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Summary
You will serve as the Principal Advisor, Special Security to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (DUSN) Intelligence and Security (I&S) and the Senior Director of Security. In this role, you will provide executive-level counsel on all matters pertaining to the security and protection of classified national security information across the enterprise.
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Duties
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• You will provide strategic consultation, executive leadership, and comprehensive evaluation for agency-wide special security programs.
• You will serve as the principal expert to senior executives, such as the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Intelligence and Security).
• You will advise on implementation and administration of comprehensive special security programs, ensuring strict compliance with national security policies, intelligence community directives, and federal regulations across the organization.
• You will serve as the technical authority responsible for protecting Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and national security information, ensuring integrity, confidentiality and availability of the agency's sensitive intelligence assets.
• You will direct and advise on the management of personnel security clearance programs, oversee investigative guidelines, adjudicative processes, and insider threat mitigation to ensure rigorous compliance with federal security clearance procedures.
• You will establish, recommend, and track robust internal controls, risk management frameworks, and performance metrics, providing actionable intelligence and periodic oversight reporting to senior leadership to drive continuous program improvement.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• This is a Security Professional Educational Development (SPeD) position and requires DoD certification. Selectee must obtain and maintain certification within prescribed timeframes. Certification required is: SFPC
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-278e within 30 days of appointment.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.

Qualifications
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. Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.
To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, your resume must show that you possess the Technical Qualifications (TQ) related to this position - NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES. Resumes over the 2-page limit will be disqualified. Your resume should include examples of experience, education, and accomplishments applicable to the qualification(s). If your resume does not reflect demonstrated evidence of these qualifications, you may not receive consideration for the position.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications:
TQ 1. Demonstrated senior-level experience providing strategic consultation, program leadership, and comprehensive evaluation of complex Special Security Programs within the Federal Government, Intelligence Community, or Department of Defense. This includes advising senior executives on program implementation, resource allocation, and organizational alignment.
TQ 2. Expert knowledge of national security policies, Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), and federal regulations governing the protection, handling, and oversight of Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and collateral national security information.
TQ 3. Demonstrated high-level experience advising on and overseeing comprehensive personnel security operations. This includes mastery of federal investigative standards, security clearance adjudication processes, and the implementation of insider threat mitigation strategies.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/tabs/group-standards/
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
This position is a Senior Level position in the federal government. Senior Level employees are in non-executive positions whose duties are broad and complex enough to be classified above GS 15 level. Senior level positions involve highly specialized and complex work.
This position is not covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf.
There are three key documents that contain important information about your rights and obligations. Please read and retain these documents:

• Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights, for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting, which includes Rap Back,
• FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI (this is the same statement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigation), and
• SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov), (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified information)"

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Statement: http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/index.cfm
Employment Information Resources - Resource Center: https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to
Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx)
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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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