Clarification from the agency

All groups of qualified individuals within the civil service.

Videos

Before applying for this position, please read the entire announcement and follow the instructions in the "Required Documents" and "How to Apply" sections.

This position may be located in Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York, NY; Washington, D.C.

The Investigations Division receives complaints and investigates alleged violations of fraud, abuse, and integrity laws that govern DOJ employees, contractors, grantees, and other outside parties. Our Special Agents develop cases for administrative action, or criminal or civil prosecution, resulting in criminal and civil restitution and recoveries, forfeitures, fines, and other tracked monies. Our Special Agents conduct law enforcement operations, including serving search warrants and making arrests.

The Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations (DAIG/I) serves as a Senior Executive Service member on the DOJ OIG senior leadership team exercising full authority over all personnel assigned to subordinate offices. In the absence of the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations (AIG/I), the DAIG/I has full authority to exercise direction over the Investigations Division and is responsible for identifying deficiencies in the investigative program and ensures they are corrected with optimum investigative results. This includes identification of issues involving resources or procedures, including providing appropriate recommendations for resolution to the AIG/I, the Deputy Inspector General, and/or the Inspector General.

Supports the day-to-day operations of the Office of the AIG/I and provides direction to Headquarters and regional office staff, including exercising the following responsibilities:

• Assisting with workload determinations, preparing budget justifications, and recommending priorities for long range planning and management of resources, including the annual travel and overtime budgets and the annual plan to provide appropriate investigative coverage of the Department programs. Promoting the OIG commitment to workforce diversity within the Investigations Division.
• Informing the AIG/I on significant investigative findings and establishing controls to ensure that appropriate follow-up action is taken.
• Providing leadership to ensure the quality and timeliness of Investigations Division work products, including coordinating the development of investigative policies to build upon and continuously improve investigative techniques and the content, quality, and effectiveness of investigative reports.
• Advising the AIG/I, the Deputy Inspector General, and the Inspector General, and providing leadership in ensuring the integrity, efficiency, and effectiveness of Departmental programs; interacting with all OIG leadership, the Investigative Committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, other federal OIGs, and other federal, state, and local law enforcement entities; representing the OIG with Department and component leadership, as well as with other federal, state and local officials and with congressional staff.
• Works with and through the Department policy making and implementation structure and procedures to shape, formulate and recommend substantial and significant investigative policies.

The incumbent should possess superior interpersonal and communication skills to ensure effective leadership of the Investigation Division's diverse staff; and sound management practices to oversee the administration and productivity of the Division.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• Incumbent will be subject to initial and random drug testing.
• Annual financial disclosure statement, SF-278 required.
• Initial SES Career Appointee is subject to a one-year SES Probationary Period unless you previously completed the probationary period in the SES.
• Selective Service Registration is required, as applicable.
• You must submit the Mandatory Technical Qualifications and the Executive Core Qualifications narratives (unless you are an SES) to be considered for the position.
• You must maintain a valid state issued driver's license.
• Age requirement: Before your 37th birthday for entry in a primary law enforcement position.
• Training requirement: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Basic Criminal Investigator Training Program or equivalent.
• Selectee will be required to qualify to carry and use firearms and other weapons as part of assigned duties and maintain such qualification. Lautenberg Notice: Title 18 USC Section 911(g).
• The incumbent will be required to undergo, and pass, regular medical examinations.

Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the SES, applicants must demonstrate progressively responsible leadership and supervisory experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the federal service or its equivalent in the private sector or non-governmental organizations. Failure to meet this basic qualification requirement and all executive and technical qualification factors will automatically exclude you from further consideration.

To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, applicants must demonstrate in resume and narrative statements possession of the ECQs and the MTQs listed below. It is recommended that your resume emphasize levels of responsibility, scope and complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments, and results.

The recruitment process for this position is the TRADITIONAL METHOD.

A sample executive-level resume and ECQ narratives are available at:
http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf
Applicants must submit written narratives to each MTQ and ECQ, and should limit narrative statements to two pages per MTQ and ECQ. Applicants who upload the same narrative for each MTQ or ECQ, use "see resume" as a response, or whose narratives extend beyond the required page limits, limit their chance for further consideration.

Mandatory Technical Qualification(s) - Mandatory

1. Substantial, demonstrated experience as a Criminal Investigator conducting, leading, and supervising subordinate managers and a diverse workforce handling broad and complex criminal investigations and investigative matters (internally and externally) relating to alleged or suspected criminal or administrative violations of criminal laws focused on corruption, fraud, waste, and abuse.
2. Substantial experience leading and managing a large and complex organization where responsibilities include reviewing and publishing work products consisting of highly complex investigative reports.
3. Demonstrated ability to coordinate program efforts with other internal and external organizations, represent the organization to key individuals and groups outside the immediate work unit, as well as serve as spokesperson for the organization.

Executive Core Qualifications - Mandatory

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.

Additional information on the Executive Core Qualifications is available at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/qualify.asp

NOTE: ECQ narratives are required for all applicants unless any of the following conditions are met:

• You are currently serving under a career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointment (Please Note: Department of Defense DISESs and DISLs, and Intelligence Community SES are typically not OPM QRB certified and are therefore required to submit ECQs.)
• You are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or
• You have successfully completed an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program.

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

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 quality and extent of total accomplishments, experience and demonstrated executive-level qualifications. An SES rating and ranking panel will review applications to determine the highly qualified candidates.

An Executive Resources Board (ERB) will review results and make recommendations on final selections to the appointing authority where final interviews and reference checks may occur. Unless you have already been certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in the past, your ECQs must be certified by a QRB before appointment can occur.