Supervisory Security Guard.

About the role

The Supervisory Security Guard, GS-0085-9, is responsible for managing and administering security and safety programs, ensuring the protection of property and maintaining order.

Responsibilities

• Distributes and balances the workflow among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization.
• Affirms timely accomplishment of the assigned workload and ensures each employee has enough work to keep busy.
• Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques and makes available written instructions, reference materials, and supplies.
• Patrols and monitors federal buildings and grounds to protect property, students, employees, and visitors from harm, damage, and danger.
• Enforces protective systems or techniques that involve the protection of property against hazards such as fire, theft, damage, accident, or trespass.
• Maintains order, protects life and property, and communicates urgent information orally and/or in writing.
• Performs stationary observation of campus activities via a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance system and reviews content of video surveillance activities as needed.
• Enforces and performs all college traffic control duties as prescribed by assignment and instructions.
• Directs vehicular traffic and parking enforcement, such as issuing parking permits, writing parking tickets, towing of illegally parked vehicles, etc.
• Provides security services in student residence halls, including conducting rounds of residence hall wings.
• Covers regular roving patrols of the campus utilizing a motor vehicle and/or foot patrol.
• Escorts students and staff on campus, as requested.
• Prepares accurate and detailed incident reports, traffic, and campus violations, and other documents.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required. A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.

• Appointment may be subject to a 1-year supervisory probationary period unless the requirement has already been met. If you are a male applicant born after 12-31-1959, you are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act and the Defense Authorization Act of 1986.

• Driving Requirement (Required only at time of appointment): Incumbent may be required, as an incidental duty, to operate a government-owned or leased motor vehicle, in the performance of duties, therefore, a valid driver's license is required.

• Required to obtain (within 6 months of hire) and maintain first aid certifications in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillation (AED).

• This is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) that requires pre-employment drug testing and is subject to random testing thereafter.

Qualifications

• Individual Occupational Requirements: Applicants must meet the qualification requirements contained in the OPM Standards. For this position, they are listed below and can be found here: Medical Requirements: The duties of these positions require moderate to arduous physical exertion and/or duties of a hazardous nature. The following medical requirements apply to all applicants: good near and distant vision, ability to distinguish basic colors, and ability to hear the conversational voice. Applicants and employees must have the capacity to perform the essential functions of the position without risk to themselves or others. In most instances, a specific medical condition or impairment will not automatically disqualify an applicant or employee. A medical condition or impairment is disqualifying only if the condition, for good medical reason, precludes assignment to or warrants restriction from the duties of the specific position. For some positions, the loss or impairment of a specific function may be compensated for by the satisfactory use of a prosthesis or mechanical aid. Reasonable accommodation shall also be considered in determining an applicant's ability to perform the duties of a position.

• SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. GS-09 Grade Level: Your resume must demonstrate at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-08 grade level that included: work with a Federal, State, municipal, local, or private protective organization that involved managing and administering security and safety programs involving the protection of property against such hazards as fire, theft, damage, accident, or trespass or maintaining order and protecting life. Such experience must have provided a knowledge of protective systems and techniques and progressive responsibility for training subordinate or new security staff. Acceptable experience includes service in the Armed Services or Coast Guard that involved the performance of guard duties on a regular or intermittent basis.