Criminal Investigator

Full Job Description

This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Police Service (PS) with the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Canter.

The mission of the PS is to serve and protect Veterans, patients, employees, contractors, volunteers, affiliates, visitors, and others who frequent VA facilities.

Safety and security are paramount to ensuring that the VA successfully serve and honor the men and women who are America's Veterans.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/13/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of investigative techniques and laws of evidence, rules of criminal procedures, and precedent court decisions concerning admissibility of evidence, constitutional rights, search and seizure, and related issues.

In order to investigate and prosecute sophisticated, complex, and serious crimes as a Criminal Investigator, the work requires knowledge of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Federal Rules of Criminal Procedures, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, and Federal guidelines on the conduct of criminal investigations.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified in the table, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level.

Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9 and GS-11.

Physical 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.

DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT: This position requires a current, valid, state-issued driver's license. For the following question, indicate either Yes or No. Please select only one letter.

NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your driver's license with your application package.

If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your valid state-issued driver's license.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Major Duties:

Major duties include, but are not limited to: Performs criminal and non-criminal investigative duties with emphasis on white-collar crime.

Plans and conducts investigations of alleged violation of Title 18, United States Code, including fraud, bribery, larceny, embezzlement, collusion, conflict of interest, as well as the violations of Title 18 which involve V ANHA employees.

Evaluates complaints and information to determine investigative merit; plans investigative objective, scope, methods, and techniques; gathers, analyzes, and reports on complex financial, observational, and other information in order to establish its evidentiary value and sufficiency.

Uses current state of the art information technologies to facilitate the collection, analysis and reporting of results of investigation. Participates in surveillance and electronic monitoring.

Makes arrests and carries firearms and non-lethal weapons such as QC spray.

Plans and conducts investigations relating to alleged or suspected violations of criminal laws by utilizing investigative techniques and by applying the laws of evidence, rules of criminal procedures, and precedent court decisions concerning criminal activities.

Obtains evidence, explains constitutional rights, and performs-search and seizures.

Coordinates and conducts joint investigations relating to alleged or suspected violations of criminal laws with other federal and state agencies such as the FBI, US Marshalls, etc.

Investigates violations with other agencies resulting in jurisdictional problems because suspects activities are the concern of other Federal investigative agencies.

Participates in conducting more complex and sensitive investigations as an equal team participant or case agent in charge of the investigation.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm (must be willing to be on-call) Position Description/PD#: Criminal Investigator/PD10379O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized