Director of Emergency Services

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as the Director of Emergency Services at USAG Fort Belvoir, Virginia, The incumbent is the primary responsible manager for law enforcement and fire protection/prevention that encompasses a variety of sensitive and critical Garrison wide programs.

Through subordinate supervisors/team leaders, incumbent exercises full supervisory responsibility of firefighting and law enforcement activities.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described below.

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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level which includes experience providing base operation support services to military, civilians and contractor personnel; overseeing law enforcement and fire protection prevention programs for the installation; directing operations for situations requiring emergency response; developing innovative techniques for providing law enforcement, fire protection, and physical security support to the installation; and providing guidance and advice to program managers and installation leadership on emergency services.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and Management Fire Management Managing Human Resources Public Safety and Security Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).

Major Duties:

• Manage and oversee Fire Protection and Prevention programs and Law Enforcement and Emergency Services.
• Performs a wide range of managerial tasks in planning, managing, directing and evaluating law enforcement operations.
• Represents the garrison for law enforcement and fire protection/prevention matters to the surrounding civilian communities.
• Plans and coordinates what is to be accomplished by emergency services subordinate staff.
• Manages the current year budgets and forecasts resources for fire, law enforcement and security in the out-years.
• In accordance with AR 190-56, serves as the certifying official for the Individual Reliability Program (IRP) for all assigned police officers and security guards.