Overview
Lead Security Assistant Jobs in Mather, CA at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Title: Lead Security Assistant
Company: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Location: Mather, CA
Summary
This position is located in Police Services. The primary purpose of the position is 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 – 07/06/2026. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade 5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include – but are not limited to: Experience supporting and leading administrative activity of a law enforcement and personnel security services; receives and compiles information from various sources relating to police and emergency incidents; operates a variety of security/police communication equipment. 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 include – but are not limited to the following: Leader Responsibilities Ensures that the organization's strategic plan – mission – vision and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies – goals – objectives – work plans and work products and services
- Articulates and communicates to the team the assignments – projects – problems to be solved – actionable events – milestones – and/or program issues under review – and deadlines and time frames for completion
- Responsible for leading a team of a minimum of three Security Assistant GS-0086-05 positions
- Coaches the team in the selection and application of appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques – provides advice on work methods – practices and procedures – and assists the team and/or individual members in identifying the parameters of a viable solution
- Responsible for identifying – distributing and balancing workload and tasks among employees
- adjusts the workload in accordance with established priorities and skill levels to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks
- and ensures that each employee is kept busy
- Trains or arranges for the training necessary for accomplishment of individual and team tasks
- Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work – checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work to see that the supervisor's instructions on work priorities – methods – deadlines and quality have been met
- Serves as coach – facilitator and/or negotiator
- Maintains program and administrative reference materials – project files and relevant background documents and makes available policies – procedures and written instructions from the supervisor
- maintains current knowledge to answer questions from team members on procedures – policies – directives – etc
- Responsible to address and remediate simple complaints or escalate them to the supervisor
- Represents the team in dealings with the supervisor or manager for obtaining resources and securing needed information or decisions from the supervisor on issues that arise
- Physical Security Support 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
- Monitors emergency weather alerts and transmits warnings system wide when appropriate
- Maintains radio/alarm activity records/logs to include dates – times – and results of communications and activities and prepares completed reports
- Performs and documents emergency callbacks when necessary
- findings to the supervisor
- Performs administrative (non-criminal) investigations of lost keys – passes – and PIV cards for rapid assessment and documentation of any compromised access to VA property and termination of off access permissions Work Schedule: Rotating Shifts: Day/Nights/ Holidays/Weekends Telework: This position is NOT authorized for telework
- Position Description/PD#: Lead Security Assistant/PD99857S
