This position will serve as a Supervisory Police Officer (Captain) located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Police Service (PS). The mission of the PS is to serve and protect Veterans, patients, employees, contractors, volunteers, affiliates, visitors, and others who frequent VA facilities.

Duties

Major duties include, but are not limited: Directs 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 Major who serves as the incumbent's immediate supervisor. Manages, supervises and coordinates law enforcement activities for a police department. Provides leadership in protecting Veterans, volunteers, and others on Departmental property, U.S. officials, and other individuals during any given situation against threats to personal safety when force becomes necessary to enforce laws and regulations. Performs various law enforcement and administrative functions throughout VA. Manages, supervises and coordinates the VHA, PS law enforcement activities for designated assigned area. 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 level. Participates in Incident Command roles as needed during serious incidents. Supervises a team of police lieutenants, sergeants, police officers, detectives and other law enforcement staff, who carry out day-to-day, routine crime suppression and investigative functions. Supervises the administrative and support functions of nonsworn personnel. Inspects personnel, facilities, and tactics for safety and/or training needs. Establishes priorities to coordinate, plan, organize and complete work effectively and efficiently to ensure all policies and procedures are followed and adhered to. 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 PS staff supervised. Interviews and hires sworn and civilian personnel for his or her assigned area. Oversees the functions of the patrol officers and detectives to ensure compliance with the Department policies, procedures, regulations and standards. Formulates and issues written instructions and procedures and special instructions for non-routine or complex assignments or to clarify published guidelines. Conducts or coordinates long- and short-term investigations when solutions cannot be achieved during a normal patrol shift. Evaluates crime prevention programs and recommending changes to reduce opportunities for theft, assault, illegal entry, or other kinds of violations. Work Schedule: 7:00am - 7:00pm based on needs of the facility. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Candidates must be willing to work weekends, irregular work hours and extended hours if determined by the needs of the service. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Police Officer (Captain)/PD99815S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• 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.
• Firearm Requirement: VA Police Officers are required to carry agency-approved firearms while on duty on VA property.
• New VA Police Officers are required to attend an 8-10 week course at the VA Law Enforcement Training Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Satisfactory completion of this course is a condition of continued employment.
• A medical examination is required.
• A character investigation will be conducted on applicants selected for employment.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/26/2023. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Minimum qualifications for this position at the GS-10 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 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: Supervising/leading and providing guidance/direction to law enforcement personnel at various levels on duties in response to potential threats of violence, detecting criminal activity, fire and other emergencies; enforcing federal, state, and local laws; performs various administrative functions to include review and prepare police activity reports and correspondence, prioritizing, approving/disapproving work assignments, monitoring budget and budget requests, managing/overseeing personnel activity, etc.; may have served as an assistant to a Police Captain within a police force. 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: 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. 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 must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hour worked per week. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Criminal Law Decision Making Leadership Managing Human Resources Security 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. It requires stamina, physical agility, dexterity, and the strength to pursue, apprehend or detain persons who are of ten uncooperative, assaultive, and/or armed. Heavy lifting, 45 pounds and over Heavy carrying, 45 pounds and over Straight pulling (0.5 hours) Pulling hand over hand (0.5 hours) Pushing (2 hours); Reaching above shoulder Use of fingers Both hands required Walking (up to 4 hours) Standing (up to 4 hours) Kneeling (0.5 hours) Crawling (0.5 hours) Repeated bending (2 hours) Both legs required Both eyes required Climbing, legs only (0.5 hour) Climbing, use of legs and arm Ability to use and desirability of using firearms Operation of crane, truck, tractor, or motor vehicle Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4 Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other Depth perception Ability to distinguish basic colors, shades of colors Hearing without aid 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 of exposure. 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 Dallas VA Medical Center 4500 South Lancaster Road Dallas, TX 75216 US
• Name: VISN 17 SSU USAS Group
• Email: [email protected]