About the Position: This position is with the 81st Readiness Division, Assistance & Investigation Division, Inspector General Office, Fort Jackson, SC The Inspector General provides impartial, objective, and unbiased advice and oversight to the Division Commander through relevant, timely, and thorough inspections, assistance, investigations, and training to promote and enhance combat readiness in the 88th Readiness Division and its area of responsibility.

Duties

Conduct investigations as required by appropriate authorities into allegations of mismanagement, fraud, waste or abuse, improper conduct, abuse of privileges or authority. Provide for the safeguarding of all testimony, evidence, and other sensitive data, and ensure the confidentiality of all individuals is properly protected. Manage correspondence, an IGARS case log, and a consolidated weekly case synopsis and conduct periodic review of the case log and open cases for regulatory compliance and meeting the office objectives. Conduct organizational assessments, sensing sessions and command surveys to determine compliance with regulatory guidance; analyze and prepare briefings and reports. Receive, process, and respond to requests for assistance emanating from any source such as the general public, military personnel, dependents or civilian employees assigned to organizations in the Reserve Division area of responsibility. Process Inspector General Action Requests (IGARS) to resolve issues and correct deficiencies affecting individuals and eliminating conditions detrimental to the efficiency or reputation of the Army. Take necessary action to resolve assistance requests or complaints, and recommend appropriate actions to the complainant, to include redress options with supporting regulatory guidance as required. Lead the planning and conduct of systemic inspections within the Division and assigned units as directed by the directing authority, to determine the root cause(s) of regulatory non-compliance.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbents must successfully graduate from the Inspector General School and maintain certification in accordance with Army Regulation 20-1 and practice IG attributes as mandatory requirements for continued employment as an Army IG.
• In accordance with AR 20-1, applicants referred for consideration will be subject to a database check against the Army Inspector General Action Request (IGARS) database to screen for substantiated and ongoing IG investigations.
• Any serious criminal activity, to include drug use, will result in the immediate removal of an employee from IG duty and loss of access to IGARS and IGNET.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes responding to complaints; determining appropriate action for complaints; conducting investigations; performing teaching and training functions; and leading inspections. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Information AnalysisProblem SolvingReading Comprehension Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address DE-W6KFAA 81ST US ARMY RESERVE REGIONAL SPT CMD DO NOT MAIL Fort McCoy, WI 54656 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk