Security Specialist

This position is located in the Division of Protection Services (DPS), Office of Museum Operations and Administration, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and reports to the Supervisory Security Specialist, Technical Security Branch, DPS.

In this position you will serve as a Security Specialist and perform a variety of assignments including administering, coordinating, monitoring, implementing, troubleshooting, and recommending security and protection programs and services for the Museum.

Qualifications:

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Basic Requirement:

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

OR

3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree

OR

LL.M., if related OR A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience

**Failure to submit required documentation will result in an ineligible rating**

Responsibilities:

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a federally chartered, nonpartisan institution that was created by the US Congress to serve as America’s national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an educational institution dedicated to the history and lessons of the Holocaust. The Museum seeks to educate Americans from all 50 states and all walks of life as well as international audiences. The Museum has three areas of expertise: Holocaust remembrance, Holocaust scholarship and education, and genocide prevention.

In carrying out its important memorial and educational mission, the Museum is guided by its institutional values for our workplace: Honor the memory of the victims; carry out our work with dignity, humility, integrity and respect for others; and strive for excellence through teamwork, rigor, and a culture of continuous learning. Consistent respect for others is the foundation for trust, collegiality and inclusion.

Duties include: 

Performs or coordinates key functions within the Museum’s Technical Security program and conducts security assessments, quality control, and training for security officers and staff.

Helps identify and implement best practices and processes related to the Technical Security program to address emerging risks, threats, and crisis situations and assess and proactively identify threats and risks to the Museum, personnel, visitors, and assets.

Ensures the effective operation, testing, maintenance / calibration, and inventory of Technical Security equipment and software including camera systems, the DPS network, X-Ray, Magnetometers, barrier controls, Trace machines, system software and more in multiple Museum facilities, regional offices, and Museum Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) sites (in accordance with USHMM’s emergency preparedness plan).

Manages and serves as the primary point of contact for the Badging Office. Performs day-to-day badging and credentialing operations to ensure employees, contractors, volunteers, fellows, interns, affiliates, and other personnel authorized to possess an identification badge have been processed in accordance with established USHMM policies. Responsible for all aspects of the USHMM ID and HSPD-12 PIV/CAC cards issuance, to include enrollment, activation, updates and distribution.

Establishes and maintains security access controls and related equipment, systems, badges, keys, fobs, etc. for all Museum facilities.

Performs tasks to include taking photographs, fingerprinting for USHMM identification access control card and government-issued badges, programming access cards, producing finished badges, and processing fingerprint requests. In addition, the position requires the employee to enter data into technical security computer databases related to all buildings access control systems, verification of biographical and security information, and tracking physical property assets, activating /deactivating USHMM badges, keys, radiation detectors, and other tasks related to the DPS technical services overall mission.

Salary : $85,447