Hybrid Green & Gold - Campus Security Specialist bei United States House of Representatives

Green & Gold - Campus Security Specialist
SALARY: Salary $55,000.00 - 67,000.00
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LOCATION: WASHINGTON DC

The Green & Gold Congressional Aide Program (G&G CAP) was established to create employment opportunities for Veterans, Gold Star families, and Active-Duty spouses within the U.S. House of Representatives. These positions provide Aides with the experience and exposure necessary to broaden their career opportunities. This position is assigned within a House Officer and will serve in Washington, DC. These are two-year, paid, full-time employment opportunities.

This position supports security-related projects across the Capitol Campus. The role involves working closely with U.S. Capitol Police, Architect of the Capitol, and other partners to help review and track projects. Responsibilities include attending meetings, taking notes, helping prepare agendas, and keeping records up to date. The ideal candidate should be organized, a good communicator, and comfortable working as part of a team in a fast-paced environment. Basic knowledge of project management tools and a willingness to learn are important for success in this role.

This position is part of the Police Services/Law Enforcement Division, Office of the Sergeant at Arms (SAA), U.S. House of Representatives (House). The Division of Police Services/Law Enforcement (PS/LE) is the law enforcement division within the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of Representatives. The division coordinates with the United States Capitol Police (USCP), the Senate Sergeant at Arms (SSA), and the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) and other legislative branch entities to ensure the safety and security of the Capitol complex, Members of Congress, Congressional staff and visitors.

Major Duties

Typical duties include, but are not necessarily limited to:

• Liaison and Collaboration: Serves as a project liaison between the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), United States Capitol Police (USCP), Senate Sergeant at Arms (SAA), and other Capitol campus partners. Builds positive working relationships with Capitol campus project managers and organizational staff from these entities.
  
• Stakeholder Advocacy: Acts as an advocate on behalf of Member offices to ensure deconfliction of Capitol campus projects and Member, staff, and office operations.
  
• Project Scope Management: Assists in defining project scopes, boundaries, and timelines.
  
• Timeline and Scheduling: Supports and develops internal project schedules, tracking milestones, and identifying deconfliction priorities.
  
• Status Reporting: Assists in the preparation of project status reports, highlighting progress, challenges, and potential roadblocks.
  
• Documentation: Maintains accurate project documentation, including meeting minutes, project work plans, reports, and data entry. Ensures all project documentation and associated data are properly archived in the Campus Security repository structure.
  
• Lessons Learned: Assists in developing after-action reviews and participates in post-project reviews internally and with campus partners to identify lessons learned for future projects.
  
• Security Awareness: Applies a basic understanding of common security threats, vulnerabilities, and controls.
  
• Technology Utilization: Utilizes project management technology such as Microsoft Project, ClickUp, Asana, MS Teams, and Outlook to effectively assist the Campus Security team.
  
• Support to Leadership: Supports the Deputy Assistant Sergeant at Arms, Campus Security, and the Program Manager, Campus Security Operations, to further the goals of the SAA Office. Provides updates to Sergeant at Arms leadership as needed.
  
• House Coordination Center: Maintains proficiency in matters related to the House Coordination Center and serves as a Police Services liaison, as needed, to ensure the timely delivery of information to SAA leadership during critical events.
  
• Campus Security Administrative Programs: Assist in managing the campus security programs offered to the congressional community on campus.
  
• Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

NO WAIVERS WILL BE GRANTED.  IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE YOU MUST BE A VETERAN, GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMBER, OR ACTIVE-DUTY SPOUSE AND MEET ALL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS. 

Veterans:

• Honorably discharged;
• Released from active duty within the last six years
• Pay grades at or below E-5/O-3/W-2
  • Veterans promoted to the pay grades of E-6/O-4/W-3 WITHIN 6-MONTHS OF SEPARATION from active duty may be eligible if they meet ALL other requirements.
• Veterans who are in receipt of a 20-year or Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA) retirement are not eligible for the program.

Gold Star Families: 

• A surviving spouse, child/step-child, parent/step-parent, or sibling/step-sibling of a veteran who died:
  • In the line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces; or
  • from a service-connected disability.

Active-Duty Spouses: 

• Must be the spouse of an Active-Duty service member. Active-Duty service members work for the military full-time and are subject to permanent change of station or permanent change of assignment orders upon completion of each tour of duty.
  • Those subject to Title X mobilization are not eligible