Senior Criminal Investigator

Full Job Description

This vacancy is for a Senior Criminal Investigator in the Operations Division (OD), Office of Export Enforcement (OEE), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement (EE), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) within the Department of Commerce.

Firearms: This position requires the incumbent to carry a firearm while performing duties and maintain firearm proficiency and successfully pass periodic firearm qualifications.

Any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence cannot lawfully possess a firearm or ammunition in accordance with 18 USC 922 (Lautenberg Amendment).

Applicants for the Criminal Investigator position who have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence are not eligible for employment.

Lautenberg Amendment: This position authorizes the incumbent to carry a firearm.

Any person convicted of a felony or misdemeanor crime of domestic violence cannot lawfully possess a firearm or ammunition (Title 18, USC Section 992(g)).

A felony or misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is generally defined under the statute as any offense involving the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon committed by the victim's current or former domestic partner, parent, or guardian.

The term convicted, as defined in the statute, excludes any person whose conviction has been expunged, set aside, or pardoned, or any person whose civil rights have been restored, so long as such restoration does not restrict the shipping, transport, possession or receipt of firearms or ammunition.

Candidates convicted of a felony or misdemeanor crime of domestic violence within the meaning of the referenced statutes are not eligible for the position.

Individual Occupational Requirements - Medical Requirements: The duties in this position 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 for applicants to perform their 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.

As measured by an audiometer, hearing loss 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 unqualifying.

AND In addition to meeting Individual Occupational Requirements, candidates must also meet the additional specialized experience requirement.

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-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series 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.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: Applying investigative techniques, laws and regulations to conduct criminal investigations related to national security, foreign policy, and/or counterterrorism; and Conducting joint investigations/operational activities with other law enforcement organizations; and Maintaining liaison with other law enforcement bodies.

Major Duties:

As a Senior Criminal Investigator, you will perform the following duties: Serve as a Senior Criminal investigator / Liaison Interdiction responsible for liaison and interdiction coordination with other United States Government law enforcement and intelligence organizations.

You will be assigned duties that help facilitate investigative cases and joint operational activities. You may be assigned as a liaison to another federal law enforcement or intelligence agency.

You will serve as the senior professional advisor to BIS/OEE on matters relating to the organization to which assigned.

Coordinate and perform investigations that have national or international impact on the export enforcement program.

Direct the development of guidelines, procedures, and instructions for use by investigative personnel in the conduct of investigations.

Compose and review intra-department memoranda, letters to other U.S.

Government agencies and the private sector, communications to American Embassies, foreign governments and summary investigative reports to be submitted to the Department of Justice Office or BIS's Office of Chief Counsel.

Assist the OEE Operations Unit Chief in formulating plans and policies relating to law enforcement interdiction matters.

Coordinate, monitor, and oversee interdiction and enforcement actions with other units in BIS as well as other diplomatic, intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

Provide oversight in certain investigations which, because of their broad scope, serious economic, commercial and/or criminal implications, and hazardous elements require Senior Criminal Investigator's personal attention.

This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Senior Criminal Investigator, GS-1811-14, Full Performance Level (FPL) GS-14 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical locations with the same qualifications and specialized experience.