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Supervisory Investigator (LEO)

Department of Labor
Office of Labor-Management Standards

Summary

This position is a Supervisory Investigator (LEO). The primary duty of this position is to serve as a first-level supervisory investigator. The incumbent plans, directs, supervises, and conducts civil and criminal enforcement activity, and compliance assistance within an assigned geographical jurisdiction.

This position is outside the bargaining unit.

One vacancy to be filled per district (see Additional Information section below); final duty location will be determined upon selection.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Posted this week · Apply by 06/24/26
Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 24, 2026
Location
2 vacancies in the following locations:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—This is not a remote work position. The selectee will report to an assigned DOL office location on a regular basis and is eligible for participation in telework as determined by management in accordance with DOL policy.
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$110,865 - $192,694 per year

The salary is based on the 2026 Locality Pay Tables (for CIN, CLE and NY) and is subject to grade level and duty station locality pay adjustment.

Pay scale & grade
GS 13 - 14
Promotion potential
14 - There is no obligation to provide future promotions if you are selected. Promotions are dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, meet all the performance requirements, and the supervisor's recommendation to the next grade.
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
25% or less - Occasional travel is required to promote knowledge of criminal and civil investigations of violations of the LMRDA and related statutes, and take appropriate enforcement action.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupations and job series
Supervisory status
Yes
Federal service type
This job is in the Competitive Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Position sensitivity and risk
High Risk (HR)
Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.
Background check type
Financial disclosure required
Yes
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
MS-26-DAL-OLMS-12970241-CAR
Control number
873004700

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

Open to current permanent Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) employees with competitive service; CTAP eligibles in the local commuting area.

Duties

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The duties described below are at the full performance level (GS-14). Incumbents hired at the GS-13 grade level will serve in a developmental capacity, where the incumbent works under closer supervision while continuing to exercise supervisory and managerial authority assigned for the position.

  • Plans, directs, coordinates and supervises the work of assigned Investigators and Senior Investigators in implementing OLMS program activity under the LMRDA and related statutes within an assigned geographical jurisdiction.
  • Assigns, coordinates and supervises work performed by Investigators and support staff within an assigned geographic jurisdiction. Monitors staff work to ensure timely completion of assignments, technical sufficiency of work, and conformance with agency policies and procedures. Provides individual direction and guidance to staff. Evaluates individual staff performance and performs all other customary supervisory functions.
  • Serves as project leaders on large or complex investigations and investigative audits.
  • Recommends revisions and refinements to OLMS policies, programs, goals and objectives to the District Director and other key agency officials at the Regional and National Office level.
  • Serves as the OLMS spokesperson in dealings with Federal and state or local agencies, union officials, interest groups, press and medical representatives, and others.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The work often involves prolonged hours of interviews or record reviews in hazardous, hostile environments. Many records are obtained from reluctant sources via administrative or grand jury subpoena. The work may involve considerable exertion to obtain, transport, and ultimately review records. The work requires interviews of witnesses or targets in remote work sites at irregular, unpredictable or unscheduled hours. Complex investigations are multi-tiered, requiring concentration and endurance. Documents are often difficult to obtain, and financial records may have to be completely reconstructed to assess both the subject's guilt and the union's loss. The work may involve interviewing contacts or developing leads in uncomfortable, often hostile environments oftentimes outside normal working hours. The position may also require working for prolonged periods of time without adequate rest.

Conducting investigations requires frequent travel to various geographic sites with or without other investigators. Investigations may require locating witnesses and records, and then conducting extensive, prolonged interviews at irregular hours to satisfy stressĀ­ provoking time constraints. Travel is sometimes necessary in severe weather on remote roads, in hazardous areas or under hazardous conditions, for up to three weeks at a time. Some casework may have to be done over protracted shift periods and at irregular hours. Interviews may be conducted in arduous circumstances with reluctant witnesses, sometimes exposing the investigator to personal risk. Prosecution support work frequently requires unusually long workdays and long periods away from the assigned duty station.

Considerable endurance is often required to review voluminous records, and physical strength is required for lifting and transporting them. Investigators must often lift heavy boxes or equipment, categorize, store, and secure evidence, all independent of outside help.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Initial assignments are typically performed in office settings, but usually require extensive additional on-site investigative work. This on-site work often occurs during evening or other irregular hours, in work environments of union officials or other persons, unsafe, crime ridden areas, factories, on construction sites, or at depots. Investigative activities bring the investigator into direct contact with individuals facing potential criminal charges, loss of their freedom and livelihood, known to commit, attempt, or threaten to commit violence against union members, who own weapons, or are alleged to have ties to organized crime. These contacts also expose the investigator to highly contested, hostile, internal union political and power struggles. These and other situations described above may place the investigator in physical jeopardy.

