These positions are located within Police Service at the VA New Jersey Health Care System in Lyons, NJ. The primary purpose of the Lead Security Assistant position is to lead a team of Security Assistants responsible for monitoring physical security equipment and systems.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include: Leader: leads a team of Security Assistants; coaches the team in the selection and application of appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques, provides advice on work methods, practices and procedures, and assists the team and/or individual members in identifying viable solutions; identifies, distributes, and balances workload and tasks among employees; trains or arranges for the training necessary for accomplishment of individual and team tasks; addresses and remediates simple complaints or escalates them to the supervisor; and recommends actions such as: assignments, reassignments, promotions, tour of duty changes, etc. Physical Security Support: performs alarm and access monitoring, tracing access patterns, programming, assigning or removing user permissions, updating databases, and remotely opening and securing doors during routine and emergency operations; assesses on-scene behavior and determines when it is appropriate to dispatch law enforcement or other personnel to investigate; responds to alarm systems monitoring fire, access, intrusion, duress/panic, medical emergencies, psychiatric emergencies, medical assist teams, etc., and emergency digital paging system; maintains radio/alarm activity records/logs to include dates, times, and results of communications and activities and prepares completed reports; issues and retrieves government issued keys and/or identification cards; maintains accurate key inventory and accountability database; and maintains accountability of Police Officer badges issued and all associated logs. Communications: monitors and receives routine and emergency calls from a variety of sources that need police, fire, medical or other emergency services; maintains contact with law enforcement units on assignment; maintains status and location of Police Officers and coordinates communication between agencies as needed; answers non-emergency calls for assistance; monitors and directs responses to security and life safety communications, radio dispatches, telephone calls, and other emergency communication circuits; coordinates with various federal, state and local law enforcement officials for coordination of emergency situations; and operates a variety of communications equipment, telephones and computer systems to support both routine and emergency operations. Operations Support: performs system checks on a variety of equipment used in the dispatch center; troubleshoots systems when problems arise and resolves issues whenever possible; conducts equipment inventories and completes records and other logs; enters, updates and retrieves information from a variety of computer systems and sensitive databases; uses state and the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) to access sensitive law enforcement information to support field operations and investigations; enters or updates regional and national records; compiles and prepares reports related to events occurring in the operation of the police control center; generates police reports for routine, non-criminal cases; completes vehicle registration tasks and issues decals and permits as authorized by policy; and establishes and maintains physical files of parking/traffic violators. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Candidates must be willing to work days, nights, weekends, holidays, irregular work hours and extended hours if determined by the needs of the service. Furthermore, candidates must be willing to be placed, detailed, or temporarily assigned to other related services and/or locations, if necessary. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the GS-6 level, you must meet the following requirement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in the Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of a Lead Security Assistant, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. Specialized experience includes knowledge of security or law enforcement objectives and programs; overseeing/leading/balancing a team's workload; carrying out support tasks related to law enforcement and security administration; monitoring and responding to physical alarm systems and security cameras; dispatching officers; monitoring computers for video surveillance; and maintaining reports and logs. NOTE: 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. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: CommunicationsComputer SkillsLeadershipManages and Organizes InformationSecurityTechnology Application IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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; religious; 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. 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.

Contacts

• Address VA New Jersey Health Care System 385 Tremont Avenue East Orange, NJ 07018 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]