Title: National Security and Background Investigations Manager
Location: San Antonio, TX
Position Type: Full time (30-40+ hours/week), Salary.
Education Level: Bachelors Degree
Job Category: Health Care
Our Company Promise: We are committed to providing our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Vighter’s Mission is to provide efficient, fast, high quality healthcare staffing to our clients. Our Culture’s 5 key elements are crucial to the effectiveness of our employees in accomplishing our mission. These elements are:
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Personability
- Transparency
- Responsiveness
Summary:
Vighter is recruiting Program Management Office (PMO) staff to manage a large workforce of healthcare professionals (HCPs) who conduct basic screening assessments and provide healthcare services to individuals detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The PMO staff are responsible for supporting the client and the workforce to accomplish the mission.
Vighter’s HCPs work alongside uniformed CBP Agents/Officers at numerous locations near the border in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Florida. The medical staff must be capable of providing health care services for persons of all ages, to include infants, children, adults, and pregnant females. HCPs must be comfortable working in a detention setting. Services may be provided in a field setting with minimal facilities, a soft-sided (tent-type) facility, or a secure detention facility, such as a US Border Patrol Station. This is an amazing opportunity to work with diverse populations alongside a supportive team of healthcare professionals and administrative staff.
Education, Licensure/Certification & Experience:
- Successful completion of a Background Investigator National Training Standards (NTS) compliant investigator training course AND one of the following:
- Four (4) years of general experience (problem solve/analyze problems, gather pertinent call)
- Bachelor or Associate’s degree from U.S.-based college or university.
- Two (2) years of Specialized Experience (general background investigations as a local, State, military or Federal law enforcement officer or background investigations for a federal agency) within the last five (5) years.
- One (1) year Specialized Experience in Federal Background Investigations within the last five (5) years
- Preferred qualifications include the following:
- Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (DCSA) credentials
- Experience conducting Federal background investigations for DCSA (previously NBIB, OPM)
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Current SSBI or active security clearance based on an SSBI
- A valid driver’s license and reliable transportation are required to conduct contractor’s pre-employment background investigation and a current auto insurance
- Ability to interact with a variety of individuals and personalities professionally and effectively
- Ability to work in a fast-paced changing environment with limited supervision
- Excellent organizational, scheduling and prioritization skills.
- Maintain high level of confidentiality ethics and integrity
- Proficient writing and communication skills
- Conducts pre-employment background investigations for the purpose of determining employment suitability of persons who require access to sensitive or classified U.S. Government information to include the following:
- Criminal history
- Drug testing
- Educational and medical licensure/credential verification
- Online/Social Media checks
- Credit check
- Perform subject and source interviews using tact and professionalism while following Federal background investigation standards
- Perform record searches
- Once medical staff candidates clear pre-employment background investigations, promptly (within 24-72 hours of clearing pre-employment background investigations) ensure submission of candidates’ E-QIP forms to initiate the Tier IV BI on-line (or hard- copy documents, as required) to DHS/CBP’s OPR
- Consistently track no less than weekly, in close coordination with the DHS/CBP’s OPR, COR, CO, and/or OCMO medical staff, the status of medical staff candidates’ Tier IV BI.
- Communicate to both COR, CO and OCMO medical staff medical staff candidates who successfully cleared DHS/CBP’s Tier IV BI in a prompt manner (within 24-48 hours) for these individuals to then begin work IAW SOW.
- Adhere to timeliness and quality requirements for completing work.
- Performs record keeping functions in accordance with program policies and the system of records management
- Perform work within the designated Areas of Responsibility as dictated by the SOW.
- Flexibility to perform responsibilities outside of normal business hours, (i.e., evenings, weekends) as needed
- Adhere to security policies and requirements regarding safeguarding of information, retention and submittal of case related information and training
- Attends general staff meetings and works with the DHS/CBP personnel, Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Contracting Officer (CO), and Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO), as directed
- Completes all annual training as directed
- May be required to travel
- May be required to serve visit various medical units at various Border Patrol Stations (BPS), Field Offices (FO) and/or temporary DHS/CBP facilities (e.g., soft sided facilities) within DHS/CBP sector/region
- Flexible scheduling and overtime are optional, as available
- Duties will be performed on-site at medical units, which may rotate within a specific region or sector
- Limited telework may be considered for certain oversight positions
- Will effectively create spreadsheets, diagrams, PowerPoint presentations, and other forms of training or reporting, using Microsoft Office or other technology-based software
- Creates other ad hoc reports and summaries, as needed, or requested by CBP, COR, CO, or OCMO
- Works with OCMO to review and clarify any reporting requirements, address any auditing concerns or findings as needed
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Duty Hours / On-call Requirements:
- The expected duty hours for this position are 8 hours per day and 5 days per week. However, this key position supporting 24/7/365 operations which may require work to be conducted in the day, at night, on weekends, and during holidays.
Travel:
Pay & Benefits:
- Competitive pay package
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Comprehensive benefits package with Medical, Dental, Vision, and selected voluntary insurance coverages available for qualifying employees
- Employee Basic Life, and AD&D Insurance
Qualifications:
- Must be able to walk, stand, bend, and/or sit for more than 8 hours per day.
- Must be able to perform duties in a stressful and often austere environment without physical limitations.
- Must be able to use an elevator or walk up and down stairs.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and carry up to 10 feet.
- Must be able to routinely grasp or handle objects, use finger dexterity, bend elbows/knees and reach above and below shoulders.
- Must be able to read and interpret handwritten and typewritten print.
- Must be able to communicate by voice and detect sound by ear.
- Must be willing to work day, night, weekdays, weekends, holidays, and overtime if necessary.
- Must be able to perform duties in an indoor and/or outdoor environment.
- Must be able to pass a criminal background investigation. Candidate must not have been convicted of, pled guilty to, pled nolo contender to, or received probation prior to judgement for any crime other than a minor traffic violation, the record of which has not been expunged.
- Must undergo Urine Drug Screening (UDS).
Vighter LLC is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This position is contingent upon contract award.
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