SPECIAL DEPUTATION: When deputized OLMS criminal investigators are required to perform the following duties:
  • Firearms - All investigators are required to qualify to use USDOL-owned firearms and to accept assignments where firearms may be necessary. Quarterly firearm qualification is also required in the event that use of a firearm is necessary so that the investigator is able to respond quickly and appropriately.
  • Arrest Powers - Investigators may make arrests, with or without a warrant.
  • Execute Search Warrants - Investigators obtain and execute warrants authorizing search of premises and seizure of evidence.
  • Undercover Assignments - In rare instances, investigators assume undercover roles or obtain information by pretext.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Must be at least 16 years old.
  • Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
  • Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met. See Probationary Period under the Required Documents section for more information.
  • Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
  • Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
  • Requires a valid driver's license.
  • Medical Requirements: This is a law enforcement position, investigators are required to meet OLMS medical standards for criminal investigators. Compliance with this requirement involves passing initial and periodic physical examinations.
  • This position has been approved for Secondary Law Enforcement Retirement Coverage. Incumbents must retire at age 57. Please see Qualifications section for eligibility information.
  • Basic Law Enforcement Training: Must successfully complete the basic criminal investigator training course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), unless waived by OLMS because of proof of comparable law enforcement training.
  • Incumbent is required to be on-call and available as necessary.

Qualifications

***There are specific Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) and Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) requirements for this announcement. If you do not meet the IOR and LEO requirements, the vacancy is also open as a Supervisory Investigator (Non-LEO), GS-1801-13/14, under announcement number MS-26-DAL-OLMS-12970242-CAR, and does not have the IOR and LEO requirements. **

NOTE: To be eligible for Secondary Law Enforcement Coverage, you must 1) move directly (without a break in service exceeding 3 days) from a federal primary/rigorous position to a secondary position; AND 2) completed 3 years of service in a primary/rigorous position; AND 3) must be continuously employed in a secondary position(s) since moving from a primary/rigorous position. Except: a break in employment in secondary positions that begins with an involuntary separation (not for cause).

Employees subject to special retirement coverage for law enforcement officers must retire at age 57 upon completing at least 20 years of law enforcement service under the special retirement provisions.

You must meet the Basic Requirements and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Supervisory Investigator (LEO), as described below.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: All applicants must meet the following basic requirements.

Medical Requirements:
The duties of positions in this series 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. Arms, hands, legs, and feet must be sufficiently intact and functioning in order that applicants may perform the duties satisfactorily. 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. Since the duties of these positions are exacting and responsible, and involve activities under trying conditions, applicants must possess emotional and mental stability. Any physical condition that would cause the applicant to be a hazard to himself/herself, or others is disqualifying.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: In addition to the Basic Requirement listed above, applicants must possess the following specialized experience to be considered minimally qualified for the respective grade level(s).

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

For the GS-13 level: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-12, in the Federal Service.

Qualifying specialized experience for the GS-13 level includes all of the following:

  • Plans, develops and conducts civil and/or criminal investigations involving labor laws and statutes;
  • Plans, develops and conducts enforcement activities;
  • Serves as a team member on civil and/or criminal investigations.

For the GS-14 level: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-13 in the Federal Service.

Qualifying specialized experience for the GS-14 level includes all of the following:

  • Serves as a team lead, directing and/or guiding others in completing civil and criminal investigations and enforcement activities involving labor laws and statutes;
  • Plans and conducts training and/or mentoring for Investigators on civil and criminal investigative principles and methods or new and advanced investigative approaches and techniques.

Education

There is no education in lieu of specialized experience at the GS-13/14 grade levels.

Additional information

***There are two vacancies total. One vacancy to be filled per district. Selectee will be expected to report in person to one of the following locations:

  • New York District: New York, NY
  • Cincinnati-Cleveland District: Fort Wright, KY or Cleveland, OH

Pay to be set based on the locality pay area of the duty location. Final duty location will be determined upon selection.

