Law Enforcement Specialist - Infrastructure Protection Program Management

Summary

This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Security and Preparedness (OSP), Field Operations Division, VA Police Service. The mission of the VA Police Service is to provide law enforcement, protective services, and investigative services to the VA Community, which includes Veterans, federal employees, affiliates, contractors, visitors, and others who receive services, work, or visit VA (VHA, VBA, & NCA) facilities nationwide.

Duties

Major Duties: Evaluates risk, develops physical security procedures and measures to safeguard personnel, property, and operations from unauthorized access, espionage, terrorism, sabotage, damage and theft. Provides suggestions on matters pertaining to security systems and security of assets. Conducts security surveys to identify conflicts with security requirements/regulations and recommends actions. Conducts system audits and evaluates reports of alleged security violations. Provides input and drafts changes regarding physical security policy, doctrine, utility and implementation. Ensures security requirements and appropriate safeguards are implemented (including cameras, panic and intrusion alarms). Coordinates an organizations physical security program and manages efforts or functions that impact multiple sites. Participates and leads in community of practice across departments and organizations. Develops and leads implementation of improvement initiatives within an organization. Conducts audits and provides oversight to multiple police services under a large organization. Collects information and prepares reports on facility compliance with operations and regulations. Develops various physical security-related documents, spreadsheets, graphs, reports and presentations using various automated systems and software packages. Enters, accesses, and retrieves information in the medical center computer system. Maintains a tracking report to ensure physical security surveys are followed up promptly. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with other offices/agencies within and outside an organization. Attends security meetings and gathers new or changed security program information to share with security personnel. Appears at preliminary hearings and/or testifies at trials when needed. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Law Enforcement Specialist - Infrastructure Protection Program Management/PD00217A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/27/2026. 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-11 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include Subject Matter Expert in terms of Physical Security programs. Mastery knowledge of the criteria, equipment, and techniques of security administration and programs to resolve well-defined questions and conditions that uniquely arise during program activities. Knowledge of the interrelationship of personnel, information, industrial, automation, counterterrorism, and VIP visit security programs. Detailed knowledge of State and Federal laws and the ability to apply them both without needing to reference written sources. Knowledge of building construction blueprints and contracts to provide physical security input on all planned projects concerning security engineering and electronic security systems. Knowledge of time management skills to add, monitor, track, and complete daily tasks and assignments. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. (Transcript Required) OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond a master's degree. (Transcript Required) CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYEMENT Drug Test Requirement: Applicant selected for movement into positions covered by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control and must pass urinalysis testing as required before the appointment and periodically after that. The position is subject to random drug testing. Training: Incumbent must meet the established experience, basic training, and inservice training requirements established for the enforcement of police powers. Incumbent must successfully complete the designated, required training, which includes the basic VA Police Officer Standardized Training (POST) and required Physical Security and Infrastructure training. Additionally, the selectee must successfully complete the Field Training and Evaluation Program (FTEP) conducted at the selectee's assigned duty location or a different geographic area, and other in-service requirements and weapons qualifications for the enforcement of arrest authority as conferred under 902 authority. Essential Personnel: This position may be designated as essential personnel. Essential personnel must be able to serve during continuity of operation events without regard to declarations of liberal leave or government closures due to weather, protests, acts of terrorism, or lack of funding. Law Enforcement: This position will possess law enforcement authority under Title 38 of the United States Code, Sections 901 & 902, exercising such authority to provide investigative and law enforcement services to Veterans, Federal employees, and members of the general public located and/or conducting business in government owned or leased properties. Pre-Employment Medical Requirement: Prior to appointment, the person selected for this position must be determined physically fit by an authorized government physician to perform strenuous and physically demanding duties, which may include protecting citizens, taking suspects into custody using reasonable physical force in the face of physical resistance, and responding to situations requiring physical agility and quick and legally sufficient decision making. Also successfully pass a pre-employment medical examination (which includes, but is not limited to, vision, hearing, cardiovascular, physical, psychological exam, and mobility of extremities) given by an authorized government physician. This position may be subject to periodic incumbent examinations in the future. Lautenberg Amendment: This position is covered by th