This position is located in Office of Inspector General (OIG), Audit Services (AS), Higher Education Oversight Team. Audit Services is responsible for all audit, inspection, and other activities relating to improving ED programs and operations. It fulfills this responsibility, in large part, through teams that are aligned to provide oversight of assigned functional areas that include ED operations, elementary and secondary education, and higher education.
Fraud doesn't stop, and neither do we. We're ED OIG, an independent oversight office within ED charged with identifying and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse, and ensuring accountability and effectiveness in ED programs. If you want to help fight fraud and make a difference for America's students, schools, and taxpayers, we may have the career for you!
We offer competitive salaries, opportunities for rapid and substantial salary increases and career growth, great benefits, employee recognition programs, and more. Often referred to as America's watchdogs, it's the OIG's job to help ensure that the hard-earned tax dollars that fund ED programs and operations are used as intended by law, achieve the desired results, and reach the intended recipients.
The OIG conducts audits and reviews of issues involving Federal student aid, K-12 schools, charter schools, special education, career and technical education, adult education, and more. When our work identifies problems, we propose solutions. Our work has resulted in improvements to ED programs and changes to some of the most important Federal education laws in our country.
The OIG also conducts criminal and civil investigations into suspected fraudulent activities by schools, colleges, universities, contractors, subcontractors, school officials-any entity or individual that participates in ED programs or receives ED funding. Through our work, we have unraveled multimillion-dollar fraud schemes by people placed in positions of trust to educate our children.
We're also on the cutting edge of cybersecurity, using the latest technology and techniques to discover and defeat current and emerging threats from cyber and economic crime. We tackle new and emerging issues head-on and continually work to improve our techniques and capabilities. We consistently expand our expertise by training and developing our staff.
This dedication has enabled the OIG to become a leader in the Federal government in the areas of audits, investigations, and fighting cybercrime. Whether you're just entering the workforce or are a seasoned professional, if you're looking for a career rather than just a job, and interested in shaping the next generation of Americans tackling tomorrow's challenges, consider joining our team.
Audit Services is responsible for all audit, inspection, and other activities to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness, and prevent and detect fraud and abuse, in ED programs and operations. To help facilitate its work and meet its functional requirements, Audit Services employs teams that are aligned to provide oversight of assigned functional areas. Each team is managed by a Director and one or more Assistant Directors.
This is a Director position with the Higher Education Oversight Team. This team (based in various offices throughout the country) conducts audit-related work focused on Federal higher education programs, including the Federal student aid programs, as well as career and technical education programs.
ED, through its Federal Student Aid (FSA) office, oversees the delivery of more than $120 billion annually in Federal student assistance, in the form of loans, grants, and Federal work study, to more than 9.9 million postsecondary students and their families.
FSA also directly manages or oversees a loan portfolio of more than $1.6 trillion, representing about 217 million student loans to more than 45 million borrowers, and oversees approximately 5,400 postsecondary institutions that participate in Federal student assistance programs. The team provides the means for the OIG to build and maintain program or technical expertise in these areas.
As a Supervisory Auditor (Performance), GS-0511-15, the incumbent will perform the following duties: Plan for and direct reviews, in compliance with applicable professional standards, to identify and reduce fraud, waste, and abuse and promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in ED programs and operations.
Ensure that team members develop relevant technical skills and expertise in ED programs, activities, and operations specific to their assigned functional area, and that work is accomplished collaboratively in a team environment.
Direct the preparation and publishing of reports based on sufficient, competent, and relevant evidence collected through the review process; brief OIG senior management and ED officials on findings and recommendations; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Ensure the overall effectiveness of the team's work planning activities by applying expert-level knowledge of activities, operational environment, challenges, and opportunities to oversee the development of risk-based project proposals.
This position has a positive education requirement listed in the Qualification Section. Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, please click Foreign Education.
As an ED employee, you will also benefit from our family-friendly work environment. As part of our commitment to maintain a work life balance, we offer excused leave for Parent/Teacher Conferences (3 hours); excused leave for annual health screenings (4 hours); and matching leave for community volunteer service. Other flexibilities that may be available to you include alternative work schedules. You may be eligible to receive a recruitment incentive for this position.
To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon. You may be eligible to receive a relocation incentive for this position. To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
You may be eligible to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program as a recruitment incentive for this position. To receive student loan repayments, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S. Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
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teresa.dargan@ed.gov · (202) 987-0442
This position is with Department of Education Headquarters, Department of Education.
The posted pay range is $147945 – $192331/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Confidential security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-14.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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