TRAINING INSTRUCTOR

Summary

The United States Capitol Police (USCP) safeguards the Congress, Members of Congress, employees, visitors, and Congressional buildings and grounds from crime, disruption, and terrorism. We protect and secure Congress so it can fulfill its constitutional and legislative responsibilities in a safe, secure and open environment.

Duties

This position is located within the Training Services Bureau, Assistant Chief of Police for Standards and Training Operations, United States Capitol Police and is primarily located at the Cheltenham Facility. Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: Instructs training that comprises a diverse range of basic, advanced, and specialized law enforcement courses. Training courses include continual recruit officer basic training, in-service (basic and advanced) training, simulator training, multiple specialty units training, and future training as required. Instructs and ensures the training is delivered following the Department’s regulations, directives, and policies. Researches new and future training courses related to future advancements in law enforcement technologies, equipment, or the implementation of new processes or procedures that impact the law enforcement community. Prepares course development that includes scenarios that challenge, enhance, and improve trainee skills and responses to real-life situations to teach critical concepts. Provides performance assessments to aid officers in perfecting basic and advanced law enforcement techniques. Advises and supports management with planning, developing, presenting, and evaluating existing and future training courses. Performs administrative support, which includes class scheduling and coordination, record keeping, property management, registration, and notification and eligibility determination. Utilizes an automated registration system to develop and administer training registration activities and analyzes the registration process.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. For the CP-9 level you must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CP-8/GS-10 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as experience which includes: 1) Knowledge of the principles, concepts, and practices of law enforcement training methods and materials. 2) Knowledge of adult learning methodology related to law enforcement training, program development, and evaluation. 3) Skill in developing law enforcement training curriculum and instruction, developing lesson plans, and course content. 4) Skill in operating computers and utilizing various software packages and the internet to instruct and demonstrate specific law enforcement training. OR Education Substitution Candidate may possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 (three) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. If you are qualifying based on educational attainment, you must provide documentation to support your claim. All eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. (Information on Qualification & Education is located at the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/)

Education

Education may be substituted for the required specialized experience as stated in the qualification requirements for this position. Applicants who qualify based on education must submit a copy of their academic transcripts or other acceptable documentation demonstrating that they meet the applicable educational requirements. Unofficial transcripts may be accepted for qualification purposes.