Operational Security Specialist (Executive Protection Agent)

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System • Washington, DC

12h

About The Position

This position is in the Protective Operations Unit (POU), Correctional Programs Division, Correctional Services Branch, Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The employee serves as an Executive Protection Agent on a detail providing executive-level personal protection to the Director and other designees. The position implements protective operations and threat mitigation for the BOP Director and requires carrying a firearm and providing close physical protection.

The role includes organizing and retaining work-related documents, maintaining familiarity with relevant threat-management databases, and pursuing or scheduling training to stay current on tactics, trends, and operational procedures in threat and protective investigations and protective operations. The employee analyzes and communicates relevant protective-operation and threat-assessment factors and applies subject-matter expertise to detail operations. The employee helps ensure safe surroundings through ongoing investigation and is obligated to apprehend suspicious individuals if they endanger the Director or other protectees.

This is a secondary law enforcement coverage position. Applicants must have three years of law enforcement coverage gained in a primary law enforcement position by the vacancy announcement closing date. Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a urinalysis, physical, and background investigation; applicants are also subject to NCIC and credit checks. U.S. citizenship is required. Current federal law enforcement employees who have not completed Introduction to Correctional Techniques (ICT) Phase I and Phase II must complete them after entering the position.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11 or GS-12), as applicable.
• For GS-11, qualifying specialized experience includes applying established communication-security and physical-security procedures; participating in organized law enforcement and physical-security activities; and applying established policies and procedures to determine appropriate responses.
• For GS-12, qualifying specialized experience includes providing all aspects of personnel, communications, and physical security; assisting with operating, directing, and controlling law enforcement and physical-security activities; and assessing situations and determining appropriate responses.
• Applicants must have three years of law enforcement coverage gained in a primary law enforcement position by the vacancy announcement closing date.
• For GS-11, qualifying education may include a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.M.; graduate education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for the work.
• For GS-12, education cannot substitute for specialized experience.
• If qualifying based on education, applicants must submit legible transcripts showing the school, student, degree, and award date if applicable; degrees and coursework must be from an appropriately accredited or pre-accredited institution.
• Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a urinalysis, physical, and background investigation. Applicants are subject to NCIC and credit checks.
• Current federal law enforcement employees who have not completed ICT Phase I and Phase II must complete those courses after entering the position.
• Applicants must provide a primary-residence address in their USAJOBS account or resume at the time of application and may be required to provide proof of residence.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive-level personal protection to the BOP Director and other designees.
• Implement protective operations and threat mitigation for the BOP Director.
• Carry a firearm and provide close physical protection for the Director and other designees.
• Organize and retain work-related documents.
• Maintain an understanding of relevant threat-management databases.
• Pursue and schedule training on current tactics, trends, and operational procedures in threat and protective investigations and protective operations.
• Analyze and communicate relevant protective-operation and threat-assessment factors.
• Apply subject-matter expertise to protective detail operations.
• Investigate to help ensure safe surroundings.
• Apprehend suspicious individuals when they endanger the Director or other designated protectees.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available to employees and their families; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• A 20% retention incentive may be authorized.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree