Lead Transportation Security Officer

Lead Transportation Security OfficerThis Lead Transportation Security Officer position is located at South Arkansas Regional Airport (ELD), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a Lead Transportation Security Officer (LTSO), you will be responsible for leading at least three full-performance level Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) and, as assigned, trainee and apprentice level TSOs. As an LTSO, you will identify, distribute, and balance workloads and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow and skill level. You will make adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities. Duties include but are not limited to:Providing input to supervisors and managers concerning a variety of human resources matters including, but not limited to, employee performance, promotions, reassignments, awards, etc.Implementing security screening procedures in accordance with TSA objectives and directives.Assisting with investigations of incidents, and preparing incident reports or other documents that convey required information.Responding to breaches of security and emergency situations.Training team members, monitoring and reporting on the status and progress of work, and representing the team in communications with the supervisor or manager for the purpose of obtaining resources (e.g., computer hardware and software, etc.).For Female Only applicants: The duties of this position involve touching and patting down the bodies of airline passengers. Due to privacy interests and the sensitive nature of these duties, the TSA requires a same-gender pat down of passengers. Accordingly, TSA must ensure that it employs a certain ratio of male and female LTSOs to perform passenger screening. This vacancy is seeking a Female candidate to maintain required ratio.