You will serve as an INVESTIGATOR in the Hotlines Investigation, Intake, Case Management and Congressional Inquiries Branch (IG61), Hotline, Military Whistleblower Reprisal (MWBR) Investigations and Congressional Inquiries Division (IG60) of OFFNAVINSGEN WASHINGTON DC.

Duties

You will serve as a developmental investigator, conducting intake, case management and electronic case management duties in accordance with the DoD Hotline Program, to identify fraud, waste, mismanagement, and related improprieties. You will ensure hotline contacts and complaints are accurately assisted, inputted, and referred/transferred to the responsible Command or investigator for examination and resolution. You will monitor the Naval Inspector General Hotline, receiving allegations made through the hotline phone and website. You will assist complainants to resolve issues or refer them, refer congressional inquiries and complaint allegations (Senior Officials, MWBR, Hotline) for processing, and coordinate with appropriate team members and authorities. You will identify issues, allegations, and standards, research and analyze laws, rules, regulations, and statutes for applicability to alleged wrongdoing and apply the standards to the facts. You will conduct intake/clarification interviews, open new cases in IG case management system; ensuring required documentation is uploaded, accurate, timely, complete and Investigative Officer is assigned. You will oversee the operation of administrative investigations assigned to subordinate Echelon Commands into suspected violations of laws and regulations related to fraud, waste, mismanagement, and other improprieties. You will prepare Office Needs Requests (ONR) for office supplies and transcription.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to possess and maintain a SECRET security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Must successfully complete NAVINSGEN investigator certification.

Qualifications

GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Reviewing and analyzing complaints of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement to determine possible violation of military, federal law, or regulation; Assisting with investigations, credibility determinations, interviews and interrogatories of witnesses and subjects of investigation; and Preparing reports of investigation that provide detailed and clear analysis and present persuasive conclusions. GS-07: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience applying knowledge of Federal laws, rules of evidence regulations and policy, investigative principles, techniques, methods and procedures to assist with administrative investigations; Using methods of data collection to analyze and respond to requests for information; and Tracking and reviewing reports of investigation, congressional inquiries, tasking letters, complainant letters to report to higher level officials. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series General Investigation Series 1810 (opm.gov) Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

GS-09 Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree

or

2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.B. or J.D., if related

GS-07 Education: 1 full year of graduate level education

or

superior academic achievement

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (https://www.ed.gov/). Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address OFFNAVINSGEN WASHINGTON DC 1254 Ninth Street SE Building 172 Washington, DC 20374-5006 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]