attach to your 

application.  Requested documentation to support eligibility is 

required.  A claim to education must be supported by transcripts.  

All documents must be submitted and received by the closing date of 

the vacancy announcement.  If claiming 5 point veterans’ preference, 

VEOA or VRA eligibility, a DD-214 must be submitted and received by 

the closing date of this vacancy announcement.  If claiming 10 point 

veterans’ preference, a DD-214, SF-15, and supporting documentation 

must be submitted and received by the closing date of this vacancy 

announcement.  A claim to veterans preference will only be sustained 

with proper documentation.  It is the applicant’s responsibility to 

ensure that your documentation was properly received before the 

closing date.

 

 

Contact Information:

 

    Laura Kidwell

    Phone: 202-482-8078

    Fax: 571-268-4052

    Email: LKidwell@doc.gov

    Or write:

    U.S. Department of Commerce

    14th & Constitution Ave, NW

    Room 7412

    Washington, DC 20230

    Fax: 571-268-4052 

 

 

What To Expect Next:

 

Applicants will receive notice that their application has been 

received.  Applicants can check the status of their application by 

accessing the Department of Commerce, Quick Hire, Applicant Site at 

and clicking on “View My 

Application Status.”

 

 

 

The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.

 

Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

 

 

 

Send Mail to:

U.S. Department of Commerce

14th & Constitution Ave, NW

Room 7412

Washington, DC 20230

Fax: 571-268-4052

For questions about this job:

Laura Kidwell

Phone: 202-482-8078

Fax: 571-268-4052

Email: LKidwell@doc.gov