Law Enforcement Specialist (Training Coordinator)

This Law Enforcement Specialist (Training Coordinator) position is with Veterans Health Administration (Department of Veterans Affairs) in Tucson, AZ. The Law Enforcement Specialist (Training Coordinator) position is based within the Tucson VA Police Service. The incumbent serves as the Training Manager and Principal Firearms Armorer, responsible for overseeing the planning, development, and management of training programs and firearms maintenance for the Police Service. Key duties: • Duties include but not limited to: Plans, organizes, and manages all aspects of the Police Service training program in accordance with VA Handbook 0730, established training policies, and Federal guidelines. Maintains accurate and current training records, ensuring all required training is completed within established timeframes. Provides routine advisement regarding training accomplishments, deficiencies, and potential problems. Oversee the Field Training and Evaluation Program (FTEP) program. Monitors local and national law enforcement trends and analyzes local and regional UCR data to identify training needs. Serves as the primary liaison for training-related matters with VA Central Office, other facilities, and external law enforcement partners. Performs a wide variety of duties encompassing the enforcement and compliance of laws relating to the protection of life, property, and federal assets. Conducts investigations; requires and receives information relating to criminal offenses; serves and executes search and arrest warrants. Assists in preparing the final report of the investigation, including the application of rules of evidence to substantiate conclusions and make recommendations to various parties on administrative actions to be taken. Serves as a member of a Crisis Intervention Team, responding to and recognizing Veterans experiencing mental health crisis, utilizing advanced de-escalation strategies and knowledge of VA resources to ensure the best possible outcome for our nation's Veterans. Conducts inspections of federal VA facilities and worksites for compliance with VA physical security requirements. Analyzes problems, determines deficiencies, finalizes inspection results to include draft, review, editing, and evaluation, and takes corrective action. Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday thru Friday, Schedule varies, determine by Service Manager. Compressed/Flexible: Compressed schedule not authorized. Telework: This position is not authorized for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Law Enforcement Specialist (Training Coordinator)/PD00224A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. Physical Requirements: Much of the work involves on-site work requiring prolonged walking over flat and even surfaces, working in confined spaces, crouching, bending, crawling, standing, and climbing. The work requires outside exposure to all temperatures. Also requires moderate to arduous physical exertion and possible exposure to personal danger. Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/25/2026. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Maintains accurate and current training records, ensuring all required training is completed within established timeframes; Observes and evaluates the performance of Police Officer Training Instructors during quarterly training sessions, monthly rapid response drills, and real-world situations; Coordinates and ensures delivery of all required training, resolves classroom issues, and secures supplemental materials as needed; Conducts investigations; requires and receives information relating to criminal offenses; Investigates suspected instances of noncompliance with laws, rules, policy, regulations, executive orders, or other mandatory regulatory requirements by individuals or organizations; Conducts inspections of federal VA facilities and worksites for compliance with VA physical security requirements. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. of J.D., if related that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with application. 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 graduate level. Driver's License Requirement: Applicants must possess a valid, unrestricted State driver's license, have a safe driving record, and demonstrate that he or she is medically qualified to operate the appropriate motor vehicle safely. Applicants are required to pass agency Government Vehicle Drivers physical examination. NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your driver's license with your application package. If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your valid state-issued driver's license. Firearm Requirement: VA Police Officers are required to carry agency-approved firearms while on duty on VA property. Officers must achieve and maintain qualification/certification with the agency-approved firearms as condition of gaining and continuing employment as a Police Officer. Applicants must be able to possess firearms under the terms of the Gun Control Act of 1968, as amended (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9). 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/. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.