Law Enforcement Specialist (Physical Techniques Instructor) - DHA

Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers•Artesia, NM

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) prepares the federal law enforcement community through strategic partnerships. This position is in the Physical Techniques Basic Training Branch and Physical Techniques Advanced Training Branch, General and Physical Training Division, Core Training Operations Directorate, in Artesia, New Mexico. The primary purpose is to plan and conduct classroom, laboratory, and/or field instruction as part of the physical techniques training program. The instructor teaches basic and advanced law enforcement physical techniques and monitors student progress, documents results, and recommends remedial or corrective action when appropriate. The instructor adjusts teaching to immediate training needs and ensures that training activities comply with applicable Federal, DHS, and FLETC requirements. The position may be filled at the GS-11 or GS-12 level; promotion from GS-11 to GS-12 may occur without further competition. A relocation or recruitment incentive may be authorized, but permanent change of station is not authorized.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Successfully pass a background investigation and pre-appointment and random drug testing.
Possess and maintain a valid state-issued driver's license for official government business.
Obtain and maintain FLETC Law Enforcement Instructor certification within 12 months of employment.
Meet job-related medical and fitness standards, including initial and annual physical examinations measuring visual, hearing, and physical acuity.
Pass the Physical Efficiency Battery (PEB) with a minimum 40th percentile in each element.
Obtain and maintain First Aid, CPR, and Defibrillator Training certifications/licenses.
Meet the selective placement factor: experience as a sworn law enforcement officer or agent with full arrest authority in preventing, detecting, apprehending, detaining, and/or investigating criminal-law violations, or prior federal civilian employment in the 1801 occupational series.
For GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11, instructing basic and advanced law enforcement training in physical-technique areas such as arrest techniques, defensive tactics, physical conditioning, and/or intermediate weapons. Education cannot substitute for this experience.
For GS-11: One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 performing law enforcement duties including arrests, frisks and searches incident to arrest, handcuffing, and use of force through defensive tactics and/or intermediate weapons such as baton and/or OC spray as an FTO; or a qualifying Ph.D./doctoral degree, three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M.; or a combination of qualifying graduate education and experience totaling 100% of the requirement.
Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire assessment, if required.
Submit a resume no longer than two pages.
Meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the announcement closing date.

Responsibilities

Plan and conduct classroom, laboratory, and/or field instruction for Physical Techniques Basic Training and Physical Techniques Advanced Training programs.
Teach topics including arrest procedures, defensive tactics, ground fighting tactics, intermediate weapons, crowd control, close quarters combat, first aid, trauma management, CPR, AED, tactical medicine, officer survival afloat, and physical conditioning.
Monitor student progress, document results, and recommend remedial or corrective action, including additional training or changes to training or operational procedures and instructions.
Adjust instruction to immediate training needs, including repeating material, changing class pace, and addressing individual learning needs.
Ensure training measures and actions comply with Federal, DHS, and FLETC rules, directives, instructions, requirements, and procedures.
Rotate to other programs and/or training sections as needed to provide depth to the instructor cadre.