The Office of the Inspector General is one of the best places to work in the Department of Justice and is one of the premier inspector general offices in federal government. The Investigations Division (INV) investigates alleged criminal violations and misconduct that govern DOJ employees, operations, grantees, and contractors. Annually INV receives more than 13,000 complaints, opens approximately 250 investigations, and makes an average of over 90 arrests.
This position falls under the direction of the Investigations Division, Dallas Office. If you are selected as an Investigative Specialist, your responsibilities would include, but would not be limited to:: Apply regulations, policies, and directives pertaining to OIG complaints and investigative programs. Manage department employee misconduct allegation referral, mail, OIG Hotline, and OIG-generated complaints directed to assigned Region Office location. Responsible for providing support in the receipt and processing of allegations, documenting the allegations, entering the allegations into the Division's complaint/case management system. Research investigative data and/or verify related information using varies criminal databases to develop background information; tracking and compiling criminal history, statistics, and reports. Conduct overall quality control over the office's complaint mailbox, complaint entry, complaint archiving, complaint handling, complaint processing, case opening, component complaint notification, and complainant acknowledgement systems and procedures for the office and ensure the work is being completed and procedures are properly followed by other support staff. Utilize and train new staff on criminal investigative systems such as the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems (NLETS), or other commercially-available systems (e.g., Lexis-Nexis). Perform investigative support responsibilities such as coordinating victim-witness matters, ensuring appropriate handling of grand jury material, accessing and retrieving data from law enforcement databases/systems. Serve as the Special Operations Support account cashier, and field vehicle coordinator. Analyze and evaluate criminal case information including incomplete background facts, research records, and compiles information for reports. Support the onboarding and separation of office staff, to include requesting new staff digital account creation, ensuring annual certifications are in place, property distribution or collection, and various other administrative tasks. Perform administrative duties to include, but not limited to, procurement, property, travel and time & attendance coordinator.
GS-11: a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related, may be substituted for experience. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html NOTE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable. To qualify based on education, you must upload or fax a copy of your college or university transcripts or certificates at time of application. Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see www.ed.gov. For foreign education, see: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. ** PROBATIONARY INFORMATION: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: - Your performance and conduct; - The needs and interests of the agency; - Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and - Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP). The CTAP/ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for CTAP/ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP/ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and (for scored examining) score 85 or better on established ranking criteria OR (for category rating criteria) rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified or better category using established category rating criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of CTAP/ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility is at: www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
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