- Position Title
- Transportation Security Specialist
- Agency
- Transportation Security Administration
- Announcement Number
- HQ-PPE-799432-12651319-I Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, December 20, 2024 to Monday, January 6, 2025
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Eligibilities
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Are you a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Displaced Employee? To be eligible you must meet one or more of the following:
- A current (OR former) employee of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) who will be (OR has been) separated through TSA involuntary workforce reduction (IWR) procedures AND I am eligible to be considered for TSA positions for all areas of consideration, for up to one year after the effective date of my involuntary separation;
- A former TSA Transportation Security Officer (TSO) eligible for rehiring priority under the Priority Employment Program (PEP);
- An applicant for a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) position who has had my enter-on-duty (EOD) date delayed or offer rescinded due to a workforce reduction or anticipated reduction eligible for priority consideration under the Priority Employment Program (PEP).
2.
Are you currently employed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)?
As a current TSA employee, you are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your most recent non-Award Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) reflecting your status.
TSA employees who do not submit the SF-50 with their application must document their current TSA position in their resume and may be required to provide the SF-50 document during the selection process. TSA employees may obtain a copy of their most recent non-Award SF-50 at https://eopf.opm.gov/dhs/.
As a current TSA employee, you are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your most recent non-Award Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) reflecting your status.
TSA employees who do not submit the SF-50 with their application must document their current TSA position in their resume and may be required to provide the SF-50 document during the selection process. TSA employees may obtain a copy of their most recent non-Award SF-50 at https://eopf.opm.gov/dhs/.
Preferences
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Referred applicants may be shared with other locations within TSA. Do you authorize the sharing of your name and application materials with other locations? If you respond "No", your name and application materials may only be shared for the position and locations on this announcement.
How did you hear about this opportunity?
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Please let us know how you heard about this opportunity.
Suitability and Conditions of Employment
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Please indicate whether or not you have been convicted* of any of the offenses listed within the past 10 years. (Note: By responding "Yes" to any of these, you will be removed from consideration for this position.)
*You have a conviction if you plead no contest (nolo contendere), plead guilty, were found guilty, or found not guilty by reason of insanity, to any of the listed disqualifying offenses. The only exceptions are if your guilty plea or conviction has been reversed on appeal, your conviction has been expunged, or you have been pardoned.
*You have a conviction if you plead no contest (nolo contendere), plead guilty, were found guilty, or found not guilty by reason of insanity, to any of the listed disqualifying offenses. The only exceptions are if your guilty plea or conviction has been reversed on appeal, your conviction has been expunged, or you have been pardoned.
- Forgery of certificates, false marking of aircraft, and other aircraft registration violations.
- Interference with air navigation.
- Improper transportation of hazardous material.
- Aircraft piracy.
- Interference with flight crew members or flight attendants.
- Commission of certain crimes aboard aircraft in flight.
- Carrying a weapon or explosive aboard aircraft.
- Conveying false information and threats.
- Aircraft piracy outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.
- Lighting violation involving transporting controlled substances. Essentially, this means that if you have been convicted of transporting illegal drugs in a plane without activating the navigation or anti-collision lights you are disqualified.
- Unlawful entry into an aircraft area that serves air carriers or foreign air carriers contrary to established security requirements.
- Destruction of an aircraft or either a domestic or international aircraft facility. It is a federal crime to use any device, substance or weapon, to intentionally perform an act of violence against any person at an airport or to destroy or seriously damage the facilities of such an airport.
- Murder.
- Assault with intent to murder.
- Espionage.
- Sedition (inciting insurrection against lawful authority).
- Kidnapping or hostage taking.
- Treason.
- Rape or aggravated sexual abuse.
- Unlawful possession, use, sale, distribution, or manufacture of an explosive or weapon.
- Extortion.
- Armed or felony armed robbery.
- Distribution of, or intent to distribute a controlled substance.
- Felony arson.
- Felony involving a threat.
- Felony involving willful destruction of property.
- Felony involving importation or manufacture of a controlled substance.
- Felony involving burglary.
- Felony involving theft.
- Felony involving dishonesty, fraud, or misrepresentation.
- Felony involving possession or distribution of stolen property.
- Felony involving aggravated assault.
- Felony involving bribery.
- Felony involving illegal possession of a controlled substance punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of more than 1 year, or any other crime classified as a felony that the Under Secretary determines indicates a propensity for placing contraband aboard an aircraft in return for money.
- Violence at international airports.
- Conspiracy or attempt to commit any of the criminal acts listed above.
- Interference with security screening personnel.
All the information you provide may be verified by a review of the work experience and/or education as shown on your application form, by checking references and through other means, such as the interview process. Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempts to conceal information may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work.
2.
Does the TSA employ any of your relatives?
Please respond whether or not you have been separated (e.g., terminated, removed, or resigned while a proposed termination or removal was pending) from TSA for any of the following reasons within the last three years.
Note: By responding "Yes" to any of these, you will be removed from consideration for this position
Note: By responding "Yes" to any of these, you will be removed from consideration for this position
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Were you separated due to unacceptable performance?
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Were you separated due to misconduct?
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Were you separated due to receiving a negative suitability determination from the Personnel Security Division?
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Did you resign after receiving a proposed removal letter?
Resume Requirements
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I understand that my Resume must include the following or I may be found ineligible for consideration:
- Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including month and year) for work experience
- Number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week
- Performance level for federal civilian positions (i.e. band or grade)
Assessment 1
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you have one year of specialized experience at the SV-I or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector? Specialized experience is defined as applying international rules, regulations, and policies governing transportation security programs and operations; and providing technical advice on aviation security violations/issues; and identifying and alleviating threats to the transportation organization and preparing reports detailing the analysis and evaluation.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Conducting analyses of wide-ranging issues that impact the transportation security programs and/or procedures.
3.
Applying knowledge of aviation and transportation security issues, threats, and challenges to minimize security threats.
4.
Which of the following statements best describes your highest level of experience with concepts, principles, and methods of applying the requirements of aviation programs and policies?
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Recommending modifications to existing practices, policies, and procedures to conform to changes in international aviation and transportation security standards and/or requirements.
6.
Applying knowledge of regulations, policies and/or procedures governing and defining international aviation and transportation security to evaluate the effectiveness of international aviation transportation security programs and policies.
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Interpreting new or modified security policies, regulations, and guidelines to determine whether existing security operations need to be modified.
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Evaluating security operations to identify and mitigate threats, risks and/or system vulnerabilities to design or modify existing procedures.
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Negotiating appropriate resolutions/solutions to complex or potentially controversial and sensitive issues across all levels of the organization or with external government or industry executives.
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Monitoring and evaluating existing security policy and/or programs, with the objective of developing more effective and operationally sustainable risk-based policies and/or programs.
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Evaluating organizational policy to identify duplicative aviation security policies and aviation security policy gaps.
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Establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with stakeholders, including individuals from foreign countries.
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Ensuring the accuracy of an organization's annual budget.
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Applying knowledge of regulatory and policy factors to determine how proposed solutions to organizational challenges impact stakeholders.
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Ensuring that budget estimates and submissions follow regulations and guidelines.