This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Police Service (PS). The incumbent serves as a supervisory Police Officer (Captain) ensuring a safe and secure environment across all VA Administrations. 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 when entering a VA facility.

Duties

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 when entering a VA facility. The position provides security and assistance to Veterans, patients, employees, contractors, volunteers, affiliates, visitors, and others who frequent VA facilities daily. The incumbent of this position is expected to empathize, engage, and communicate with all individuals they encounter to ensure a positive outcome and the safety of the facility and all its occupants. This position works in collaboration with the Major who serves as the incumbent's immediate supervisor. Duties include but not limited to: Manages, supervises and coordinates law enforcement activities for a police department. Establishes priorities to coordinate, plan, organize and complete work effectively and efficiently. Revises work schedules to meet changes in workload considering factors such as peak loads, availability of manpower and processing time requirements. Empathizes, engages, and communicates with all individuals encountered to ensure a positive and safe environment. Evaluates, counsels, and motivates staff within a police department. Plans work schedules and instructs employees on difficult work operations to ensure deadlines are met. Prepares performance standards and performs staff performance evaluation. Receives and resolves formal and/or complex complaints of employees. Prepares formal requests/recommendations concerning promotions, reassignment, recognition of outstanding performance, and personnel needs. Makes independent decisions to take/direct/coordinate immediate steps to preserve life and property. Develops, implements and revises departmental policies and procedures. Takes disciplinary action as deemed necessary and/or proposes to higher authority specific disciplinary action consistent with the problem and facts. Determines if a situation is a real or potential threat and decides whether standard or special procedures are appropriate. Formulates and issues written instructions and procedures and special instructions for non-routine or complex assignments or to clarify published guidelines. Oversees the functions of Police Officers and detectives to ensure compliance with department policies, procedures, regulations and standards. Performs administrative functions such as reviewing correspondence, budget requests and activity reports. Evaluates and recommends changes to crime prevention programs. Identifies the development and training needs for police staff. Researches, assesses needs and establishes specific programs to address neighborhood law enforcement, administrative or operational issues. Investigates incidents and takes steps to mitigate further risk and resolve incidents that are beyond the scope of standard procedures. Conducts or coordinates long- and short-term investigations when solutions cannot be achieved. Analyzes facts to identify suspects and develop case information. Keeps abreast of policing best practices, the latest policing technology, and the latest criminal and policing laws, rules, and regulations to provide advice and guidance. Ensures compliance of physical security standards, rules and regulations. Evaluates security situations and determines the most appropriate course of action. Provides emergency response coordination as needed. Work Schedule: 7:00am to 3:30pm. Tour of duty subject to change based on agency needs. Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Police Officer (Captain)/PD99815A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/02/2024. 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-9. 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. 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. DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT: This position requires a current, valid, state-issued driver's license. 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 QUALIFICATION 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 may qualify based on your experience as described below: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: 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: 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. 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 Atlanta VA Medical Center 1670 Clairmont Road Decatur, GA 30033 US
• Name: Lewis Gullatte
• Phone: 682-208-3909
• Email: [email protected]