Total 22 Legal / Public / Security job vacancies in El Paso, Texas

• Implements and administers the Information Security Program for the directorate.
• Administers the Industrial Security Program. Reviews solicitation and contract documents to ensure they include the appropriate security clauses and language.
• Implements and administers the Personnel Security Program for the directorate.
• Assists organization security managers in implementing security education and motivation programs.
  

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Salary Information: The salary range for Dallas, TX (DAL - Dallas Love Field) is $42,995 to $60,002 or $20.60 to $28.75 per hour and includes locality pay of 26.91%.

This Transportation Security Officer position is located in Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a Transportation Security Officer (TSOs) within Security Operations (SO), you will provide security and protection of air travelers, airports and aircraft in a courteous and professional manner. Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Operating various screening equipment and technology to identify dangerous objects in baggage, cargo and on passengers, and preventing those objects from being transported onto aircraft.
• Performing searches and screening, which may include physical interaction with passengers (e.g., pat-downs, search of property, etc.), conducting bag searches and lifting/carrying bags, bins, and property weighing up to 50lbs.
• Controlling terminal entry and exit points.
• Interacting with the public, giving directions and responding to inquiries.
• Maintaining focus and awareness while working in a stressful environment which includes noise from alarms, machinery and people, crowd distractions, time pressure, and disruptive and angry passengers, in order to preserve the professional ability to identify and locate potentially life threatening or mass destruction devices, and to make effective decisions in both crisis and routine situations.
• Engaging in continuous development of critical thinking skills, necessary to mitigate actual and potential security threats, by identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate situational options and approaches. This may include application of risk-based security screening protocols that vary based on program requirements.
• Retaining and implementing knowledge of all applicable Standard Operating Procedures, demonstrating responsible and dependable behavior, and is open to change and adapts to new information or unexpected obstacles.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Emergency Management Specialist (Public Assistance) position, you will be Collecting, organizing, and reviewing Applicant-submitted documentation in support of Public Assistance grants where work is complete.

Typical assignments include:

• Collecting, organizing, and reviewing Applicant-submitted documentation in support of Public Assistance grants where work is complete.
• Reviewing and validating Applicant-submitted documentation in support of Public Assistance grants where work is complete.
• Developing damage description and dimensions, scopes of work, and costs based on Applicant-provided documentation.
• Identifying missing information and coordinating with counterparts to resolve.
• Identifying potential eligibility issues and addressing those issues in coordination with leadership in field and Consolidated Resource Center offices.
• Reviewing contract documentation, ensuring alignment with proper procurement procedures and accuracy of submitted costs.
• Communicating and elevating issues as necessary to eliminate the need for after actions.

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 4-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

This position has promotion potential to the IC-0089-12. Promotions are dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, successful performance review displaying at least one year of experience at the lower grade, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and management approval.

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.

This Supervisory Transportation Security Officer position is located at Waco Regional Airport (ACT), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (STSO), you will be responsible for mitigating actual and potential threats against civil aviation and other transportation modes. You will also perform and supervise in your area of specialty, which may include Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) and Lead Transportation Security Officers (LTSOs) in the performance of all security functions related to the screening of people, property, and cargo through the use and application of procedures, techniques, and technology. In addition, you will make independent, security-based decisions using intelligence, critical thinking, experience, observation, and passenger engagement. Typical duties include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting and supervising subordinate employees in conducting pre-board security screening of persons, their carry-on and checked baggage/cargo.
• Overseeing screening checkpoint(s) and/or baggage screening operations on a day-to-day basis to include equipment, personnel, and the scheduling and rotation of personnel.
• Participating in the development of new policies and procedures, and recommending changes in policy and procedures based on observation of work, as required.
• Participating in the development of strategic planning initiatives, workforce planning, succession planning initiatives, and other reports and documents for TSA and superiors.
• Engaging in continuous development of critical thinking skills necessary to mitigate security threats by identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate situational options and approaches.
• Preparing various types of communications such as morning briefings, checkpoint logs, reports, and documents that are germane to the work performed.
• Developing incident information and reports for Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) and superiors.
• Serving as a member of the National Screening Force.

