This position of Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations assists the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations in providing Departmental level policy, overall leadership, and general supervision, direction and coordination of all domestic and foreign investigative activities related to Department programs and operations which are essential to and for the effective management of the Department of Agriculture.
Summary
This position of Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations assists the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations in providing Departmental level policy, overall leadership, and general supervision, direction and coordination of all domestic and foreign investigative activities related to Department programs and operations which are essential to and for the effective management of the Department of Agriculture.
Individuals within civil service: Persons occupying positions in the executive (includes excepted svc), judicial, and legislative branches. Experts and consultants occupying appointive positions, and individuals in the Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission. SES reinstatement eligibles and SES CDP graduates. Exclude: The armed forces, the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, and the Commissioned Corps of the NOAA. The DC Government is not part of the Federal civil service.
Implements the Department's domestic and foreign investigation programs and activities and supervises the performance of investigative activities relating to the Department's programs, worldwide.
Provides policy direction, as well as supervision and coordination, of investigations relating to the programs and operations of the Department.
Formulates and proposes policies impacting operational activities of the Department for the purpose of preventing and detecting fraud and abuse in its programs and operations.
Formulates and proposes policies for supervision and coordination of relationships between the Department and external entities with respect to investigative matters.
Reviews existing and proposed legislation and regulations relating to programs and operations of the Department.
Administers investigative management information systems including those designed to provide investigative data and information to key stakeholders, including the Secretary and Congress.
Administers a law enforcement program to investigate alleged or suspected felony criminal violation of statutes administered by the Secretary or any agency of the Department.
Provides for the technical design, management, and application of data analytics used in evidence based decision making with respect to investigative resources and work impacting USDA's programs and operations.
Serves as consultant and advisor to the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations and through a subordinate staff develop, directs and supervises an investigations program.
Formulates and proposes policies to conduct, supervise, or coordinate investigations associated with operational activities carried out or financed by the Department
Makes workload determinations, prepares justifications, and recommends priorities for long range planning, the annual budget, and the annual investigative program to provide the required investigative coverage.
Provides overall executive direction and coordination to Special Agents-in-Charge and Division Directors for Investigations in conducting Department-wide investigative operations.
Acts for the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships on matters relating to investigative operations with other Department offices and agencies.
Administers investigative management information systems including those designed to inform the Secretary and the Congress regarding investigative activities involving fraud and other serious problems.
Conducts investigative studies and special inquiries to seek out and reduce fraud and abuse in the Department's programs and operations and ensure that appropriate administrative and/or prosecutive actions are initiated.
Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
Selected applicants must undergo and successfully obtain and maintain a background investigation for a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
A one-year SES probationary period is required unless excepted by regulation.
Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
Relocation expenses are NOT authorized.
You must meet initial and periodic suitability determinations based on favorable background investigations and updates. Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
Selected applicants are subject to initial and random drug testing. Failure to pass a drug test or maintain a clearance is grounds for removal.
50% or less Travel. Selected applicants must be able to acquire and maintain a government-issued travel charge card.
Acknowledgement of Career Mobility is a condition of employment. You must be available for permanent reassignment to other regional or resident offices, as required by the OIG.
You must pass initial and periodic medical examinations. Failure to meet medical requirements may result in reassignment from the position of Supervisory Criminal Investigator or other appropriate action.
You must be able to operate a government-owned or leased vehicle and have, and maintain a valid driver license.
SES members are excluded from premium pay provisions of 5 USC Chapter 55 Subchapter V, such as overtime pay, compensatory time off, Sunday premium pay, holiday premium pay, etc.
Veterans Preference is not applicable in the Senior Executive Service.
You will be required to complete an OGE-278, Executive Branch Personnel PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORT.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Qualifications
Location is either Washington, D.C., or negotiable upon selection where a Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General - Investigations' office is located.
SES employees are also eligible to receive bonuses and performance-based awards. Visit http://www.opm.gov/ses/ for additional information and benefits for SES employees.
As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience indicative of senior executive-level management capability. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-14/15 grade level in the federal service or its equivalent in the private sector.
This experience should be sufficiently broad in scope and at a major management level in a large or complex organization. The ideal candidate will have experience supervising a large number of employees through subordinate supervisors and have experience hiring, developing, and evaluating employees. Your experience should demonstrate that you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in most SES positions such as:
Developing a coordinated investigation programs and implementing the Department's domestic and foreign investigative programs and activities;
Supervising the performance of investigative activities relating to the Department's programs; designing and maintaining of the Federal Law Enforcement Program for the OIG;
Executing functions associated with Departmental-level policy and administration of a legislated Employee Complaints Program;
Leading and coordinating worldwide investigative liaison, and nationwide investigative planning;
Directing technically and administratively various investigative management information systems, budgeting and staffing, and reporting - all to ensure Investigations' programs contribute to the achievement of the goals and objectives established in the agency's strategic plan.
