Law Enforcement Specialist

Law Enforcement Specialist

Department: Department of Justice

Location(s): Quantico, Virginia

Salary Range: $121785 - $158322 Per Year

Job Summary: The Federal Bureau of Investigations, Firearms Training Unit, at Quantico Virginia is seeking interested candidates to be a Law Enforcement Specialist (LES) / Firearms Instructor and authoritative technical expert in firearms safety, the efficient and effective use of law enforcement firearms, and in the use of deadly force. The ideal candidate will provide high quality training to new agent trainees and seasoned FBI agents.

Major Duties:

• Duties are performed in a classroom and outside, in all types of weather, day and night (real and simulated), on a regular and recurring basis. Provides firearm training to law enforcement officers, as well as executives from the public and private sector. Provides training for using firearms proficiently, effectively, and safely and instills the technical and analytical knowledge for the highest level of expertise in the firearms field. Identifies, develops and evaluates programs and course materials for law enforcement's use of firearms. Use diverse instructional methods and hardware/software to present to the law enforcement subjects in classroom and during practical application sessions. Identifies needs and modifies or adapts material accordingly. Research, reviews, and analyzes pertinent subject-matter information for future development and delivery of the training instruction programs. Provides input and recommendations to supervisory personnel concerning training equipment, inventory and maintenance.

Qualifications: GS 13: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS12 grade level. SE is defined as follows: Prepared for, and conducted classroom instruction of law enforcement training techniques, concepts, and firearm safety. Prepared and conducted classroom instruction that involved the development of comprehensive lesson plans, training, and testing materials. Recommended modifications to course curriculum and/or training materials Developed or reviewed training/course materials, aids, devices, etc. and evaluated training results Identified new methods and techniques that improve administrative operations for an organization. Provided advice to management on budgetary and financial issues that impacted critical programs.

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Application Deadline: 2026-03-27