Clarification from the agency

This position is open to DOT-OIG employees with competitive status only.

Training Coordination and Oversight

• Directs and coordinates comprehensive reviews and evaluations of criminal investigation training program operations, identifying areas requiring increased or reduced investigative or oversight attention.

• Ensures reports, training requests, and memoranda comply with established quality-assurance standards.

• Serves as the OIG’s technical and programmatic liaison with Department law enforcement bureaus on complex and sensitive training-related oversight issues.

• Coordinates with Special Agents in Charge on the initiation, planning, execution, and reporting of all training activities, including firearms qualifications, defensive/control tactics, In-Service Training, Individual Elective Training, and training requested through CIGIE and FLETC.

• Provides expert guidance on novel and complex training matters requiring a high degree of ingenuity, particularly those related to criminal investigative functions.

• Maintains subject-matter expertise in current use-of-force standards, arrest-related techniques, defensive tactics, handcuffing, and continuing legal education requirements.

• Obtains and maintains federal law enforcement certification as a tactics and/or defensive/control tactics instructor, as required.

Case Management

• Reviews allegations to determine Department of Transportation (DOT) nexus and impact, and recommends whether investigative action is warranted.

• Develops criminal, civil, and administrative cases by gathering and analyzing evidence to establish probable cause of fraud, waste, abuse, or other violations.

• Prepares and updates investigative case plans, identifying allegation types, investigative focus, evidence requirements, information sources, coordination needs, and investigative strategies.

• Collaborates with management to determine the appropriate depth and scope of investigations.

• Documents investigative progress and ensures accuracy and completeness of information maintained in the case management system.

• Prepares cases for referral to prosecutors or management and provides testimony when required.

Investigative Writing

• Produces a wide range of written investigative products—including investigative summaries, reports of investigation, periodic reports, subpoenas, affidavits, memoranda of activity, surveillance reports, and interview summaries—that are grammatically correct and in proper format.

Conducting Investigations

• Distinguishes relevant facts from hearsay or unreliable information and develops investigative leads through diverse methods, including working with cooperating defendants and sources.

• Coordinates investigative activities with federal, state, and local law-enforcement agencies.

• Independently conducts interviews and interrogations of witnesses and investigative subjects.

• Serves subpoenas and executes searches, seizures, and arrests.

• Initiates and conducts electronic or physical surveillance and participates in undercover operations to gather intelligence and substantiate or refute allegations.

• Develops innovative techniques to document financial and tax fraud and identify fraudulent transactions across accounting, financial, and banking systems.

• Analyzes collected evidence to support investigative findings.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizen
• Random drug testing is required.
• You must meet the specialized experience to qualify
• Successful completion of a background security investigation
• Required documents must be submitted by the closing date
• Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males Born after 12-31-1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A background security investigation is required for all selected individuals. Appointment will be subject to the applicant’s successful completion of the security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
• PRE-EMPLOYMENT/PRE-APPOINTMENT DRUG TESTING: Tentatively selected candidates are required to successfully complete a pre-employment undergo urinalysis in accordance with DOT 3910.1D entitled "Drug and Alcohol-Free Departmental Workplace", which includes testing for marijuana. Marijuana is legal in some states, however it’s still illegal at the federal level. Therefore, if selected for the position you will be required to submit to a pre-employment/pre-appointment drug test, you will also be subject to Random Drug Testing.
• TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. 

Qualifications

Candidates must have one (1) year of specialized experience at least equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the federal service. Non-government experience should be of similar complexity.

Examples of specialized experience includes:

• Experience Instructing basic and advanced law enforcement training classes.
• Planning, coordinating, and executing training exercises.
• Experience analyzing training programs and projects.
• Participating in the development of law enforcement program/course materials.
• experience identifying and recommending solutions to accomplish organizational effectiveness
• Conducting interviews
• gathering, reviewing and discerning evidence for use in charging defendants criminally
• preparing fact-based written summaries in fraud and/or safety cases, with defendants having been charged or civil fines or penalties having been levied.
• Securing facts and developing evidence – independent of supervisor or prosecutor direction

Your resume will be evaluated based on the following competencies:

• Criminal Investigation & Case Management
• Instructional Program Management & Technical Training Expertise
• Law Enforcement Operations & Tactics
• Written Communication & Reporting
•  Analytical Thinking, Judgment & Decision Making

How you will be evaluated

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

All applicants: Your application will be reviewed in two phases to determine how you move forward in the hiring process.

