Security Assistant

SummaryThis position serves as the Security Assistant for Police Service at the Aleda E Lutz Veteran Affairs Medical Center with a primary purpose to monitor physical security equipment and systems.QualificationsTo qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 05/15/2026. 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: the use of various computer - automation systems; computer skills in terms of data entry - compiling information - preparing and submitting reports - and database maintenance and management; maintaining confidentiality of information - both electronic and print; and communication and interpersonal relation skills sufficient to appropriately and courteously relate to internal and external customers both verbally and in writing. NOTE: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.. 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. 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 school. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. 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 the second year meet total qualification requirements at the GS-5 level. This education must have been obtained at an accredited business - secretarial or technical school - junior college - college or university. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.. 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/.DutiesDuties may include but are not limited to: Physical Security Support: monitors and responds to alarmstraces access patterns - programming - assigns or removes user permissions - and remotely opens and secures doors during routine and emergency operationsdetermines when to dispatch law enforcement or other personnel to investigatemaintains radio/alarm activity records/logs to include dates - times - and results of communications and activitiesprepares completed reportsissues and retrieves government issued keys and/or identification cardsand maintains accountability of Police Officer badges issued and all associated logsCommunications: monitors and receives routine and emergency calls from a variety of sources that need police - fire - medical or other emergency servicesmaintains contact with law enforcement unitsmonitors and directs responses to security and life safety communications - radio dispatches - telephone calls - and other emergency communication circuitscoordinates with various federal - state and local law enforcement officials for coordination of emergency situationsand operates a variety of communications equipment - telephones and computer systems to support both routine and emergency operationsOperations Support: performs system checks on a variety of equipment used in the dispatch centertroubleshoots systems when problems arise and resolves issues whenever possibleconducts equipment inventories and completes records and other logsenters - updates and retrieves information from a variety of computer systems/databasesuses state and the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) to access sensitive law enforcement information to support field operations and investigationsenters or updates regional and national recordscompiles and prepares reports related to events occurring in the operation of the police control centercompletes vehicle registration tasks and issues decals and permitsPerforms other related duties as assignedWork Schedule: Full-Time - Monday-SaturdayVariable Tours and Holidays Virtual: This is not a virtual positionPosition Description/PD#: Security Assistant/PD99858S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized