Police Officer
Vacancy has expired
Round Hill, VA
| Employer: | FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
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Summary \u003Cp\u003EIn this position you will work as a member of the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC), Emergency Services Division, Police Branch. MWEOC is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, approximately 60 miles west of Washington, DC. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience maintaining law and order, protecting life, property, and civil rights of individuals, and national security information.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E \u003C/p\u003E Duties \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAll MWEOC staff have emergency assignments and are considered deployed in place. Exercises and activations are planned and unplanned, and may require long hours, nights, weekends and holidays.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAll MWEOC employees are: (1) required to use a government-issued electronic device (to include cellular phones); (2) subject to recall during emergency situations; and (3) required to perform work in locations both above and below ground.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat will I do in this position if hired? \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this position, you will serve as a Police Officer maintaining law and order and security while protecting life, property, and the civil rights of individuals. You will have full authority to carry firearms and make arrests in order to detect and investigate a wide range of incidents in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. Typical assignments include:\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEnforcing federal laws and regulations for the protection of life and property while carrying firearms.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMaking arrests without a warrant for any offense, patrolling the facility grounds and structures to prevent and detect theft, damage, or unauthorized entry, monitoring alarm systems, closed circuit television systems, and telephone and radio networks, regulating pedestrian and vehicular traffic, receiving and acting on calls concerning reports of breaches of the peace, violations, complaints, emergencies, accidents, and/or injuries, taking statements from persons involved and follows up on information obtained.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EServing warrants and subpoenas issued under the authority of the United States, conducting investigations, on and off the MWEOC, of offenses that may have been committed against property owned or occupied by the federal government or persons on the property.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPreparing incident reports and other appropriate documentation relevant to breaches of the peace, acts of violence, theft of federal or personal property, and other violations committed on federally owned or controlled property at the MWEOC and assisting federal, state, or local law enforcement officials in follow-up investigation.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EConducting long and short-term investigations, completing investigations of all crimes (both felony and misdemeanor, investigating complaints, leads/tips, develops leads, obtains physical evidence, seeking out witnesses for questions, takes testimony, preparing reports, making recommendations and preparing cases for prosecution.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat else do I need to know? \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAt FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. \u003C/strong\u003EEvery FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee\u0027s official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.\u003C/strong\u003E At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA\u0027s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.fema.gov/\u0022\u003Ewww.fema.gov\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E Requirements Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The time-in-grade requirement must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.\u003Cp\u003ETo qualify for this position at the GS-07 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EApplying law enforcement operations, practices, and techniques \u003Cstrong\u003EOR;\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EConducting long and short-term investigations \u003Cstrong\u003EOR;\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIdentifying/arresting violators \u003Cstrong\u003EOR;\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETaking witness statements and writing incident reports.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAND\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn addition to the minimum qualifications described above, you must have already completed a Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers\u0027 (FLETC) Uniform Police Training Program, Mixed Basic Training Program, or Criminal Investigator Training Program requirement to be considered qualified for the position. (\u003Cu\u003EYou must upload a copy with your application\u003C/u\u003E) Failure to upload a copy of your certification or transcript will result in the applicant being disqualified for the position.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ENational Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD\u003C/u\u003E):\u003C/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EThis position has been identified as a Law Enforcement Officer position. As such, selected candidates\u0027 personal information will be used to search the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD). NLEAD \u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ewill be used as part of the pre-employment process to determine the selected candidates\u0027 trustworthiness, suitability, and/or eligibility for this position. The search must have favorable results for the selected candidates to continue in the process. NLEAD is a centralized repository of official records documenting instances of misconduct, including as appropriate, the following categories: 1) records of criminal convictions; 2) suspension of a law enforcement officer\u0027s enforcement authorities, such as de-certification; 3) terminations; 4) civil judgments, including amounts (if publicly available), related to official duties; and 5) resignations or retirements while under investigation for serious misconduct or; 6) sustained complaints or records of disciplinary action based on findings of serious misconduct. Additionally, the database will include commendations and awards for federal law enforcement officers. The NLEAD is accessible only to authorized users to help determine suitability and eligibility of candidates for law enforcement positions. During employment, if the selected candidates are in violation of one or more of the six categories cited above, their information will be included in the NLEAD database in accordance with Executive Order (EO) 14074 on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPlease read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDo not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPlease limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EYour resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAre you qualifying based on your work experience? \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. \u003C/strong\u003ETo ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the \u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/documents/resume/build/\u0022\u003EUSAJOBS online Resume Builder\u003C/a\u003E. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information \u003Cstrong\u003Eorganized by\u003C/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003Eexperience/position\u003C/strong\u003E: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). \u003Cstrong\u003EFederal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level. \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAre you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? \u003C/strong\u003ETo accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDetermining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found \u0022not qualified.\u0022\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EExperience 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFor additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM \u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003EGeneral Schedule Qualification Standards\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E | |