Hazardous Materials Response Team Manager
What you'd do
The United States Capitol Police (USCP) safeguards the Congress, Members of Congress, employees, visitors, and Congressional buildings and grounds from crime, disruption, and terrorism. We protect and secure Congress so it can fulfill its constitutional and legislative responsibilities in a safe, secure and open environment.
Major duties
This position is located within the USCP, Assistant Chief of Police for Uniformed Operations, Operational Services Bureau (OSB), Hazardous Incident Response Division (HIRD), Hazardous Materials Response Team (HMRT). Duties Lead a comprehensive and fully operational Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Incident Response Program by responding to threats and conducting consequence management operations through investigation, mitigation, evacuation, and personnel decontamination. Manage the USCP Hazardous Materials Response Team, providing emergency response "Life Saving" services. Plan and monitor the hazardous incident response program, including logistics, budget, and acquisition functions. Develop policies and procedures, organize operations, perform emergency operations and analysis, and provide recommendations regarding prevention, intervention, and mitigation of hazardous materials incidents. Supervise specialists who provide training that focuses on development of the knowledge and skills of hazardous materials and emergency medical responders. Govern the work that involves design, development, delivery, documentation and assessment of training programs pertaining to hazardous materials incident response and recovery by the HMRT staff. Oversee the Department’s Emergency Medical Response element, guiding the administration and management of training programs for sworn employees to serve as certified emergency medical responders. Serve as agency liaison with partner entities to ensure compliance with established agreements, procedures, and training required for the emergency medical program. Serve as the Department’s Respiratory Protection Program (RPP) Administrator responsible for the execution, enforcement, and maintenance of the RPP. Ensure appropriate medical surveillance, recordkeeping, respirator selection, training, and fit testing for all employees requiring respiratory protection equipment. Please note this position is NOT covered under the Capitol Police Retirement Act (CPRA).
What you need to qualify
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. For the CP-10 level you must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the CP-09/GS-11: Significant supervision of components of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) incident response program and personnel. Planning and directing hazardous materials incident response operations. Developing and monitoring training programs for CBRNE incident response and emergency medical responder certifications. Determining equipment and resource requirements to ensure operational readiness for CBRNE incidents. Providing input in the budget preparation process. In addition to the specialized experience described above: For the CP-11 level you must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the CP-10/GS-12: Substantial management of a comprehensive, fully operational Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) incident response program. Service as a subject matter expert in CBRNE incident response, investigation, mitigation, evaluation, and personnel decontamination. Significant knowledge and ability to manage CBRNE incident response plans, hazardous materials training, emergency medical responder and respiratory protection programs. Competency in planning and guiding budget preparation process and monitoring execution. In addition to the specialized experience described above applicants: For the CP-12 level you must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the CP-11/GS-13: Mastery in leading a comprehensive, fully operational Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) incident response program. Service as an expert authority in responding to CBRNE incidents, conducting consequence management operations through investigation, mitigation, evaluation and personnel decontamination. Management and oversight of enterprise-wide CBRNE incident response plans, hazardous materials training, emergency medical responder and respiratory protection programs. Proficiency in budget formulation and execution. ALL APPLICANTS MUST possess Hazardous Materials (HM) Technician, HM Branch Officer, HM Safety Officer, and HM Incident Commander certifications accredited by either the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications (NBFSPQ) or the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) and be able to display and apply knowledge and training from the certification. Applicants must also possess one of the following: National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certifications; EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic. All eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. (Information on Qualification & Education is located at the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/)
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