SECURITY SPECIALIST (PROTECTION)

Job TitleJob TitleJob DescriptionThis position is located within the Adjutant General's, Special Staff. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Joint Force Headquarters (State) (JFHQ-STATE) Protection Officer for Army and Air functional elements and related physical and operations security policy and issues, handling of intelligence and law enforcement sensitive information, managing assigned program areas, directing studies and reviewing, revising and implementing protection policy and projects.Major duties include:Serving as the JFHQ-State authority and expert on all matters involving protection functional elements and integration of enabling functional requirements, policy, procedures, program status and serves as the conduit of information between the intelligence community and local state and federal law enforcement.Serving as the focal point to coordinate, de-conflict, and integrate various force protection staff initiatives, policies, and activities within the state. Serving as consultant to the Adjutant General, JFHQ-State, and unit commanders on protection. Establishing working relationships with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies operating within the state on behalf of the Adjutant General.Conducting intelligence integration and information operations to assess potential threat and creating JFHQ-State integrated protection program. Preparing protection plans, templates and planning tools for subordinate units, writing comprehensive all hazard plans, directing the use of active, and passive security measures, and incorporating random antiterrorism measures to protect personnel, installations and Geographically Separated Units (GSU's), conducting protection resource management to prioritize and generate protective measure. Reviewing practices and activities to ensure compliance with directives and integration with other security and related programs. Providing recommendations, briefings, updates, and staff studies across a broad range of security specialties to influence installation-level decision-making and policy development.Responsible for synchronizing daily operations and integration, coordination and plans resource management requirements for the Protection Program functional elements of Antiterrorism (AT), Intelligence Support to Antiterrorism, Emergency Management (EM), Insider Threat, Law Enforcement (LE), Mission Assurance (MA), and Physical Security (PS) for the State. Integrating sub-functional areas and developing a holistic protection program that meets the Adjutant General's objectives, Army National Guard (ARNG), Air National Guard (ANG), National Guard Bureau (NGB), Army regulatory, and Air Force Instruction requirements. Involving all measures related security for all state installations, facilities, arms/munitions storage activities, and personnel. Often interpreting broad, non-specific higher headquarters directives for ARNG/ANG applicability and implementation. Formulating local protection procedures and policies based on unique command and operational needs.Receiving filter, focus, and fuse information from military intelligence sources, publicly available information sources, and local, state and federal law enforcement sources to develop a clear understanding of real or potential threat to all state forces. Reviewing classified information and determining what information constitutes law enforcement sensitive information. Responsible for the declassification of military intelligence that is deemed law enforcement sensitive and requires dissemination to local, state, or federal law enforcement agencies operating within the state.Planning, conducting, directing the conduct of, or coordinating on site security studies, projects, assessments, and surveys of the State in relationship to protection activities. Working with engineers to assess and sign off on all construction projects within the state to ascertain that protection construction standards are complied with. Activities assessed may encompass all security specialties. Analyzing data to identify physical and operations security compliance or non-compliance, vulnerabilities, trends, strengths, and benchmarks. Determining, formulating, coordinating, and implementing specific JFHQ-State guidance and actions to correct security deficiencies, overcome vague or competing requirements, promote the growth of sound security procedures, and justify major fiscal expenditures and procurement of needed security technology, security aids and equipment, manpower, and infrastructure.