PHYSICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting physical security inspections, surveys or assessments of physical space or security of personnel or equipment in a hospital or medical treatment facility environment and utilizing an automated database system to review physical security data and/or pulling reports. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Security Management. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Execute procedures designed to safeguard or protect personnel, patients, property, and resources through the application of physical security measures.,Coordinate with installation counterparts and technical and subject matter experts to assess for physical security vulnerabilities.,Coordinate and schedule for surveys of mission essential vulnerable areas (MEVA), facilities and sites.,Review blueprints, drawings of the facilities, construction/renovation areas and initial inspection of new or modified facilities for physical security requirements and advise, consult, or recommend changes.,Responsible for implementing the procedures and managing the WBAMC key/lock control and accountability program.