Security Assistant

About the role

The Dayton VAMC Police Service is recruiting for a Security Assistant. The primary purpose of this position is to monitor physical security equipment and systems. This is a Direct-Hire Authority position (5 CFR 337.205). Applicants are limited to a two‑page resume. Position Description/PD#: Security Assistant/PD99858A.

Responsibilities

• Physical Security Support: monitors and responds to alarms, traces access patterns, programs, assigns or removes user permissions, remotely opens and secures doors during routine and emergency operations, determines when to dispatch law enforcement or other personnel to investigate, maintains radio/alarm activity records/logs (dates, times, results), prepares completed reports, issues and retrieves government‑issued keys and/or identification cards, maintains accountability of Police Officer badges and associated logs.
• Communications: monitors and receives routine and emergency calls from various sources needing police, fire, medical or other emergency services, maintains contact with law enforcement units, monitors and directs responses to security and life safety communications (radio dispatches, telephone calls, other emergency circuits), coordinates with federal, state and local law enforcement officials for emergency situations, operates telephones and computer systems to support routine and emergency operations.
• Operations Support: performs system checks on dispatch center equipment, troubleshoots systems and resolves issues when possible, conducts equipment inventories and completes records/logs, enters, updates and retrieves information from various computer systems/databases, uses state and NCIC to access sensitive law enforcement information for field operations and investigations, enters or updates regional and national records, compiles and prepares reports related to police control center events, completes vehicle registration tasks and issues decals and permits, performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To qualify, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date 10/05/2026. Qualification can be based on specialized experience, education, or a combination.

• Specialized Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the GS‑4 level, including knowledge of security/law‑enforcement objectives, overseeing staff workload, monitoring and responding to alarm systems and security cameras, dispatching officers, monitoring computer video surveillance, maintaining reports and logs.
• Education: Four years of education beyond high school (accredited business/secretarial/technical school, junior college, college or university). One year of full‑time undergraduate study = 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or equivalent; or at least 20 hours classroom instruction per week for ~36 weeks in a business/secretarial/technical program. Transcripts required.
• Combination: Education beyond the first 60 semester hours (beyond second year) is creditable toward the experience requirement. If combining education with experience, a transcript copy is required.

For more details on qualification standards, see the OPM website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

Schedule

Work Schedule: Varying tours and off‑days. This is not a virtual position.