Security Assistant

• Responsible for coordinating radio and telephonic communications during both normal and emergency operations
• Conducts alarm audits and equipment inventories; completes records and other logs
• Processes pass and identification access control and parking permit requests; and performs a variety of administrative duties in support of the Police & Security Service mission
• Performs or monitors standardized aspects of established security program operations such as establishing and maintaining security records or operating an established pass and identification system and related equipment vehicle or parking registration system; and/or photo identification equipment
• Maintains a variety of files control registers and records to provide a control of sensitive and privacy act information
• Assists the Physical Security Officer with physical security site surveys and vulnerability assessments by using various resources to access complex data and information
• Directs response and/or modifies responsible personnel depending on the type of incident or request
• Answers all incoming telephone calls to the medical center and directs calls to the appropriate office or provides information as requested
• Conduct criminal background screening for base access and enroll VHIC cards into DOD base access database
• Control access to JBER Hospital through a special access gate
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• To be considered for this position you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement 02/06/2026.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

GS-05 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: general administrative and/or clerical; security objectives programs methods and procedures as well as carrying out support tasks related to security administration; police terminology and radio dispatch procedures; highly complex and specialized equipment associated with electronic surveillance devices and intrusion and duress alarm systems; closed-circuit television system; Police Service dispatch communication equipment and dispatch procedures; test panic and intrusion alarms.

OR

Applicants may substitute education for the experience required for the GS-05 level. Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have four years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business secretarial or technical school junior college college or university for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours 45 quarter hours or the equivalent in a college or university or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business secretarial or technical school. (NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation).

OR

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-05 level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond 2 years above high school. To calculate first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-05. For example an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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; religions; 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.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at

Required Experience:

Junior IC