All MWEOC staff have emergency assignments and are considered deployed in place. Exercises and activations are planned and unplanned, and may require long hours, nights, weekends and holidays.
All MWEOC employees are: (1) required to use a government-issued electronic device (to include cellular phones); (2) subject to recall during emergency situations; and (3) required to perform work in locations both above and below ground.
What will I do in this position if hired?
In this position, you will as a Security Specialist (Access & Credentialing)is responsible for the operation of security functions within the Identification and Access office and controlling the visitor access and movement on the facility. Typical assignments include:
- Controlling, preparing, and issuing identification badges, cards, passes, and decals that allow access.
- Ensuring National Crime Information Center (NCIC) checks are performed and verifying clearance levels of employees and visitors through the use of security databases with knowledge of fingerprinting techniques to submit for processing of contractors and federal employees.
- Following standard operating procedures for proper packing, labeling, securing, and tracking of classified documents while maintaining a variety of files, control registers, and records.
- Assisting in the maintenance and troubleshooting of security databases to provide information and assistance to staff on personnel security polices and related matters.
This position requires the following conditions of employment to be met while encumbered:
- Maintain access and rights to assigned classified communications systems.
- Complete Derivative Classification training during in-processing and must recertify every two years.
- Maintain Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-12 Identity Management System (IDMS) function access and rights.
- Maintain Integrated Security Management System (ISMS) access and rights.
- Maintain National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) certifications and rights to query criminal history and citizenship of persons attempting MWEOC access.
- Ability to know, understand, and enforce Real ID Act - Title II.
What else do I need to know?
At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.
FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.
Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.
Starting at $55,924 Per Year (GS 7-9)
