Skip to main content
U.S. flag
Back to results

Criminal Investigator (Special Assistant)

Department of Defense
Office of Inspector General
This job announcement has closed

Summary

This position is located in Alexandria, VA with the Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG), Office of the Deputy Inspector General of Investigations (DIG INV), Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS).

Overview

Help
Reviewing applications
Open & closing dates
08/07/2017 to 08/21/2017
Salary
$112,021 to - $145,629 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 14
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Alexandria, VA
1 vacancy
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Up to 25% travel to temporary duty stations (TDY) may be required
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Agency Employees Only
Work schedule
Full-time - Full Time
Service
Promotion potential
14
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Secret
Announcement number
IG-17-1993177-INV-I
Control number
475573400

This job is open to

Help

Duties

Help

The incumbent serves as the primary advisor to the DIG-INV/DCIS Director on operational matters emanating from other ODIG-INV and DCIS directorates, departments and field offices.  The incumbent will also: 

·        Recognized authority on complex investigations, makes recommendations and provides advice on most controversial issues concerning criminal investigations that receive attention from the highest levels of the Department of Defense, Congress, Department of Justice (DOJ), the media and the public.

·        Initiates and conducts specialized and highly sensitive criminal investigations and criminal inquiries in response to requests on matters of significant importance.

·        Works on many critical and controversial investigative issues.

·        Provides guidance on programs and monitors organizational goals and objectives.

·        Identifies management and/or operational problem areas where there is a need to establish, modify or reverses policies, procedures or techniques.

·        Provides advice and recommendations on major developments, significant problems, and resolutions.

·        Identifies deficiencies and ensures they are corrected and optimum investigative results are obtained.

·        Reviews, researches and prepares draft comments on existing proposed legislations, regulations, and directives which affect the mission and operations.

·        Represents DIG when needed at various external committee meetings, congressional liaison meetings, executive meetings of professional investigative organizations, and gatherings of representatives of other government agencies.

·        Responds to congressional, Presidential, or high level DOD inquiries and prepares responses or information reports for signature.

·        Serves as coordinator of internal communications and assists in preparing special notifications on controversial, precedent setting issues.

·        Monitors investigative policy matters, including meeting and dealing with high level and executive level management at various federal law enforcement organizations.

·        Monitors operational coordination of investigations, often international in nature, and may include investigations in which a large number of investigators from various field elements are involved.

Requirements

Help

Conditions of employment

  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI clearance
  • Position is subject to random drug testing
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service
  • This is an Excepted Service position
  • Must sign a Mobility Agreement

This is covered by the special retirement provisions for Federal Law Enforcement Officer (FLEO). Candidates without previous FLEO service must be under age 37. Employees subject to special retirement coverage for law enforcement officers must retire at age 57 upon completing 20 years of law enforcement service under the special retirement provisions for law enforcement officers. If these 20 years of service are not attained at age 57, mandatory retirement is required upon completion of 20 years of service. This requirement may be waived only for veterans. See OPM Retirement Handbook for further details. The Maximum Entry Age requirement (See Maximum Entry may be waived for applicants eligible for veterans' preference.)

Incumbent will be required to work, or be available to work substantial amounts of unscheduled overtime duty based on the needs of the agency, and will receive availability pay, a special form of premium pay fixed at 25 percent of the adjusted salary (basic and locality).

Incumbent must have successfully completed the Criminal Investigator Training Program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, or another Federal equivalent criminal investigator training program, such as the FBI Special Agent training program or Military Criminal Investigative Organization equivalent.

Federal employees currently serving in the Competitive Service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the Competitive Service by accepting an offer of employment in the Excepted Service. 

If you have not previously successfully completed a trial period within the Federal Government in a similar position, you will be required to serve a two year trial period.

U.S. Citizenship is required for this position.

May require up to 25 % of temporary duty travel (TDY).

Selectee must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license.

Permanent Change of Duty Station (PCS) expenses MAY BE authorized.

Recruitment Incentives WILL NOT be authorized.

Selectee will be required to sign the Mobility Agreement as a condition of employment.

May require potential travel/or deployment to Southwest Asia.

Qualifications

To meet basic requirements for this position, you must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service.  Specialized experience is: Law enforcement experience investigating cases and/or managing criminal investigations of a sensitive or special nature; serving as an advisor on a wide variety of investigative and operational initiatives; providing effective and efficient investigative abilities; planning, coordinating and conducting criminal investigations with extensive problems; devising new investigative approaches, techniques and policies; researching, developing, and conveying an agency position or objective to senior level managers to include creating presentations and giving briefings commensurate with the classification level or sensitivity of the material and the intended audience.

Candidates will be further evaluated on the level and quality of their experience and possession of the following relevant competencies in order to determine the level of your qualifications. These competencies include:

-      Criminal Investigation

-      Program Management

-      Oral/Written Communication

-      Operations Management

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 90 calendar days of the referral certificate issue date.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience at this level.

Requirements:

Position has been designated as Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI);  incumbent is required to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.

Incumbent is required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use and is subject to random drug testing for the duration of service with Department of Defense (DoD) OIG.  Organizational entities within the DoD are not required to conduct mandatory drug testing for DoD civilian employees moving by transfer or reassignment from one DoD Testing Designated Position (TDP) to another TDP with no break in service within the DoD, unless deemed appropriate on a case-by-case basis by the gaining Component.

This position requires a pre-employment physical exam and a pre-employment physical readiness test. An annual physical exam & semi-annual physical readiness test is required for the duration of employment.  

This position requires qualifications to carry and use government-owned firearms as part of assigned duties (and maintain this qualification).   Employees are ineligible for this position if, at any time, they have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, unless the conviction was expunged, set aside, or he/she received a pardon. The applicant selected for this position must be able to qualify and maintain authorization to carry firearms including no current or previous domestic violence charges/convictions.

This position is considered a secondary law enforcement administrative position and is covered under the special retirement provision for secondary law enforcement positions.

Additional information

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be assessed to the extent to which you possess the competencies listed in the "Qualifications" section above and ultimately placed into one of three quality category levels: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified. Applicants will receive further consideration in accordance with category rating procedures.

Best-Qualified: This highest category will be used for those candidates who possess the type and quality of experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position, including all selective placement factors and appropriate quality ranking factor(s), as determined by the job analysis.

Highly-Qualified: This higher category will be used for those candidates who possess the type and quality of experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position, as determined by the job analysis.

Qualified: This lowest category will be used for those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications of the position and are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the position. Candidates may require extensive training and/or orientation in order to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position.

During further evaluation, you may be asked to provide additional information or participate in other methods of assessment, such as structured interviews. Individuals who are subject matter experts in the requirements of this position may participate in further evaluations.

Your responses will be carefully reviewed and must be supported by factual information in your resume. Inflating or otherwise enhancing your qualifications and errors or omissions may result in loss of further consideration.

Your session is about to expire!

Your USAJOBS session will expire due to inactivity in 8 minutes. Any unsaved data will be lost if you allow the session to expire. Click the button below to continue your session.