This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Police & Security Service. The incumbent serves as a supervisory Police Officer (Lieutenant) 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

Major Duties: Supervises a team of police and other law enforcement staff at varying levels of responsibility. Establishes priorities to coordinate, plan, organize and complete work in accordance with sound time-management methodology. Monitors and reviews status/progress of work and makes adjustments to ensure the workload is balanced. 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. Plans work schedules and sequence of operations daily to assure an even flow and distribution of work and meeting schedules and deadlines. Prepares performance standards and performs staff performance evaluation. Receives and resolves formal and/or complex complaints of employees. Identifies the development and training needs for police staff supervised. Develops, implements and makes revision recommendations to departmental policies and procedures. Makes independent decisions to take/direct/coordinate immediate steps to preserve life and property. Takes disciplinary action as deemed necessary and/or proposes to higher authority specific disciplinary action consistent with the problem and facts. Analyzes, interprets and makes deductions from varying facts/circumstances. Investigates incidents and takes steps to mitigate further risk and resolve situations. Serves as a lead on and personally conducts investigations, apprehensions, or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of criminal activity. Identifies and preserves evidence, writes comprehensive incident reports, prepares case files, and testifies in court as it pertains to enforcing laws and regulations. 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. Identifies developmental and training needs of subordinates. Conducts classes and coordinates specialized training in a variety of forums to ensure appropriate and timely training of staff. Provides instruction to staff regarding policing procedures to properly conduct search and seizure of evidence/contraband, pursuing and apprehending individuals, and serving warrants and subpoenas. 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: 12 Hours Rotating Shift, Tour of duty subject to change based on agency needs. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Police Officer/PD99828S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Relocation Incentive : Not Authorized

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation.
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Must have successfully required adjudicated background investigation and obtain and maintain a required security clearance.
• Must be able to carry firearms for safety as required by the VHA Police Services (PS).
• Must pass an initial pre-employment medical examination and an annual medical examination to include a psychological assessment. Must immediately report to the supervisor any medical threshold shifts in health status
• Must possess a valid driver's license as a condition of continued employment as a VA Police Officer.
• Must successfully pass Police Officer Standardized Training (POST) at the Law Enforcement Training Center (LETC).
• Must successfully pass the POST/R (refresher) training course on a recurring basis as defined by the VA.
• Must complete other mandatory training to remain knowledgeable and skilled in specialized tactics, techniques, and procedures necessary to prepare and respond to catastrophic events, terror attacks and related threats to the facility.
• Must be able to achieve and maintain qualification in the use of agency approved firearms as a condition of continued employment as a VA Police Officer.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/30/2024. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-08. 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-08 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 or 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. 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. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Criminal LawDecision MakingLeadershipManaging Human ResourcesSecurityTeaching Others 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]