This position will serve as a Supervisory Police Officer - Captain at the LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center in Ann Arbor, MI., ensuring a safe and secure environment across all VA Administrations with various settings, including a variety of jurisdictional environments. In this capacity, you will direct, coordinate and perform supervisory and non-supervisory policing law enforcement assignments and projects.

Duties

Major Duties include, but are not limited to: Directing/Performing 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. Providing 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. Providing 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. Managing, supervising and coordinating the VHA, PS law enforcement activities for designated assigned area. Supervising 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. Supervising the administrative and support functions of non-sworn personnel. Inspects personnel, facilities, and tactics for safety and/or training needs. Establishing priorities to coordinate, plan, organize and complete work effectively and efficiently. Ensuring all policies and procedures are followed and adhered to. Overseeing human resources activities; and leads, prioritizes, assigns, reviews, approves, and disapproves employees' assignments and related assignments. Monitoring and reviews the status and progress of the work and makes workload adjustments to ensure the workload is balanced. Preparing, conducting, and reviewing performance evaluations; takes disciplinary actions; and identifies and conducts specific designated training. Oversees the functions of the patrol officers and detectives to ensure compliance with the Department policies, procedures, regulations and standards. Responds to highly dangerous and active crimes in progress and makes independent decisions to takes, directs, and coordinates immediate steps to preserve life and property. 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. 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. Conducts or coordinates long-term investigations (several days to several weeks) to detect and apprehend individuals committing acts of violence, theft of Federal or personal property and for violating laws concerning controlled substances. Develops informants and informant networks as a part of specific assignments or for general application. Analyzes facts to identify suspects and develop case information for use in pressing charges and bringing suspects to trial. Coordinates with U.S. and other prosecuting attorneys on case development and plans to perform arrests and prosecutions. Evaluates situations and determines the most appropriate course of action. 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. Manages and coordinates law enforcement operational activities in a major PS functional area. Reviews reports and operational plans and discussing issues with personnel. Performs various administrative duties in law enforcement planning and operations, including reviewing and preparing activity reports and correspondence, monitoring budget, tracking budget requests for assigned area, and overseeing equipment needs. Leads by example and demonstrate the highest level of ethics for staff. Guides officers in the PS concerning evaluating, counseling, motivating, and disciplining employees. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am to 3:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Police Officer/PD99815A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved 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, 04/01/2024. 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-10 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 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. Coordinates or oversees off-station law enforcement activities, investigations or protection support. Performs various administrative functions to include reviewing and overseeing daily and monthly police activity, crime and accident reports and plans, incoming correspondence, monitoring budget and/or budget requests, managing/overseeing personnel activity, etc. May have served as Officer-In-Charge within a police department.. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementCriminal LawDecision MakingLeadershipManaging Human ResourcesSecurity 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. Work Environment: 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.

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Ann Arbor VA Medical Center 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 US
• Name: Eric Earns
• Phone: (989) 397-4981
• Email: [email protected]