As a Telecommunications Specialist (Aviation), your typical work assignments may include:

• Participating in sensitive covert activities requiring the installation and recovery of electronic devices.
• Tracking and intercepting airborne surveillance to assist personnel with investigative operations by integrating the use of electronic communications equipment.
• Designing and modifying large and diverse inventory of highly specialized state-of-the-art electronics used in surveillance and information gathering activities to support criminal investigations and prosecutions.
• Participating in maintenance of covert and concealed surveillance equipment.
• Analyzing networks, including radio frequency-based (e.g., cellular, radio, Wi-Fi) and internet protocol-based, to determine the best technological approach (i.e. electronic surveillance, communication, and interception) to use in support of an investigative operations.

At the GS-7 level, you will:

• Researches and interprets legal and regulatory material for use by the supervisor or coworkers.
• Performs varied routine legal support or law-related functions. Analyzes portions of legal issues, questions or cases.
• Collects data from a variety of reference sources in office and prepares documents for use by attorneys or other legal support staff.
• Assembles materials for staff associated with briefings, conferences, and meetings.

One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Protects the civil rights of all individuals on VA controlled property;
• Performs various law enforcement and administrative functions throughout the department;
• Manages, supervises and coordinates the Police Service law enforcement activities for a designated assigned area;
• Serves as a watch commander or administrative lieutenant at the geographic area level;
• Conducts inspections of personnel, equipment and facilities to ensure compliance with departmental policies and procedures;
• Establishes priorities to coordinate, plan, organize and complete work;
• Oversees human resource activities such as recruitment of vacancies; preparing, conducting and reviewing performance evaluations; takes disciplinary action; identifies and conducts specific training; approves and monitors leave requests;
• Responds to highly dangerous and active crimes in progress
• Makes independent decisions to take, direct and coordinate immediate steps to preserve life and property;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

An entry level Federal Air Marshal serves as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS). The Federal Air Marshals' primary function is to protect commercial passenger flights by deterring and countering the risk of terrorist activity, aircraft piracy, and other crimes to protect the nation's transportation infrastructure. Federal Air Marshals are equipped to operate independently in a highly stressful environment with little or no back-up available. Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Participates in multi-agency task forces involving other federal, state, and local agencies in support of an integrated Federal law enforcement and intelligence approach to proactively fight terrorism.
• Coordinates and administers law enforcement, investigative, analytical, or advisory activities to ensure compliance with federal laws, regulations, and other mandatory guidelines.
• Makes arrests without warrants for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if there is probable cause to believe that a felony is being or has been committed.
• Seeks and executes warrants for arrest or seizure of evidence upon probable cause that a violation has been committed; and identifies and interviews witnesses and suspects.
• Presents information regarding law enforcement activities to the appropriate U.S. Attorney, as necessary. Such law enforcement activities may involve matters of extreme sensitivity with difficult planning and coordination problems because of jurisdictional concerns involving other nations, and federal, state, county, and local governments.

This position is a primary Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) position and is covered under the Special LEO Retirement Provisions. Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) is approved for this position to compensate for unscheduled duty in excess of a basic workweek. Federal Air Marshals must work or be available to work an average of two extra hours per non excludable work day. LEAP is not authorized until all initial training requirements are successfully completed and upon issue of the Federal Air Marshal badge and credential.

Provide legal support across the full range of Army Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) and NAFI practice areas, with an emphasis on NAF contracting, including acquisition strategy, statement of work preparation, solicitation, drafting, negotiation and administration of contracts; contract claims and disputes; vendor agreements, public private ventures and debt collection; acquisition and use of NAF property and interests in real property including facility construction, and maintenance and restoration. As well as fiscal law matters involving the application of fiscal law statutes, regulations and budget policies as they pertain to non-appropriated and appropriated funds.

Provide advice and guidance in the areas of Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act matters, and other administrative law matters resulting from operations and responsibilities of operating large military installations.

Provides oral and written legal advice concerning the activities of IMCOM G-9.

