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Supervisory Industrial Security Specialist (Chief of Operations)
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency · Stafford, Virginia · Closes in 7 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Special authorities, National Guard and reserves, The public.
Open to all U.S. citizens. The agency also says Retained Grade Preference eligibles and Military Reserve and National Guard Technician eligibles may apply.
Experience: You need one year or more of specialized experience at a level comparable to GS-14, the next lower grade. This should include industrial security (mainly the National Industrial Security Program, NISP) or security plus business work such as legal, mergers and acquisitions, finance, auditing, or due diligence, along with managing projects or programs and leading or mentoring teams.
Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade. Any education you list must come from a school accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Licenses and certifications:
- Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (must obtain within 12 months of appointment)
- Industrial Security Oversight Certification (must obtain within 12 months of appointment)
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 7 days (November 10, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job will close once 100 applications are received, which may happen before the closing date.
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: Your resume, questionnaire answers, and documents are checked against the requirements. You can be rated ineligible or not qualified if your resume does not support your questionnaire answers or if required documents are missing. An online assessment also measures six competencies, and interviews may be required.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Top Secret), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
- List the dates (month/year), hours per week, and duties for every job on your resume.
- Submit both a resume and the questionnaire, since having only one means you cannot be considered.
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