Residential Security Coordinator (USD$1,833 per month)
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This position is open to all interested applicants and sources, offering a competitive corporate compensation package, structured hours, and a direct pathway into diplomatic facility and asset protection.
Position & Vacancy Overview
The incumbent provides administrative oversight for the diplomatic post's extensive residential security program. Serving as the primary operational point of contact between the RSO, General Services Office (GSO), Facilities Maintenance (FAC), and private landlords, the role splits evenly across two major portfolios:
1. Security Surveys, Inspections & Soft-Target Audits (50%)
The U.S. Mission utilizes a strict digital recruitment protocol. Resumes or paper CVs emailed or dropped off at the gate will not be reviewed. Candidates must apply through the online portal. Click here to read more and apply
All National Applicants: Complete the digital ERA forms entirely. Upload academic credentials, valid driver's license copies, and certificates.
Non-Liberian Applicants: Must upload valid local Residency and Work Permits alongside their profiles.
- Job Title: Residential Security Coordinator
- Vacancy Announcement Number: Monrovia-2026-025
- Hiring Agency: Embassy Monrovia (Regional Security Office)
- Series / Grade Tiers: LE - 0701 7 (Promotion Potential: LE-7)
- Annual Salary Scale: USD $21,992 / Per Year
- Employment Type: Permanent / Indefinite (Subject to successful completion of probationary period)
- Application Window: June 23, 2026 – July 07, 2026 (GMT Time Zone)
- Weekly Work Schedule: Full-time (40 hours per week)
- Mondays through Thursdays: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (1-hour lunch break).
- Fridays: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (No lunch break).
- Duty Location: U.S. Embassy Compound, Monrovia, Liberia (Telework Eligible: No)
The incumbent provides administrative oversight for the diplomatic post's extensive residential security program. Serving as the primary operational point of contact between the RSO, General Services Office (GSO), Facilities Maintenance (FAC), and private landlords, the role splits evenly across two major portfolios:
1. Security Surveys, Inspections & Soft-Target Audits (50%)
- Standards Enforcement: Ensure all diplomatic residences strictly conform with Diplomatic Security (DS) implementation standards and the Overseas Security Policy Board (OSPB) framework.
- Property Vetting: Conduct meticulous security surveys of all proposed and existing U.S. Government (USG) housing, drafting comprehensive reports and outlining required physical security upgrades.
- Upgrade Engineering: Formulate cost estimates and structural recommendations for critical safety updates, including shatter-resistant window films, secure locking mechanisms, reinforced grille work, alarm integration, camera arrays, and outdoor lighting.
- Site Management: Represent the RSO during property make-ready meetings, hotel evaluations for temporary duty staff, and specialized "soft-target" initiative programs.
- Project Coordination: Schedule and monitor work orders for installation teams, ensuring recommended security construction is completed seamlessly and on schedule.
- Inventory Governance: Oversee the issuance, tracking, and control of all physical security hardware deployed across Chief of Mission (COM) residences, executing decommissioning procedures when properties are returned to landlords.
- Budget Support: Assist in organizing, tracking, and managing the annual residential security upgrades budget, obtaining necessary funding certifications prior to project lifecycles.
- Personnel Briefing: Lead mandatory residential security in-briefs for newly arriving diplomatic personnel, instructing them on the proper operation of emergency alarms, radio networks, safe havens, and emergency egress routing.
- To pass the Electronic Recruitment Application (ERA) automated vetting matrix, candidates must address and satisfy all the following minimum parameters
- Education Requirements: Minimum completion of High School Education is required.
- Professional Longevity: A minimum of two (2) years of office administrative experience that explicitly includes managing customer inquiries/complaints, drafting structured reports, and handling complex correspondence.
- Language Fluency: Level 4 (Fluent) proficiency in English across speaking, reading, and writing scales. (This metric will be tested during evaluations).
- Job Knowledge: Proven knowledge of administrative procedures related to basic residential security concepts, principles, and asset protection techniques.
- Technical Tools & Apps: Basic keyboard literacy and technical fluency across Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and spatial mapping applications (Google Earth).
- Regulatory Clearance: Must possess a valid driver's license and be fully capable of obtaining and holding a Public Trust/Secret Security Clearance via a comprehensive background investigation.
The U.S. Mission utilizes a strict digital recruitment protocol. Resumes or paper CVs emailed or dropped off at the gate will not be reviewed. Candidates must apply through the online portal. Click here to read more and apply
All National Applicants: Complete the digital ERA forms entirely. Upload academic credentials, valid driver's license copies, and certificates.
Non-Liberian Applicants: Must upload valid local Residency and Work Permits alongside their profiles.
For systemic platform inquiries or clarification regarding job descriptions, applicants can reach the HR Section directly at 077 677 7125 or MonroviaHRO@state.gov
Reliable Opportunity Hub Expert-Level Application Tip for Embassy Applicants:
The U.S. Mission HR department enforces a zero-tolerance policy for copy-pasting. The official guidelines explicitly warn: Do not cut, copy, and paste your current job duties. The automated screening software quickly filters out repetitive, plagiarized, or bullet-point descriptions pulled directly from standard internet templates. When completing your ERA profile under Major Duties and Responsibilities, describe your daily administrative and writing experiences entirely in your own words. Provide explicit, real-world examples of reports you have compiled, budgets you have monitored, or vendor relationships you have managed. Because shortlisting is based solely on the text typed into the ERA platform fields (and attached external CV documents are not factored into your baseline score), writing out detailed, authentic descriptions of your skills directly within the application form is the only way to clear the system and secure an in-person interview.
The U.S. Mission HR department enforces a zero-tolerance policy for copy-pasting. The official guidelines explicitly warn: Do not cut, copy, and paste your current job duties. The automated screening software quickly filters out repetitive, plagiarized, or bullet-point descriptions pulled directly from standard internet templates. When completing your ERA profile under Major Duties and Responsibilities, describe your daily administrative and writing experiences entirely in your own words. Provide explicit, real-world examples of reports you have compiled, budgets you have monitored, or vendor relationships you have managed. Because shortlisting is based solely on the text typed into the ERA platform fields (and attached external CV documents are not factored into your baseline score), writing out detailed, authentic descriptions of your skills directly within the application form is the only way to clear the system and secure an in-person interview.
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