To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, applicants must demonstrate in resume and narrative statements possession of the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments, and results.
Failure to meet the basic qualification requirement and address all Mandatory Technical and Executive Core Qualification factors will result in your application being disqualified.
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): Applicants will be evaluated in the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) listed below which are broadly applicable to SES positions throughout the Federal Government. All competitive applicants (Non-SES) must submit a narrative statement covering each of the ECQs. Narratives should be limited to no more than a total of 10 pages, two page limit per ECQ. The narrative should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments, policy Initiatives undertaken and the results of your actions.
OPM Candidate Development Program (CDP) graduates, current career SES members or former career SES members who are eligible for reinstatement to a career-reserved position need not submit an ECQ statement.
ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Result (C-C-A-R) model outlined in the guide. Challenge - Describe a specific problem or goal. Context - Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale). Action - Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge. Result - Give specific examples of measures/outcomes that had some impact on the organization. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills.
MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a narrative statement specifically addressing each of the following Technical Qualifications. Narratives should be limited to no more than two pages per factor. Applicants will be evaluated against each of these factors. Please give examples and explain the complexity of the knowledge possessed and the sensitivity of the issued you handled.
MTQ1 - Knowledge of criminal investigations, law enforcement, and homeland security techniques, theories, programs and operations.
MTQ2 - Demonstrated skill in managing, supervising and leading a law enforcement function throughout a large geographic area.
MTQ3 - Ability to identify, assess, and implement law enforcement requirements for an effective law enforcement and criminal investigative program.
MTQ4 - Ability to communicate and coordinate program activities with major stakeholders such as Congress, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, Administrators for various USDA agencies; other Inspector General Offices; and other Federal departments such as the Government Accountability Office or the Office of Management and Budget.
Education
Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.
Additional information
Location is either Washington, D.C., or negotiable upon selection where a Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General - Investigations' office is located.
Selectees for such positions must meet the initial agency suitability determination before a final job offer can be made.
OPM Candidate Development Program (CDP) graduates and current Career SES members need only address the technical qualifications and need not respond to the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Selectee will be required to file an annual financial disclosure statement, form OGE-278.
An essential element of the SES is mobility across geographic, organizational, and functional lines. Individuals selected for SES positions may be subject to reassignment, which requires you to be mobile. All newly appointed Career SES leaders must sign the Reassignment Rights Obligation Agreement as a condition of employment into the SES.
You must be no more than 37 years of age upon entry into the GS-1811 series, unless the applicant has previous service creditable under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) law enforcement provisions sufficient to enable you to retire at age 57 with 20 years of creditable service. Persons already in covered secondary positions or persons with previous approved service who apply for a primary position cannot be considered if their age at reentry into the primary position exceeds 37 years after subtracting their years of service in covered positions. Applicant must provide evidence of current or previous coverage that would qualify. This age restriction does not apply to those entitled to Veteran's Preference.
You will be required to qualify to carry and use firearms and other weapons as part of assigned duties and maintain such qualification. Applicants are ineligible for this position if at any time, they have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime of domestic violence, unless such conviction was expunged, set aside or the applicant received a pardon.
Telework eligible positions: You may be eligible for occasional telework in which you are required to report to the office on a regular basis. Participation must be requested and approved by the Supervisor and there must be a signed telework agreement. The number of telework days approved is determined by the agency policy, emergency situations, the approval of your immediate Supervisor. You must have access to high-speed internet and cell phone service meeting current agency policy from the approved work location.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of the quality and extent of their accomplishments, experience and education. An Executive Evaluation Panel will evaluate the resume, the Executive Core Qualifications statement and the Technical Qualifications statement for each candidate to determine the best qualified candidates who will be referred to the selecting official.
Unless you have already been certified by a Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in the past, your ECQs must be certified by a QRB after selection and before appointment can occur.
Consideration for competitive selection for this position is open to all persons within the area of consideration who meet the basic qualifications. Race, color, age, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, political beliefs, religion, marital or family status, disability, and other non-merit factors will not be considered.
1. This position is covered under the post-employment restriction of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). This law also requires the selectee to file an Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (Standard Form 278), within 30 days of appointment.
2. Applications sent in U.S. Government postage-paid envelope and submitted through Federal Agency courier services will not be considered.
3. The 1993 Hatch Act Reform Amendments prohibit oral and written political recommendations for Federal jobs.
4. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with the Selective Service System before they can be employed by an executive agency of the Federal government. This requirement does not apply to Agency employees appointed before November 8, 1985.
5. All application forms are subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act and become the property of USDA. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. USDA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication or program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Reasonable Accommodation: This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency at 202-260-8128. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose that to the Human Resources Office.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
The following documents are required for your application to be complete. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in mail service, your system failure or downtime, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration.Please be sure to remove all PII (e.g. SSN, DOB, etc.) from all documentation.Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable.
