Supervisory Criminal Investigator (Export Control Officer Program)

Full Job Description

This vacancy is for a Supervisory Criminal Investigator (Export Control Officer Program), Assistant Director of the Export Control Officer Program (ECO) in the Bureau of Industry and Security 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 misdemeanor crime 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.

To qualify at the GS-15 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: Directing and managing an investigative/intelligence organization; and Developing strategic plans and maintaining operational budgets for an investigative/intelligence organization; and Managing/supervising Criminal Investigators and supporting staff of an investigative/intelligence organization; and Coordinating with other law enforcement/intelligence agencies to conduct joint investigations.

Major Duties:

As a Supervisory Criminal Investigator (Export Control Officer Program), you will perform the following duties: Reviews and adjusts broad objectives, considering such factors as rapidly advancing technological commodities, constantly changing international political relationships, and improved investigative and enforcement techniques.

Performs extensive analysis and provides decisions and recommendations reflect that balance sensitive investigation/compliance information with expert interpretation ana analysis.

Supervises Export Control Officers and develops training resources and provides direction on conducting end use checks to support enforcement and compliance goals.

Maintains cooperative working arrangements and relationships with the investigative staff of other Federal, state, and local law enforcement and foreign policy agencies in the US as well as those stationed at relevant Embassies overseas, as well as foreign governments.

Handles highly sensitive issues which impact national security and foreign policy interests of the country and are subject to intense scrutiny by the Congress, the news, media, and the public.

This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Criminal Investigator (Export Control Officer Program) GS-1811-15 FPL GS-15 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.