Security Assistant

Summary

This position serves as the Lead Security Assistant for Police Service at the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with a primary purpose to lead a team of Security Assistants responsible for monitoring physical security equipment and systems.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 05/01/2026. 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-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. 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: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: general administrative and/or clerical skills - practical knowledge of specific security or law enforcement objectives - programs - methods - and procedures - and skills in carrying out support tasks related to law enforcement and security administration. The position has practical knowledge of the mission and objectives of Police Services - physical security systems - and procedures to support operations and the work of other staff. OR - Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed (4) years of education above the high school level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business - secretarial or technical school - junior college - college or university for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. OR - Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours - 45 quarter hours - or the equivalent in a college or university or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business - secretarial or technical NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with application. Education cannot be credited without documentation. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i. e. beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. 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/.

Duties

• Major duties and responsibilities include: Performs alarm and access monitoring - tracing access patterns - programming - assigning or removing user permissions - updating databases - remotely opening and securing doors during routine and emergency operations and generating a variety of reports as needed
• Assesses on-scene behavior and determines when it is appropriate to dispatch law enforcement or other personnel to investigate
• Responsible for responding to alarm systems monitoring fire - access - intrusion - duress/panic - medical emergencies - psychiatric emergencies - medical assist teams - etc.
• and emergency digital paging system
• Operates an established vehicle registration and visitor management program and parking registration and/or photo identification equipment
• Issues and retrieves government issued keys and/or identification cards
• Reviews requests for and issues passes and identification documents
• Maintains accurate key inventory and accountability database
• Coordinates warrant confirmations and transports with outside agencies
• Coordinates health and welfare checks with outside law enforcement agencies
• Completes vehicle registration tasks and issues decals and permits as authorized by policy
• Establishes proper tracking of parking/traffic violators and reports habitual offenders to the supervisor for additional action
• Establishes and maintains physical files of parking/traffic violators
• Monitors and directs responses to security and life safety communications - radio dispatches - telephone calls - and other emergency communication circuits
• Receives and compiles information from various sources related to police and emergency incidents - taking appropriate actions regarding intrusion - duress - and hold-up alarms
• Directs response and/or modifies responsible personnel depending on the type of incident or request
• Work Schedule: Panama Schedule 6:00P-6:30A (Nights)/6:00A-6:30P(Days)
• Compressed/Shift rotates every two months
• Must be willing to work weekends
• Compressed/Flexible: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Security Assistant/PD01818A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized