Clarification from the agency

ICE Employees only

This announcement will be used to fill GS-1805 Investigative Analyst (Criminal Analyst) positions within the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Office of Intelligence. This announcement will not be used to reassign or promote current employees to a different geographical location.

As an Investigative Analyst (Criminal Analyst), at the full performance level (GS-13), you will perform the following duties:

• Support law enforcement operations and contribute to strategies to protect the homeland from criminals;
• Analyze and report on criminals, criminal conspiracies, and criminal networks;
• Apply all-source research, collections, and analysis to advance complex criminal investigations by illuminating criminal networks;
• Collaborate with fellow criminal analysts, criminal investigators, and inter-agency partners to disrupt and dismantle criminal networks;
• Mentor lower-grade criminal analysts on critical research, collections, and analytical processes and procedures; and
• Teach and enhance the Framework for Criminal Analysis.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must successfully pass a drug screen.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
• Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Time in Grade: Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the Federal service. Time in grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Probationary Period: This is a full-time permanent position (Career/Career-Conditional appointment). Upon appointment to this position, you may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Overtime work may be required to meet mission objectives.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/Secret clearance.
• Mobility - May be subject to reassignment geographically or organizationally.
• May be required to work rotating shifts.

Qualifications

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you possess one of the following:

Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as:

• Researching, compiling, excerpting and summarizing information and data, and drafting reports of analysis under the guidance and instruction of a higher-grade Investigative Analyst (Criminal Analyst) or equivalent;
• Learning to research and draft graphics, charts, tables, matrices, maps, infographics and other illustrative devices;
• Developing and applying knowledge of a broad variety of instructional materials, guides, and manuals to support collection and analysis of criminal intelligence information; and
• Developing proficiency with law enforcement indices and/or internet-based open source, deep web, social media, and darknet sources of publicly available information.

OR

Education: A master's or equivalent graduate degree, two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, a L.L.B/J.D., if related. Graduate level education must have been from an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed post-high school education and experience. This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours satisfies the 1 year of full-time study requirement.

You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess one of the following:

Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as:

• Researching, compiling, excerpting and summarizing information and data, and drafting reports of analysis with limited guidance from a higher-grade Investigative Analyst (Criminal Analyst) or equivalent
• Researching and drafting graphics, charts, tables, matrices, maps, infographics, and other illustrative devices to clearly present information, analysis, and knowledge;
• Reviewing, evaluating, and contributing to the development of a broad variety of instructional materials, guides, and manuals to support the collection and analysis of criminal intelligence information under the guidance of a higher-grade Investigative Analyst (Criminal Analyst) or equivalent;
• Demonstrating an intermediate level of proficiency with law enforcement indices and/or internet-based open source, deep web, social media, and darknet sources of publicly available information; and
• Learning and applying standardized criminal analysis tradecraft including Framework products, methodologies, and structured analytical techniques.

OR

Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree orLL.M., if related. Graduate level education must have been from an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed graduate level education and experience. This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours satisfies the 1 year of full-time study requirement.

You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess the following:

Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as:

• Selecting, compiling, summarizing and integrating excerpts, and briefing a variety of HSI Framework for Criminal Analysis intelligence products with little to no guidance from a higher-grade Investigative Analyst (Criminal Analyst) or equivalent;
• Researching and preparing graphics, charts, tables, matrices, maps, infographics, and other illustrative devices to effectively, informatively, and concisely present information, analysis, and knowledge;
• Independently reviewing, evaluating, and contributing to the development of a broad variety of instructional materials and technical reports to support the collection and analysis of criminal intelligence information;
• Demonstrating an advanced level of proficiency with law enforcement indices and/or internet-based open source, deep web, social media, and darknet sources of publicly available information; and
• Applying and developing HSI standardized criminal analysis tradecraft including Framework products, methodologies, and structured analytical techniques.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

How you will be evaluated

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

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. To ensure the minimum qualification and competency requirements listed for this job are met, applicant resumes and supporting documentation will be reviewed and evaluated by a panel of subject matter experts (SMEs).

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials may result in your removal from consideration. Copying and pasting, restating, or rephrasing the duties, minimum qualifications, or competencies will not be considered as demonstration of qualification, and will result in your removal from consideration.

Applicants that have successfully met minimum qualification requirements will have their resume assessed for experience demonstrating possession of the competencies described below:

Attention to Detail:

• Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Problem Solving:

• Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to accurately generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Research:

• Knowledge of the scientific principles, methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results.

Technology Application:

• Uses machines, tools, instruments, or equipment effectively; uses computers and computer applications to analyze and communicate information in the appropriate format.

Applicants with work experience demonstrating possession of all four competencies will be determined as Best Qualified and placed on a Certificate of Eligibles. If you are determined to be among the Best Qualified applicants, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.

Interviews may be required for this position. Failure to complete the interview may result in removal from further consideration.

Due weight will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards in merit promotion selection decisions in accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3).

Pursuant to Executive Order 12564, and the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan, ICE is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and, therefore, personnel in safety- or security-sensitive positions (testing designated positions) are subject to random drug testing. Moreover, other drug testing of employees (e.g., reasonable suspicion drug test) may be conducted in order to ensure a safe and healthy work environment. All applicants tentatively selected for employment at ICE are subject to pre-employment drug testing and a final offer of employment is contingent upon a negative drug test result.