The mission of the Department of Labor is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers, improve working conditions, expand high-quality employment opportunities, and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers.

Refer to these links for more information: GENERAL INFORMATION, REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION, FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

As a condition of employment, all personnel must undergo a background investigation for access to DOL facilities, systems, information and/or classified materials before they can enter on duty: BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

You may not be aware, but in the regulations for agency ethics programs, there are requirements for supervisors. Section 2638.103 of Title 5 of the CFR states: Every supervisor in the executive branch has a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. It is imperative that supervisors serve as models of ethical behavior for subordinates. Supervisors have a responsibility to help ensure that subordinates are aware of their ethical obligations under the Standards of Conduct and that subordinates know how to contact agency ethics officials. Supervisors are also responsible for working with agency ethics officials to help resolve conflicts of interests and enforce government ethics laws and regulations, including those requiring certain employees to file financial disclosure reports. In addition, supervisors are responsible, when requested, for assisting agency ethics officials in evaluating potential conflicts of interest and identifying positions subject to financial disclosure requirements.

Supervisory Financial Disclosure: This position is subject to the confidential financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). Therefore, if selected, you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest(s) and your prospective position with DOL. This information will be required annually.

The Fair Chance Act (FCA) prohibits Federal agencies from requesting an applicant's criminal history information before the agency makes a conditional offer of employment. If you believe a DOL employee has violated your rights under the FCA, you may file a complaint of the alleged violation following our agency's complaint process Guidelines for Reporting Violations of the Fair Chance Act.
Note: The FCA does not apply to some positions specified under the Act, such as law enforcement or national security positions.

All Department of Labor employees are subject to the provisions of the Drug-Free Workplace Program under Executive Order 12564 and Public Law 100-71.

Based on agency needs, additional positions may be filled using this vacancy.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your evaluation will be based on how well you meet the qualifications outlined in this vacancy announcement, as demonstrated through your resume and supporting documentation.

You may preview application questions for this vacancy here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12970241

SME Resume Panel Review

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will review your resume to assess your technical qualifications based on the competencies listed below. Applicants who meet the required qualifications will advance to the next stage of the hiring process.

For each below competency, SME(s) will provide a rating of 0-Not Applicable, 1-Awareness, 2-Basic, 3-Intermediate, 4-Advanced, or 5-Expert based on the content of your resume.

Evaluation Factors (Competencies) - All qualified applicants will be evaluated on the following key competencies:

  • Conduct of Investigations
  • Interpersonal Skills (GS-13 only)
  • Leadership
  • Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence
  • Partnering (GS-14 only)
  • Planning and Evaluating
Click here for evaluation details.

The information you provide may be verified by a review of your paid, unpaid, and volunteer experience, as it demonstrates the competencies or skills required for the position to be filled. Your evaluation may include an interview, reference checks, or other assessment conducted by HR specialists, subject matter experts, or panel members and may include other assessment tools (ex. interview, structured interview, written test, work sample, etc.).

WRITING SAMPLE: Applicants may be required to complete a writing sample during the interview process.

INFORMATION FOR CTAP ELIGIBLE(S) ONLY: If you are eligible for special priority selection under CTAP, you must be well-qualified for the position to receive consideration. CTAP eligible(s) will be considered well-qualified if they attain at least a rating score of 85 in a numerical rating scheme. Be sure to review the eligibility questions to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP eligible and submit supporting documentation.

Office of Labor-Management Standards

Begin a challenging career with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and you will help shape the workforce of tomorrow. DOL offers rewarding opportunities to contribute to a noble mission; to serve and protect American workers, prepare them for new and better jobs, and to ensure the safety and fairness of American workplaces.

The Department of Labor values its customers. Every DOL employee is responsible for delivering good customer service through accurate, courteous, efficient, and effective transactions.

The Department of Labor does not make unfavorable hiring decisions on the basis of an applicant's previous or current unemployment, or the fact that an applicant has experienced financial difficulty through no fault of his/her own and has undertaken good faith efforts to meet his/her financial obligations. Consideration is given to financial status in relation to appointments only where required by law, regulation, or Executive Order.

Applicants with disabilities can contact the vacancy point of contact listed on the job vacancy announcement to request reasonable accommodations needed for the application process.

Agency contact information

Cassandra Ross
Phone
972-850-4808
Email
ross.cassandra.a@dol.gov
Address
Office of Labor-Management Standards
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20210
US

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