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Director of Security

$150.66k
Full-time

Government Accountability Office

Summary

This position is in the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Infrastructure Operations. The employee serves as GAOs senior security and emergency management expert. The work involves planning integrating and managing the full range of personnel industrial physical and information security and emergency management services while continuously addressing requirements within the context of a long-term security strategy.

Duties

As a Director of Security MS-0080-IIyour typical work assignments may include the following:

Oversees directs and manages the full range of GAO security and emergency management programs ensuring that all initiatives are implemented and maintained in accordance with Federal requirements and industry standards and best practices.

Exercises authority over security and emergency operations for a headquarters facility that houses multiple federal tenants ensuring coordinated safety operations and planning across occupants.
Oversees the implementation of the security and emergency management documentation requirements and background investigation initiatives.
Directs organizational efforts to identify outcomes and measures of efficiency and effectiveness of security and safety functions.

Serves as the senior security and emergency management expert for GAO providing advice and authoritative consultation to senior staff on a wide range of new and emerging security and emergency management issues.

Performs both short and long-range analyses of GAOs security and emergency management needs and assesses current and future capabilities to meet requirements.

Works with key leaders and managers in GAO program offices to identify strategic objectives goals and long-range plans.

Directs the work of multi-disciplinary team of subordinate staff and performs supervisory responsibilities that include assigning work establishing performance criteria and standards evaluating performance providing technical and administrative advice and assistance as needed resolving complaints and grievances providing staff development and initiating improvement plans and taking disciplinary actions.

Briefs managers and other key leaders on the status of security and emergency management projects and programs.

Develops and delivers agency-wide training drills and security awareness initiatives.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

You must meet all qualification requirements before the announcement closes.
1. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS) Security Clearance.
2. A supervisory probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification Requirements:
One year (52 Weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the NEXT LOWER BAND MS-I PT III or GS-14 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as experience:

  • Overseeing and managing security and emergency management programs for a headquarters facility that houses multiple federal tenants such as coordinating safety operations and planning across all occupants and directing protection services and physical security programs.
  • Oversees the implementation of information and personnel security programs by assessing current and future security capabilities.
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary team of security and emergency management specialists and subject matter experts.
  • Experience with Federal requirements and industry standards and best practices.
  • Collaborates with key agency officials internal and external stakeholders on strategic infrastructure objectives.
You must meet all the requirements before the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

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This is a non-bargaining unit position.

OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS: Based on the staffing needs additional selections may be made through this vacancy announcement.

Travel and relocation expenses will not be paid for by the GAO.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: GAO provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request accommodation please email .

The U.S. Government Accountability Offices policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race religion color sex (including pregnancy) national origin age disability genetic information sexual orientation or gender identity.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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