Phase I: Your resume will be reviewed to determine your technical qualifications for this position based on the required specialized experience. ONLY two (2) pages of your resume will be reviewed. Additional information beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume) will not be reviewed. Applicants passing “Phase I” will move on to the “Phase II” of the assessment process where your application will be reviewed and rated based on the KSAs/Competencies listed in the vacancy announcement by a Subject Matter Expert (SME). Applicants who do not respond to the application questions may be rated ineligible.

Federal employees must meet Time-In-Grade (TIG) requirements for merit promotion consideration.  TIG is the 52-week requirement Federal employees in competitive service, General Schedule (GS) positions at GS-5 and above must serve before they are eligible for promotion to the next grade level. TIG requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Résumé (required) -

Your resume must sufficiently describe how your experience fully meets the specialized experience requirements as stated in this announcement for each grade level(s) you are applying (see "Qualifications" section).**Please limit your résumé to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your qualifications. Your resume must also support your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. We cannot assume you have performed the experience required for this position regardless of your employment history or academic career. We strongly recommend you use the USA Jobs online Resume Builder to submit a resume. If you choose to use your own formatted resume, you must ensure it contains all of the following for each experience/position listed: job title, name of employer, beginning and ending dates of employment (month/year format), hours worked per week, detailed description of duties performed, and if a Federal position, series and grade or equivalent. We will not access web pages linked on your resume to determine your qualifications. Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive information.

For additional information see:

• What to include in your resume
• Resume Writing

Transcripts Verifying Basic Education Requirement (required) - You must submit unofficial or official transcripts verifying you meet the Basic Education Requirement. Ensure that the degree awarded and confer date are clearly stated on the transcript(s).

Merit Promotion - All current Federal employees must submit a recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) documenting proof of competitive status, tenure, current grade level and full performance level of the position held.  All reinstatement eligibles/former Federal employees must submit a SF-50 documenting proof of competitive status, tenure, grade level and full performance level of the position.  

Non-competitive eligibles - must submit proof of eligibility (i.e., SF-50 documenting the full performance level of a position held on a permanent basis).

DD-214 and/or Vet Letter/SF-15 - To receive consideration including veteran's preference points, all veterans must submit a copy of their DD-214 (copy Member #4). If you are claiming 10-point preference, you must submit your SF-15 (revised 12/04) and Vet letter. The form is available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/html/sf.asp. If you are a current service member, in lieu of a DD-214, you may submit a statement from your military personnel center certifying the nature and dates of your service and expected date of separation.

VEOA - Preference Eligibles or veterans who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after substantially completing an initial three-year term may apply under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA). All veterans applying under the VEOA authority must submit a copy of their DD-214 (copy Member #4). If you are a current service member, in lieu of a DD-214, you may submit a statement from your military personnel center certifying the nature and dates of your service and expected date of separation.

SCHEDULE A - To receive consideration for Schedule A appointment, you must submit your certification from a State Vocational Rehabilitation Office or the Department of Veterans Affairs that you are likely to succeed in the performance of the position.

CTAP/ICTAP - If you are eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), a copy of your certificate of surplus status, certificate of expected separation, or a specific Reduction-in-Force notice establishing your eligibility under CTAP/ICTAP. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must meet all qualification requirements for the vacant position to include any selective factors; meet the definition of best qualified (GOLD Category); and be able to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry.

Supporting documents may either be uploaded or faxed to 571-258-4052. The requested information MUST be received by fax within 48 hours prior to the closing date of the vacancy announcement (not including Saturdays, Sundays or government holidays). The requested information MUST be received by fax within 48 hours prior to the closing date of the vacancy announcement (not including Saturdays, Sundays or government holidays).

NOTE: If you exaggerate or falsify your experience, education and/or your responses to questions, your ratings are subject to change or you may be removed from employment consideration.

Applicants who fail to submit all the required documentation listed above, in addition to their resumes, will be considered ineligible for further consideration for this announcement.

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