Resume must include: 1) personal information; 2) education; 3) work experience including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; and title, series and grade if applicable; 4) supervisor's phone number, e-mail address for each work period listed, and whether or not we may contact them for reference checks; and 5) other qualifications.
MTQ Narrative Statements - Two page limit per MTQ.
ECQ Narrative Statements - Two page limit per ECQ (except current or reinstatement-eligible career SES members, and SES-CDP graduates whose ECQs have been OPM QRB certified).
For current or previous Federal employees, please attach a copy of your most recent SF-50 or agency notification of personnel action form that provides current position, grade level, and duty location. If necessary, please submit more than 1 SF-50. Note: Not all award SF-50s reflect current pay plan, grade level, step, and/or pay.
Please provide a copy of your most recent performance appraisal dated within 18 months or a statement explaining the reason it cannot be submitted.
Graduates of an OPM certified SES Candidate Program must submit a copy of the program graduation/certification document.
Current or former SES members should submit a copy of their most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50, showing status as an SES member.
Incomplete application packages will not be evaluated.
Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.
We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing.
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this.
To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents.
NOTE: If a document is resubmitted, it replaces the previous submission, which means the previous document is no longer available to the Human Resources Office. If you are adding to, rather than replacing a previous submission, you must upload both the old document and the new document. You must verify that uploaded documents from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Applicants may combine all like required documents (e.g. SF-50s or veteran docs) into one or more files and scan for uploading into the application. Each file must not exceed 3MB. Grouping like documents into files will simplify the application process. Documents must be in one of the following formats: GIF, JPEG, JPG, PDF, PNG, RTF, or Word (DOC or DOCX). Uploaded documents may not require a password, digital signature, or other encryption to open.
Office of the Inspector General
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20250
US
Next steps
Your application will be reviewed to verify that you meet the eligibility and qualification requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your application status.
Under the Fair Chance Act, agencies are not allowed to request information about an applicant's criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made, except as allowed for access to classified information; assignment to national security duties or positions; acceptance or retention in the armed forces; or recruitment of a Federal law enforcement officer. An applicant may submit a complaint or any other information related to an organization's alleged noncompliance with the Fair Chance Act. The complaint must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the date of the alleged noncompliance. To make a Fair Chance Act inquiry or complaint, send an email with the appropriate information to jessica.aguirre@oig.usda.gov, subject line: Fair Chance Act.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
The following documents are required for your application to be complete. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in mail service, your system failure or downtime, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration.Please be sure to remove all PII (e.g. SSN, DOB, etc.) from all documentation.Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable.
Resume must include: 1) personal information; 2) education; 3) work experience including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; and title, series and grade if applicable; 4) supervisor's phone number, e-mail address for each work period listed, and whether or not we may contact them for reference checks; and 5) other qualifications.
MTQ Narrative Statements - Two page limit per MTQ.
ECQ Narrative Statements - Two page limit per ECQ (except current or reinstatement-eligible career SES members, and SES-CDP graduates whose ECQs have been OPM QRB certified).
For current or previous Federal employees, please attach a copy of your most recent SF-50 or agency notification of personnel action form that provides current position, grade level, and duty location. If necessary, please submit more than 1 SF-50. Note: Not all award SF-50s reflect current pay plan, grade level, step, and/or pay.
Please provide a copy of your most recent performance appraisal dated within 18 months or a statement explaining the reason it cannot be submitted.
Graduates of an OPM certified SES Candidate Program must submit a copy of the program graduation/certification document.
Current or former SES members should submit a copy of their most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50, showing status as an SES member.
Incomplete application packages will not be evaluated.
Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.
We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing.
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this.
To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents.
NOTE: If a document is resubmitted, it replaces the previous submission, which means the previous document is no longer available to the Human Resources Office. If you are adding to, rather than replacing a previous submission, you must upload both the old document and the new document. You must verify that uploaded documents from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Applicants may combine all like required documents (e.g. SF-50s or veteran docs) into one or more files and scan for uploading into the application. Each file must not exceed 3MB. Grouping like documents into files will simplify the application process. Documents must be in one of the following formats: GIF, JPEG, JPG, PDF, PNG, RTF, or Word (DOC or DOCX). Uploaded documents may not require a password, digital signature, or other encryption to open.
Office of the Inspector General
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20250
US
Next steps
Your application will be reviewed to verify that you meet the eligibility and qualification requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted. Log in to your USAJOBS account to check your application status.
Under the Fair Chance Act, agencies are not allowed to request information about an applicant's criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made, except as allowed for access to classified information; assignment to national security duties or positions; acceptance or retention in the armed forces; or recruitment of a Federal law enforcement officer. An applicant may submit a complaint or any other information related to an organization's alleged noncompliance with the Fair Chance Act. The complaint must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the date of the alleged noncompliance. To make a Fair Chance Act inquiry or complaint, send an email with the appropriate information to jessica.aguirre@oig.usda.gov, subject line: Fair Chance Act.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
