Supervisory Police Officer (SGT)

Major Duties:

Directs subordinate Police Officers engaged in law enforcement responsibilities. Works in collaboration with the Police Supervisor carrying out PSs overall mission where most of the work is performed on Departmental property. This includes any properties owned leased or licensed when consistent with Federal law regulation VA policy and operational guidance. Directs law enforcement assignments to preserve peace; to prevent detect and investigate crimes; to arrest or apprehend violators; and to assist citizens in emergencies including the protection of civil rights.

Plans work schedules and sequence of operations daily to assure an even flow and distribution of work the expeditious handling of priority cases and meeting of schedules and deadlines. Revises work schedule to meet changes in workload considering factors such as peak loads availability of manpower and processing time requirements.

Coordinates with law enforcement representatives of other units concerning matters of work accomplishment priorities and procedures. Plans for sufficient amount of supplies. Makes recommendations concerning matters of work accomplishment priorities and procedures. Plans for sufficient amount of supplies. Makes recommendations concerning the maintenance or replacement of equipment and the maintenance and safety of facilities. Prepares workload and activity reports as necessary and reports the status of operations.

Assigns work to subordinate Police Officers based on considerations of such factors as difficulty and requirements of assignments; availability capability experience and special qualifications of employees; and other resources available Formulates and issues (individually or collectively with other Police supervisors or Security Specialists) written instructions and procedures and special instructions for non-routine or complex assignments or to clarify published guidelines.

Responds to highly dangerous and active crimes in progress and makes independent decisions to take/direct/coordinate immediate steps to preserve life and property.

Prepares performance standards; reviews work in progress or upon completion; analyzes logs and activity reports or other data to ascertain problems in accuracy adequacy adherence to procedures etc. and takes corrective action as necessary; reviews and accepts amends or rejects work when quality standards have not been completely met. Keeps officers informed of management goals and objectives and keeps higher-level supervisors informed of employees performance concerns and complaints.

Prepares formal requests to fill Police Officer vacancies or to recruit additional personnel to meet workload requirements. Selects or participates with the supervisor in the selection of new officers. Prepares formal requests and recommendations for promotions reassignments other status changes or recognition of outstanding performance of assigned employees.

Approves and disapproves of routine requests for leave and recommends action in unusual leave usage cases. Receives formal grievances resolving those that can be resolved at the first full supervisory level. Takes a disciplinary action as deemed necessary and/or proposes to higher authority specific disciplinary action consistent with the problem and facts (i.e. suspension demotion letter of warning or removal).


Participates in suicide prevention program and intervenes when needed to de-escalate active suicidal behavior and/or prevents suicides.

Performs other duties as assigned.


Work Schedule: Determined by Management
Position Description Title/PD#: Supervisory Police Officer (SGT)/PD99829-S and PD99829S
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 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.

Conditions of employment

• 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
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume Transcripts etc
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

GS-08 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: 1) Lead law enforcement personnel in response to threats criminal activities or emergencies; 2) Enforcing federal State and local laws; 3) Assigning work and scheduling shifts to ensure adequate staffing and coverage; 4) Develop training plans for assigned officers to remain current; and 5) Oversee investigations and write comprehensive incident reports.

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.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge skills and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

There is no educational substitution for the GS-XX level.

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.