The incumbent serves as a Police Officer Corporal (Instructor) ensuring a safe and secure environment across VHA within various settings, including a variety of jurisdictional environments, such as VHA Medical Centers and facilities, Inpatient Clinics, Outpatient Clinics, and domiciliaries throughout the United States. This position serves as a vital part of the VA Police Services often serving as the face of the VA and as the first person a Veteran or visitor encounters.

Duties

Serves as a Police Officer Corporal (Instructor) and administers and coordinates theeducation and training program for Police Service from initial-entry training toassessment, in-services training, and retraining of Officers throughout the year.Oversees the initial and on-the-job training of all newly assigned personnel. Conductsclassroom lectures and PowerPoint presentations, role-playing scenarios, and skillsdemonstrations. Develops, presents, delivers, or coordinates courses for training programs. Preparesmaterial related to the use of the VA police computer package; writing reports;documenting incidents; use of the Expandable Straight Baton; oleoresin capsicum sprayrecertification; defense tactics; handcuffing; the clearing of buildings; and AED andCPR. Prepares training schedules, coordinates equipment, room availability, and datesand times for on-site training and off-campus drills. Ensures the availability of materialand handouts for class participants. Changes training curriculum to fit the criteria focused on the jurisdiction, level ofexperience and complications observed. Oversees instructors' firearms, grounddefense, active threat, etc. to provide guidance and evaluate their courses. Prepares lesson plans and critiques instruction and instructional material. Ensurescourses are well structured and ample training materials are available from severalsources. Provides instruction and modification for training course contents and/ormaterials. Coordinates the use of outside guest instructors, VA law enforcement instructors, and/orlocal outside law enforcement agencies and emergency/public services agencies andthe FBI, DEA, Postal Inspectors, and ATF. Arranges for appropriate guest instructorsand subject matters experts to provide necessary training. Applies a variety ofinstructional techniques including lecture, seminar, conference, and group discussion,programmed instruction, self-paced instruction, hands-on, and multimedia instruction. Ensures that staff complies with LETC required training commitments, courses, andtimeframes and maintains training materials, attendance records, test scores, etc. andcompletes related reports. Analyzes results of tests and employee performance toidentify special or additional training requirements. Makes suggestions andrecommendations on curricula modifications based on observations and trends in thepolicing field. Serves as a Corporal Police Officer in addition to serving as an instructor, performinglaw enforcement and security responsibilities. Promotes the protection of property andcivil rights of individuals by maintaining law and order. Provides services at allsegments of VA facilities located over large geographical areas, some of which may bein different states, counties, municipalities, or townships. Carries firearms and other weapons, intervenes when necessary to deescalatesituations and determines when and how much force must be applied. Advisesindividuals of their (Miranda, Weingarten, Garrity, etc.) rights, and protects theconstitutional and civil rights of persons. Performs vehicular patrols as required. Enforces laws, rules, regulations, and resolvesviolations/offenses; conducts preliminary investigations and coordinates withsurrounding emergency response agencies as needed. Exercises arrest authority; searches and detains suspects; takes charge of emergencies and established operating procedures; makes arrests and performs booking procedures. Responds to traffic accidents, assists with control of the scene, and leads the traffic accidents investigation. Work Schedule: Tour Varies, Rotating schedule to include weekends and holidays. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Police Officer (Instructor)/PD99844-S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/16/2023. 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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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 at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 grade level in the Federal service (or equivalent pay band), that provided a 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. Specialized experience includes leading and conducting investigations, apprehensions and detentions of persons suspected or convicted of criminal violations; maintaining order to protect life and property; responding to emergency situations; gathering information and preparing reports; conducting routine patrol, traffic control, and traffic accident investigations; assisting in conducting classroom lectures, presentations, or skills demonstrations; and recommending modifications of training curriculum when necessary. 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. Experience as a security guard or corrections officer is generally not qualifying. Note: You must provide detailed information of your experience performed. Information such as "I was a Patrolman", "I was a Police Officer for a number of years," or "I enforced Federal, State, county, and laws" is insufficient to determine your qualifications. Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hour worked per week. Preferred Experience: Current certified Veterans Affairs Police Officer or previous (within past two years) successful completion of the VA Law Enforcement Training Center Police Officer Standardized Training course. Must have completed at least 52 weeks as a certified VA Police Officer. Federal employees must provide latest Non-Award SF 50 to support eligibility, failure to do so will result in disqualification Driver's License Requirement: Applicants must possess a valid, unrestricted State driver's license, have a safe driving record, and demonstrate that he or she is medically qualified to operate the appropriate motor vehicle safely. Applicants are required to pass agency Government Vehicle Drivers physical examination. Note: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your driver's license with your application package. If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your valid state-issued driver's license. Firearm Requirement: VA Police Officers are required to carry agency-approved firearms while on duty on VA property. Officers must achieve and maintain qualification/certification with the agency-approved firearms as condition of gaining and continuing employment as a Police Officer. Applicants must be able to possess firearms under the terms of the Gun Control Act of 1968, as amended (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9). You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:Education and TrainingFirst ResponsePartneringPublic Safety and SecuritySecurityTeaching OthersExperience 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 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. Work Conditions: The work involves both moderate and high risks and possible endangerment of life or serious injury that requires the exercise of safety precautions and use of personal protective equipment The work is performed in settings in which there is regular and recurring exposure to moderate to severe discomforts and unpleasantness, such as high temperatures in confined spaces, high temperatures due to mandatory protective personal equipment, or adverse weather conditions during extended periods of traffic and patrol duties. The work involves moderate risk requiring exercise of safety precautions when working around hazardous materials such as toxic gases, explosives, infectious biological materials, and others that pose a moderate risk.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 Cincinnati VA Medical Center 3200 Vine Street Cincinnati, OH 45220 US
• Name: Nicholas England
• Phone: 317-967-1731
• Email: [email protected]