Performs in-depth legal research.

Serves as ethics counselor.

Coordinates actions with other staff elements and with installations, IMCOM Staff, IMCOM Directorates, AMC, Department of the Army, and higher level legal and staff offices, as appropriate.

• Serves as a Senior Natural and Cultural Resources Programs and Policies Attorney for the USAF JAG Corps.
• Maintains Highest Level of subject matter expertise in Natural and Cultural Resources Law.
• Provides assistance to Air Force Civil Engineering Center, including the installations Directorate on matters involving Natural and Cultural Resources law as these affect Housing Privatization, Utilities Privatization, and Enhanced Use Lease projects.
• Provides assistance to Air Force and Department of Justice litigators on environmental, occupational safety and health, cultural and natural resources, and related real property matters in dispute in administrative, regulatory, or federal court proceedings.

This Lead Transportation Security Officer position is located at Amarillo International Airport (AMA), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a Lead Transportation Security Officer (LTSO), you will be responsible for leading at least three full-performance level Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) and, as assigned, trainee and apprentice level TSOs. As an LTSO, you will identify, distribute, and balance workloads and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow and skill level. You will make adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Providing input to supervisors and managers concerning a variety of human resources matters including, but not limited to, employee performance, promotions, reassignments, awards, etc.
• Implementing security screening procedures in accordance with TSA objectives and directives.
• Assisting with investigations of incidents, and preparing incident reports or other documents that convey required information.
• Responding to breaches of security and emergency situations.
• Training team members, monitoring and reporting on the status and progress of work, and representing the team in communications with the supervisor or manager for the purpose of obtaining resources (e.g., computer hardware and software, etc.).

- Assists the Senior GSSO in managing the 688 CW SAP program established for a specific class of classified information that imposes more stringent security safeguards and access requirements that exceed those normally required for SCI or Collateral information. Incumbent is the Deputy
Government SAP Security Officer (GSSO) in the day-to-day SAP operations of the Wing. Coordinate with ACC/AP and 16 AF/AP offices on a daily basis.

- Assists in directing the SAP personnel security program to ensure secure accomplishment of 688 CW missions, lines of effort, goals and objectives through proactive application of security principles, policies, and practices.

- Provides 688 CW and subordinate organizations worldwide with authoritative guidance on aspects concerning physical security programs for the protection of classified national security information, SAP Compartmented Areas (SAP-CA), SAP-Facilities (SAP-F), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and collateral information.

- Manages the Industrial Security Program. Provides effective guidance, training, and direction to subordinate assigned organizations/activities/units on industrial security program matters.

• Independently, or as a team member, conduct investigations to apprehend and/or detain persons committing crimes against persons and property.
• Collect and submit to crime laboratory evidence such as fingerprints, blood, stains, suspected narcotics, weapons, castings of foot and tire impressions, documents, etc., using special investigative techniques and equipment.
• Serve as Point of Contact for civil law enforcement agencies required to serve due process to military and civilian personnel on the installation.
• Analyze data to identify suspects and develop case information for use in pressing charges and bringing suspects to trial.
• Evaluate evidence, laboratory findings and statements to determine motives, methods and responsible individuals.
• Assist civil law enforcement personnel in locating soldiers, civilians or military dependents employed within the jurisdictional boundaries.

Serves the club by maintaining a high visibility presence to deter illegal and/or inappropriate actions. Patrols, protects and inspects buildings and property. Maintains secure control of supplies and equipment. Assists in checking patrons for proper identification and securing arm bands on eligible patrons before admitting them into the building. Patrols club complex, circulating among patrons to maintain order and to prevent damage to furnishings, facility or club property. Warns patrons guilty of any infractions. Maintains order, enforces Dram Shop Theory, tactfully removing patrons who are disorderly. Contacts security police when necessary. Performs other related duties as assigned.


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• Implements and administers the Information Security Program for the installation.
• Administers the Industrial Security Program.
• Implements and administers the Personnel Security Program for the installation.
• Assists base unit and staff agency security managers in implementing security education and motivation programs.