Lead Police Officer

Full Job Description

The incumbent serves as a Lead Police Officer (Sergeant) ensuring a safe and secure environment across all VA Administrations and properties within various settings, including a variety of jurisdictional environments, such as VHA Medical Centers and facilities, I "This occupation is under a classification consistency review.

The outcome of the review may impact the final grade of this position." To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/27/2026.

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-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Leading and directing employees in their duties in response to potential threats of violence, detecting criminal activity, fire and other emergencies; enforcing federal, state, and local laws; making arrests; conducting foot and vehicle patrol; maintaining control of a scene or incident; taking statements from witnesses/suspects and advising them of their rights; preparing detailed reports of criminal offenses, violations, incidents, and citations issued; interrogating suspects; and applying all correct rules of search and seizure.

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 Law Arrest Security Teaching Others Leadership Managing Human Resources 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: heavy lifting (45 pounds and over), heavy carrying (45 pounds and over), straight pulling (1/2 hour), pulling hand over hand (1/2 hour), pushing (1/2 hour), reaching above shoulder, both hands required, walking (4 hours), standing (4 hours), crawling (1/2 hour), kneeling (1/2 hour), repeated bending (8 hours), climbing, legs only (8 hours), climbing, use of legs and arms, both legs required, operation of crane, truck, tractor or motor vehicle, ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously, ability to use and desirability of using firearms, far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other, both eyes required, depth perception, ability to distinguish basic colors, ability to distinguish shades of colors, hearing (aid may be permitted), emotional stability under stress, ability to run in pursuit of suspects and mental health evaluation.

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/.

Major Duties:

Duties include, but are not limited to: Leads a team of Police Officers and other administrative staff. Directs day-to-day lead policing operations and non-lead policing assignments.

Works in collaboration with the Police Supervisor carrying out PS's 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.

Assigns, distributes, reviews, approves, and disapproves employees' assignments.

Monitors and reviews the status and progress of the work and makes workload adjustments to ensure the workload is balanced.

Refers to supervisor questions or matters not covered by standards and problems in meeting performance standards.

Consults with the immediate supervisor for assistance on problems, such as backlogs to ensure work is completed timely, effectively, and efficiently.

Ensures work assignments are distributed and performed promptly by employees.

Reviews police reports, patrol reports and ongoing investigations to ensure complete, concise, and factual-information reporting. Makes available written instructions, reference materials and supplies.

Reviews and recommends standard operating procedures or changes to current standard operating procedures. Provides on the job training and acts as a field training officer to new employees.

Answers questions of other employees on procedures, policies, directives, etc. Obtains needed information or decisions from supervisor on problems that come up.

Checks on work in progress and reviews completed work to ensure that the supervisor's instruction and deadlines have been met. Amends or rejects work not meeting established standards.

Approves leave for a few hours or for emergencies. Provides input on performance rating and any disciplinary action (to include removal) of PS employees.

Informs employees of available services and employee activities. Resolves simple, informal complaints of employees and refers others to the supervisor.

Supports the goals of equal employment opportunity. Work Schedule: 7:00pm-7:00am and 7:00am-7:00pm based on needs of the facility.

Rotating Schedule Sun-Sat Compressed Work Schedule: Available Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Lead Police Officer/PD99900A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required