Probation Officer

As a Probation Officer with the U.S. Probation Office, you will play a critical role in ensuring public safety and promoting rehabilitation in the community. Your primary responsibility will be to supervise individuals under court-ordered supervision, conducting investigations, gathering information, and implementing supervision plans to ensure compliance with court orders.

• Conduct thorough investigations and prepare reports with recommendations, including interviewing individuals and their families, and collecting background data from various sources.
• Enforce court-ordered supervision components and implement supervision plans, maintaining personal contact with individuals under supervision and investigating employment, sources of income, living accommodations, and associates to assess risk and compliance.
• Schedule and conduct drug use detection tests and DNA collection of individuals under supervision, maintaining paper and computerized records of test results and chain of custody of urinalysis testing materials.
• Investigate and analyze financial documents and activities, taking appropriate action and interviewing victim(s) and providing victim impact statements to the court.
• Analyze and respond to objections received from attorneys based on the officer's written court submissions, resolving disputed issues and presenting unresolved issues to the court for resolution.
• Communicate with other organizations and persons concerning individuals under supervision's behavior and conditions of supervision, identifying and investigating violations and implementing appropriate alternatives and sanctions.
• Prepare written reports of adjustment, including violation matters, and make recommendations for disposition, responding to judicial officer's requests for information and advice, and testifying in court as to the basis for factual findings and (if warranted) guideline applications.
• Maintain detailed written records of case activity, knowledge of, and compliance with, the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees and court confidentiality requirements, demonstrating sound ethics and judgment.

• U.S. citizenship or foreign national eligible for federal employment.
• Possession of a valid driver's license.
• Completion of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a field of academic study providing evidence of the capacity to understand and apply the legal requirements and human relations skills involved in the position.
• Specialized experience as shown below table.

Work is performed in an office setting and in the community, and may involve variable hours, including nights, holidays, and weekends. Work requires regular contact with persons at all stages of the legal process: pretrial, presentence and post-conviction. Contacts are made in both generally controlled office settings, and uncontrolled home and field settings where illegal activities and violence may occur. Travel is required.

The duties of the USPO require the investigation and management of alleged criminal individuals or convicted individuals who present physical danger to officers and the public. In the supervision, treatment, and interventions with these individuals, these duties require moderate to arduous physical exercise, including prolonged periods of walking and standing physical dexterity and coordination necessary of officer safety and use of self-defense tactics.

• The opportunity to serve in a rewarding public service position.
• Accrual of paid vacation and sick leave.
• 12 paid federal holidays.
• Health, life, dental, vision and long-term care insurance plans available.
• A defined benefit pension plan.
• On-site fitness center.
• Traditional (pre-tax) and Roth (after-tax) retirement savings and investment plans through the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) with employer matching contributions.
• Paid parking.
• Federal Occupational Health (FOH)/Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Medical and childcare reimbursement accounts.
• Virtual Learning through Judiciary Online University and other training opportunities (funds permitting).
• Telework and alternative work schedule opportunities, dependent on performance.
• Student Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Employees Federal Student Aid.