Criminal Investigator

3 weeks ago


Washington, United States Office of the Inspector General Full time
Job Summary

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent office whose mission is to promote excellence, integrity, and accountability throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In our dynamic environment, the OIG conducts investigations, audits, evaluations, and inspections to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and mismanagement in DHS programs and operations.

This Job is Open to

Current federal employees of this agency, career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), and internal to an agency.

Clarification from the Agency

Current OIG employees eligible for consideration under Merit Promotion procedures, e.g., currently hold or have previously held a competitive service career or career conditional appointment.

Duties

The Office of Investigations is responsible for investigating the appropriate criminal and civil justice system those individuals and organizations involved in financial, professional, civil, or criminal misconduct relating to Department of Homeland Security programs and operations.

The position serves as the National Border Corruption Program Manager within the Office of Investigation, Field Operations Division assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Border Corruption Taskforce (NBCTF). The incumbent is responsible for the most difficult, sensitive, and complex investigative and programmatic matters related to DHS border corruption. Case assignments involve matters of extreme sensitivity, scope, and complexity; a wide range and variety of interrelated activities; a wide number of separate investigative matters that grow from the original assignments; exceptional difficulty in establishing the interrelationships of fact or evidence; and require extensive and critical jurisdictional problems involved in completing the investigations.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. You must successfully pass a background investigation. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret with Sensitive Compartmental Information (TS/SCI) security clearance. This position is a Drug Testing Designated Position and may be subject to random drug testing. You will be required to carry a firearm. Financial disclosure is required. Selective Service registration required. Completion of 1 year probationary period may be required. Submission of Performance Appraisal is mandatory. You must be able to meet job-related medical and/or fitness standards. You will be required to sign a mobility agreement. Must possess and maintain a valid state-issued driver's license. Must complete a pre-employment medical examination that will include testing of your vision, hearing, cardiovascular, and mobility of extremities by an authorized Government physician.

Qualifications

You qualify for the GS-14 grade level (starting salary $139, if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level performing duties such as:

1) Serving as a Border Corruption technical and programmatic OIG liaison to DHS and external federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

2) Managing INV's reporting of investigative cases and other technical activities and operations to maximize the effective use of reported information in the development of new techniques.

3) Directing and coordinating in-depth reviews and evaluations of criminal investigative program operations. Identifying areas requiring additional or decreased OIG investigative and/or oversight attention.

4) Overseeing and coordinating the review of criminal, civil, and administrative investigations conducted by the INV and the Department's law enforcement bureaus.

5) Participating in the review of current and proposed legislation and regulations relating to Departmental programs and operations, and making recommendations to the DIGI or AIGI on the impact of such legislation and regulations in the detection and prevention of criminal activity, fraud, and abuse.

Additional Requirements:

    • Training Requirement: This position requires that you have completed the eight-week basic criminal investigator course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, GA or its equivalent {NOTE} Please upload a copy of your FLETC certificate and/or transcripts.
    • Firearm Requirement: This position requires you to be authorized to carry a firearm and maintain firearm proficiency. Therefore, it is subject to the Lautenberg Amendment, 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g) (9) and you will be required to verify that you have not been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
    • Age Requirement: This position is covered by the law enforcement officer retirement provisions, 5 U.S.C c) or 5 U.S.C d),and as such is covered by a mandatory age requirement. There is a maximum entry age of the day before your 37th birthday for original appointment into law enforcement officer positions as defined in 5 U.S.C or 5 U.S.C This age restriction does not apply to those who have prior Federal service in a covered primary law enforcement position, or to qualified Veterans' preference eligible regardless of whether they meet the maximum age requirements identified at 5 U.S.C
    • Medical Requirement:This position requires you to maintain physical fitness standards set by the agency. The duties of Criminal Investigators require moderate to arduous physical exertion involving walking and standing, use of firearms, and exposure to inclement weather. Manual dexterity with comparatively free motion of finger, wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, and knee joints is required. Sufficiently good vision in each eye, with or without correction, is required to perform the duties satisfactorily. Near vision, corrective lenses permitted, must be sufficient to read printed material the size of typewritten characters. Hearing loss, as measured by an audiometer, must not exceed 35 decibels at 1000, 2000, and 3000 Hz levels. Additionally, the duties of this position involve activities under trying conditions, as such, applicants must possess emotional and mental stability. This position may require the completion of a Medical Examination that will include testing of your vision, hearing, cardiovascular, and mobility of extremities by an authorized Government physician. If a medical examination is required, you must be cleared by the authorized Government physician in order to be determined physically fit to perform the arduous physical exertion required of this position.
    • This position has been identified as a Testing Designated Position (TDP); therefore, you are subject to drug testing under OIG's Drug-Free Workplace policy. Refusal to be randomly tested may result in disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service.

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