Job opening: Supervisory Criminal Investigator
Salary: $107 809 - 165 619 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Oct 24 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Law Enforcement (OLE), Pacific Island Division (PID), with one vacancy in Honolulu, HI.
This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS OLE-25-12583006-MAP, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.
Duties
As a Supervisory Criminal Investigator, you will perform the following duties:
Directs an office staff, first line of supervisors (ASACs), and a team of special agents, enforcement officers and staff. Advises upper management in relation to areas of concern; serves as a supervisor with the full authority to hire, fire, discipline, and measure employee performance.
Enforces laws of the United States which are concerned with the conservation and protection of ocean fisheries, marine mammals, marine protected areas, and endangered species of fish and wildlife.
Conducting investigations in a manner meeting legal and procedural requirements.
Qualifications
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy
Conditions of Employment
Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP): Incumbent is subject to work unscheduled duty hours and must be available for unscheduled duty based upon the needs of the agency. Therefore, the incumbent is eligible for Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) of an additional 25% and is subject to the provisions of the LEAP Act of 1994.
Training Requirements: Incumbent must successfully complete all training courses outlined by agency.
Drug Testing Requirement: This position is subject to random and pre-employment drug testing.
Firearms Requirement: You will be required to carry a firearm while performing duties of this position. Maintaining firearm proficiency is also mandatory.
Security Clearance: The incumbent of this critical sensitive position will be subject to a Tier 5 background investigation and maintain eligibility
for a Top-Secret clearance, but local security access will be limited to Secret level only.
Lautenberg Amendment: This position is covered by the 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. A person convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime of domestic violence are not eligible for the position. False or fraudulent information provided by candidates is criminally punishable by fine or imprisonment (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1001).
Mobility Agreement: This position may require the incumbent to be reassigned to a different geographic location. Accordingly, the incumbent will be required to sign a mobility agreement, which will remain in effect while assigned to this position as an enforcement officer.
Medical Requirements: The duties of positions in this series require moderate to arduous physical exertion involving walking and standing, use of firearms, and exposure to inclement weather. Manual dexterity with comparatively free motion of finger, wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, and knee joints is required. Arms, hands, legs, and feet must be sufficiently intact and functioning in order that applicants may perform the duties satisfactorily. Sufficiently good vision in each eye, with or without correction, is required to perform the duties satisfactorily. Near vision, corrective lenses permitted, must be sufficient to read printed material the size of typewritten characters. Hearing loss, as measured by an audiometer, must not exceed 35 decibels at 1000, 2000, and 3000 Hz levels. Since the duties of these positions are exacting and responsible, and involve activities under trying conditions, applicants must possess emotional and mental stability. Any physical condition that would cause the applicant to be a hazard to himself/herself, or others is disqualifying. Open the following link for additional information on OLE's Medical Standards: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/medical-standardssworn-personnel
Maximum Entry Age: This position is a covered primary law enforcement position under Title 5 U.S.C 3307 Maximum Entry Age, the special retirement provisions for Federal Law Enforcement Officer (LEO). Candidates without previous LEO service must be under age 37. Those with current or prior federal LEO coverage will be considered only if they can demonstrate that they will have completed 20 years of covered service by mandatory retirement age of 57. The maximum entry age requirement is waived for Veteran's Preference Eligible applicants; please click here for more information. Your application materials must clearly demonstrate this experience. Failure to do so will result in your application being marked as ineligible.
If you have current or prior Federal Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) coverage you must submit appropriate SF-50s that shows period of coverage. Failure to provide proof of Federal LEO coverage may result in removal from consideration.
Incumbent must maintain requirements to qualify for LEO retirement coverage (5 USC 8336(c) and 5 USC 8412(d)).(https://www.chcoc.gov/content/change-maximum-entry-age-requirements-veterans%E2%80%99-preference-eligibles)
Driver License Requirement: A valid state driver's license is required as you will be required to operate a Federal motor vehicle as part of your official duties.
Financial Disclosure Requirement: This position requires the submission of a Financial Disclosure Form, OGE 450.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.
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.
In addition to meeting the basic requirements, you must meet:
Specialized experience:
To qualify at the ZA-4 (GS-13/14) grade level:
Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-3 (GS-12) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:
Participates in community outreach or events to assure compliance with, local, state, territorial or federal statutes and regulations for the conservation and management of natural resources (e.g., performing, investigations, or advisory work); and
Advise and provide training to partners in areas of federal and international regulations and priorities; and
Design and implement plans to prevent, mitigate, or eliminate enforcement problems; and
Participating in evaluating investigative data and preparing written investigative reports.
Education
There is no education requirement/substitution for this position.
Contacts
- Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services OHCS
1315 East West Hwy
SSMC4
Silver Spring, MD 20910
US
- Name: Applicant Inquiries
- Email: [email protected]
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