This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia VA Health Care System, Police Service. The mission of the Police Service is to serve and protect Veterans, patients, employees, contractors, volunteers, affiliates, visitors, and others who frequent VA facilities.

Duties

Directs, coordinates and/or performs a variety of supervisory and non-supervisory policing law enforcement assignments and projects that are performed on Departmental property; including any properties owned, leased, or licensed when consistent with Federal laws, regulations, VA policy and operational guidance Works in collaboration with the Captain who serves as the incumbent's immediate supervisor Coordinates or oversees off-station VA law enforcement activities, investigations or protection support in accordance with applicable laws and VA policy Provides Lieutenant policing services routinely at all segments of VA facilities located over large geographical areas, some of which may be in different states, counties, municipalities, or townships Provides leadership in protecting Veterans, volunteers, and others on Departmental property, U.S. officials, other individuals, and him or herself during any given situation against threats to personal safety when force becomes necessary to enforce laws and regulations Serves as Lieutenant and Officer-in-Charge performing various law enforcement and administrative functions throughout VHA Manages, supervises and coordinates the VHA, PS law enforcement activities for designated assigned areas Performs a broad range of supervisory responsibilities over other law enforcement policing staff Serves as a watch commander or administrative lieutenant at the geographic area assigned Supervises a team of police sergeants, police officers, detectives and other law enforcement staff, who carry out day-to-day, routine crime suppression and investigative functions Establishes priorities to coordinate, plan, organize and complete work in accordance with sound time-management methodology Ensures all policies and procedures are followed and adhered to Oversees human resources activities and leads, prioritizes, assigns, reviews, approves, and disapproves employees' assignments and related assignments Monitors and reviews the status and progress of the work and makes workload adjustments to ensure the workload is balanced Prepares, conducts, and reviews performance evaluations, takes disciplinary actions, and identifies and conducts specific designated training Approves and monitors leave requests Evaluates officers and other staff in performance reviews, and coordinates evaluations with the Captain Identifies the development and training needs for the Police Service staff supervised Serves as a lead and personally conducts investigations, apprehensions, or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of the US Conducts investigations with a nexus to VA, prisoner transport, patient search and recovery, life-saving efforts, disaster response and recovery, asset protection during transit, training, and other matters Patrols and responds to a variety of criminal activities requiring law enforcement, intervention such as homicides, sexual assaults, robberies, property crimes, domestic violence, vice and narcotics-related activities, crimes by and against juveniles, and other crimes Responds to highly dangerous and active crimes in progress and makes independent decisions to take/direct/coordinate immediate steps to preserve life and property Responds to scenes of serious crimes such as officer-involved shooting, homicide, major robbery and theft; reviews and ensures complete and accurate follow-up investigations Pursues or apprehends suspects and criminals, makes arrests which may involve physically restraining or subduing individual(s) and possible use of deadly force, interviews and interrogates victims, witnesses, suspects, and other contact persons, and protects the crime scene for processing, and processes suspects Establishes and implements community relations service programs and attends public events Performs law enforcement administrative duties, including preparing and monitoring the designated PS budget Reviews and oversees daily and monthly activity, crime, and accident reports and plans for various criminal and traffic operations Works closely with other police lieutenants and other law enforcement agencies regarding crime and crime prevention Works closely with the Captain as Lieutenant and serves as a Commanding Officer in the Captain's absence Conducts classes; coordinates specialized training in a variety of forums and ensures appropriate and timely training of staff Carries firearms and other weapons, intervenes when necessary to de-escalate situations and determines when and how much force must be applied Advises individuals of their (Miranda, Weingarten, Garrity, etc.) rights, and protects the constitutional and civil rights of persons Performs other duties as assigned Work Schedule: 8a-4:30p/7:30a-4p Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Police Officer (LT)/PD99828S Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/28/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-8. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-8 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience that provided knowledge of a body of basic laws and regulations, law enforcement operations, practices, and techniques and involved responsibility for maintaining order and protecting life and property. Creditable specialized experience may have been gained in work on a police force; through service as a military police officer; in work providing visitor protection and law enforcement in parks, forests, or other natural resource or recreational environments; in performing criminal investigative duties; or in other work that provided the required knowledge and skills. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Criminal LawDecision MakingLeadershipManaging Human ResourcesSecurityTeaching Others 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work requires, on a regular and recurring basis, considerable and strenuous physical exertion such as running, frequent climbing of multiple flights of stairs, and carrying items weighing over 50 pounds. It requires stamina, physical agility, dexterity, and the strength to pursue, apprehend or detain persons who are often uncooperative, assaultive, and/or armed. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Columbia VA Health Care System 6439 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC 29209 US
• Name: Reginald Young
• Phone: 704-638-9000
• Email: [email protected]