Law Enforcement and Community Outreach Specialist
Location: Baltimore, MD
Announcement Number: 23-MD-12056030-DE
Salary: $94,199 - $122,459
Closing Date: August 15, 2023
At the full performance level, you will perform a variety of duties to promote the effective utilization of federal, state, and local law enforcement resources. If selected, you will receive formal and/or on-the-job training as needed. Duties include:
- Facilitating the development and implementation of the District's overall outreach and engagement program, including developing strategies that foster communication and partnerships with public safety agencies and others who serve communities.
- Initiating and maintaining direct contacts with specialized groups, non-governmental organizations, law enforcement/public safety agencies, governmental entities, and individuals in the community to support public safety, communities, and prevention and intervention goals.
- Communicating orally and in writing and providing issue analysis, recommendations and advice to the United States Attorney and other relevant staff on public and law enforcement engagement.
- Coordinating with public safety agencies and others who serve communities, which may involve convening groups, meetings, and events to address specific challenges, concerns, needs, and solutions to support communities, prevention and intervention goals, and public safety.
- Identifying, compiling, analyzing, and organizing information for oral and written report and decision making. Written materials include simple to complex strategic plans, presentations, training agendas, and funding proposals for specific district projects and initiatives.
- Serving as a grant-related subject matter expert for the USAO as well as increasing awareness about DOJ grant programs, solicitations and training/technical assistance that will advance training and programs within the district.
- Working in conjunction with the District's Executive Staff to pursue and achieve strategic objectives pertaining to the vision and mission of the U.S. Attorney's Office and Department of Justice, which also involves working closely with key internal program coordinators to promote and collaborate on priority issues, including but not limited to violent crime, human trafficking, and civil rights.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
Qualifications
GS-12: To be qualified at the GS-12 level, applicants must specifically demonstrate in their resume that they have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as:
Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS 11 level. Specialized Experience is defined as:
1. program management experience that includes developing, implementing, and overseeing project/program milestones, deliverables, and strategic plans to prevent and reduce violent crime.
2. direct and regular contact, collaboration, and coordination with representatives of law enforcement, specifically, federal, state, county, municipal AND tribal law enforcement agencies that are external to the agency for the direct purpose of resolving challenges in urban, suburban, rural, AND tribal communities.
3. developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships with community groups and/or representatives of agencies and organizations that provide education, social services, or other similar support to communities.
4. Planning, coordinating, and speaking at meetings, training, and other events.
