This position is with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Law Enforcement Directorate. The Captain contributes to the overall development of programs, projects, procedures, and policies relating to the establishment of goals and structures and processes necessary to carry them out through their supervisory responsibilities and commands.
For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration. Read more about what should I include in my federal resume? at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/ You may qualify at the AD-12 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the AD-11 grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability to: Enforcing a full range of federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations as they pertain to law enforcement work; and Investigating complaints, disturbances, accidents, and reported criminal activities, and testifying in court; and Assigning work based on priorities and employee skills; and Establishing performance standards and evaluating performance. 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). 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. ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: The VOW Act Chapter 21 of Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 2108a, requires Federal agencies treat active duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, at the time they apply for a Federal job, a "certification" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, assuming the service member is otherwise eligible. A "certification" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. The service member's military service dates are necessary in order to determine whether he or she meets the definition of "veteran" under 5 U.S.C. 2108(1). The "certification" must reflect the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date of submission. The "certification" must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters and must indicate when your terminal leave will begin (if applicable), your rank, dates of active duty service, the type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable). 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Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following: Establish benchmark systems for monitoring productivity and other effectiveness/efficiency standards to meet established goals. Contributes to the development of long and short-term planning needs, objectives, priorities,, feasibility studies, and options which are used to justify manpower, assess current and future protection requirements, budget impact and assessment, crime analysis, and other administrative and operational requirements. Initiates and/or contributes to the development of written directives. Promotes effective and efficient assignment of work within his/her command by initiating timely amendments as needed to promote the effective and efficient scheduling of work assignment. Promotes the repression of criminal activity, regulation of traffic and personal conduct, safety and security of government and civilian personnel and property, and performing a number of other designated services to the public through the supervision of the implementation of a viable access security control system, mobilized and foot patrol police officers, and contingency planning. Additional Conditions of Employment: The employee assigned to this position is designated as a Mission Essential employee. Mission essential employees may be required to report for, or remain at, work in dismissal or closure situations due to adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, or other emergency situations (e.g., building closure due to power outage) causing disruptions of government operations, and are required to maintain contact with their supervisor during any dismissal or closure situation unless specifically excused by their supervisor. This position requires the employee to take and pass annual medical and physical fitness examinations; to carry and qualify with PFPA designated weapons twice a year on a test; to wear personal protective equipment, i.e., ballistic vest, etc.; and to pass all designated PFPA certification programs. This includes being trained and then qualifying in how to deal with an "active shooter". He or she must have the capacity to perform the essential functions of the position without risk to themselves or others. The following medical requirements apply to all employees: good near and distant vision, ability to distinguish basic colors, emotional and mental stability, and the ability to hear the conversational voice. In addition, the position requires common physical characteristics and abilities in agility, dexterity, and strength to endure regular and recurring physical exertion such as long periods of standing, walking, driving, bending, stooping, carrying, or dragging unconscious victims up or down multiple flights of stairs, moving heavy or unwieldy objects over 50 pounds, running, climbing, crouching, crawling and kneeling during pursuit possibly in restricted, dark and hot or cold spaces, or defending oneself or others against physical attacks, possible exposure to explosives, chemicals, or other weapons of mass destruction. This position is identified as a covered position under the PFPA Civilian Mobility Program, Regulation 1400.24, effective September 28, 2015. This position requires that the candidate must sign a mobility agreement as a condition of employment. PFPA may relocate covered positions and covered employees in permanent changes of duty station between PFPA duty locations in the National Capital Region; Raven Rock Mountain Complex (Adams County, Pennsylvania); Glynco, Georgia; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania or Baltimore, Maryland and potentially other locations to improve mission effectiveness or enhance individual career progression.