This position is in the Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. The Civil Rights Division is primarily responsible for enforcing federal statutes and executive orders that prohibit, among other things, unlawful discrimination in voting, education, employment, housing, police services, public accommodations, and facilities, and federally funded and conducted programs.

Duties

As the federal agency whose mission is to ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans, the Department of Justice is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. To build and retain a workforce that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of the American people, we welcome applicants from the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, religions, and cultures of the United States who share our commitment to public service. You will serve as a Equal Opportunity Investigator. Duties include, but are not limited to: Independently conducting and/or assisting with appropriate investigative steps, such as reviewing evidence; performing open-source investigation and research; and conducting interviews and drafting accompanying reports; Providing technical guidance to federal prosecutors and agents in identifying the relevant digital evidence obtained from seized digital data or online sources, and suggesting avenues for further investigations relating to digital evidence relevant to potential federal criminal civil rights offenses; When needed and requested by partners, serving as a computer forensics operative who can gather and analyze all types of digital evidence collected in highly sensitive, complex, and difficult criminal civil rights cases, and collaborating and coordinating with the various technical components of other law enforcement agencies to pursue forensic/digital investigative analysis, plan complex efforts to secure, preserve, analyze, and produce in discovery digital evidence verifying facts and evidence to confirm authenticity of documents and corroborate witness statements; Drafting document and data requests to obtain relevant evidence; Capturing and handling complex digital evidence, including reviews of computer and cell phone evidence using forensic software like Cellebrite, Forensic Tool Kit (FTK), and Magnet Axiom; and In appropriate cases, utilizing Excel, Casemap, Access, and/or similar databases to organize complex information into timelines, spreadsheets, charts, summaries, and other documents that present complex and voluminous information in a clear, accurate, and logical format to permit full and complete analysis and that enables investigation teams to make assessments about appropriate investigative actions and charging decisions.

Requirements

Qualifications

Specialized Experience Requirements To qualify at the GS-12 grade level, candidates must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service or other pay system. Examples of specialized experience includes: Working on investigations and/or prosecutions of federal criminal civil rights cases; Conducting open-source investigations; Interviewing and communicating with witnesses and people who have been marginalized or traumatized; and/or Locating, collecting, and interpreting data and documents to discover federal criminal civil rights violations To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, candidates must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service or other pay system. Examples of specialized experience includes: Analyzing all types of digital evidence of any criminal, civil, intelligence or national security matter; Working on investigations and/or prosecutions of federal criminal civil rights cases; Conducting open-source investigations; Interviewing and communicating with witnesses and people who have been marginalized or traumatized; Locating, collecting and interpreting data and documents to discover federal criminal civil rights violations. In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants applying for a grade higher than the grade you currently hold, must provide an SF-50, which shows type of service appointment, tenure group, grade, and salary. Your SF-50 Form must also show the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s over one year old). No award SF-50s will be accepted. Current Civil Rights Division employees are not required to submit an SF-50. All qualifications, time-in-grade, and education requirements (if applicable) must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. YOUR RESUME MUST support your responses to the online questionnaire and provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement. If you are using experience to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, please ensure that your resume includes the month and year that you began and ended each position held or that position will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Gail Starks
• Email: [email protected]