Criminal Investigator
Office of Inspector General
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GENERAL INVESTIGATOR
Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV)
Department of the Navy
GS-13 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves investigating complaints about fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement within the Marine Corps, focusing on non-criminal administrative cases to ensure compliance with laws and regulations.
The role requires gathering facts, analyzing issues like conflicts of interest, and preparing reports or recommendations for senior officials and legal proceedings.
It's a good fit for someone with strong investigative skills, attention to detail, and experience in government or legal oversight who can handle sensitive matters confidentially.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-13 level or equivalent, including investigating fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement
- Experience analyzing allegations of noncompliance with laws, procurement irregularities, management abuses, and conflicts of interest
- Ability to conduct investigations and provide recommendations to senior officials
- Skills in responding to inquiries from high-level authorities like the Office of Legislative Affairs or Department of Defense Inspector General
- Proficiency in writing and reviewing investigative reports for court martials, administrative decisions, or hearings
- Familiarity with violations of law, executive orders, federal regulations, and military whistleblower reprisal cases
Full Job Description
You will serve as a INVESTIGATOR in the Inspector General of the Marine Corps of DNIGMC.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: investigating and evaluating complaints from any sources regarding fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, or congressional and special interest cases; analyzing allegations of noncompliance of laws, procurement irregularities, management abuses and conflicts of interest; AND conducting investigations in order to provide recommendations to senior 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 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. Major Duties:
- You will conduct non-criminal administrative Inspector General (IG) investigations to manage allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement and military whistleblower reprisal.
- You will investigate facts and information relative to violations of law, executive orders, federal regulations and standards.
- You will respond to inquiries from higher level authority offices and officials (e.g. Office of Legislative Affairs, Office of Special Counsel, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General) regarding all investigative matters assigned to you.
- You will write and review reports that serve as the basis for the preparation of cases for court martials, administrative decisions, or for testifying in legal, quasi-legal and administrative hearings.
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