Protective Service Specialist (Open to ICTAP/CTAP Applicants - P)

Office of the Secretary of Transportation • Washington, DC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary (OST), Office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response (OISER), Protective Service Division (PSD). OISER provides Departmental executive leadership in government-wide initiatives pertaining to national security, emergency response programs, protective service operations, Continuity of Operations (COOP), and Continuity of Government (COG).

Requirements

• Must meet specialized experience to qualify.
• Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.
• Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Must be able to qualify for and maintain a Top Secret/SCI Level Clearance.
• Must obtain and maintain special deputation which will allow you to carry a service weapon to provide personal protection to The Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and other senior officials.
• Must have successfully completed an accredited basic law enforcement training program (civilian or military).
• Must have at least one year of previous law enforcement experience.
• Must not have been convicted of a felony and/or crime of domestic violence as defined in Title 18, USC 922(g)(9) Lautenberg Amendment.
• Subject to successful completion of a pre-employment medical and physical qualification determination.
• Must acquire annual certification indicating that medical and physical standards are met.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain current required certifications in First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), and the Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
• Experience applying protective service security concepts, principles, and policies to research.
• Experience assessing threat information while providing protection for a high-ranking official/executive domestically and/or internationally.
• Experience preparing comprehensive protective service advance reports.
• Experience conducting sensitive and complex protective service inquiries that unfold over periods of time (i.e., days, weeks, months or years).
• Experience providing protection for a high-ranking official/executive domestically and internationally.
• Experience preparing briefings and reports regarding protective service which involve coordination with Federal, State, and/or Local law enforcement.
• Experience serving as a shift, advance and/or detail lead for events while providing protection for a high ranking officials/executives domestically and internationally.
• Knowledge of the laws, regulations, and guidelines related to securing personnel, facilities, and information, including the requirements for handling, transporting, and protecting classified information and proper reporting of security incidents.
• Knowledge of methods and controls of personnel, public safety, and security operations; investigation and inspection techniques; or rules, regulations, precautions, and prevention techniques for the protection of people, data, or property.
• Must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
• Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
• Must pass the pre-employment medical AND physical standards.
• Must acquire annual certification indicating that the medical standards are met.
• Must be registered for the Selective Service (Males born after 12/31/1959).
• Must maintain requirements to qualify for LEO retirement coverage.
• Candidates without previous Federal LEO service must be under age 37; OR, those with current or prior Federal LEO coverage will be considered only if they can demonstrate that they will have completed 20 years of covered service by mandatory retirement age of 57.
• Must submit appropriate SF-50’s that show periods of coverage if you have current or prior Federal Law Enforcement Officer coverage.
• Must submit to a pre-employment/pre-appointment drug test.
• Must be subject to Random Drug Testing.
• Must have a valid driver's license.

Nice To Haves

• ICTAP/CTAP Applicants

Responsibilities

• Participate as a member of teams implementing protective service advance and protective services for the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transportation under terms and conditions prescribed by the DOT Chief of Staff, OISER Director, and Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Protective Service Division (PSD).
• Work long and irregular hours, walking, driving, and standing to provide physical protection for the Secretary, while in Deputy U.S. Marshal status.
• Perform strenuous work assignments, consistent with activities associated with protection assignments, including holding of subjects and suspects in pursuit of effective law enforcement, defending oneself or others against physical attack, and maintaining physical control of such suspects in the use of force continuum.
• Cope with continuously rigid and extremely short deadlines where schedules and workload are highly variable, unpredictable, and uncontrollable.
• Conduct protective service and protective service advance operations.
• Perform in settings in which there is regular and recurring exposure to discomfort and unpleasantness, such as substantial domestic and international travel, high levels of noise, and high temperatures in confined spaces or adverse weather conditions at mission and surveillance sites.
• Qualify in the use of--and maintain proficiency with--firearms and law enforcement/communications equipment.
• Perform assignments in Deputy U.S. Marshal status requiring safe work practices with respect to the handling of firearms, may require use of protective clothing, and may place incumbent at great personal risk or in situations where conditions cannot be controlled.
• Respond to assignments during weather related closures as this position is designated as Emergency Essential.
• Provide protective service advance, intelligence, and protective services for the Secretary of Transportation.
• Serve as a shift, advance and/or detail lead for events while providing protection for a high ranking officials/executives domestically and internationally.
• Prepare briefings and reports regarding protective service which involve coordination with Federal, State, and/or Local law enforcement.
• Subdue both resistive and non-resistive persons.
• Defend the Secretary and others.
• Use firearms with issued and/or authorized weapon(s), to include safe handling of firearms and maintaining proficiency with firearms.
• Operate a motor vehicle.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level