Supervisory Criminal Targeting Specialist

Full Job Description

View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement. Organizational Location: This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Williston, Vermont. This is a non-bargaining unit position. Please limit your resume to 2 pages.

If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.

WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Accurately identifies the immigration status of targeted individuals and investigates criminal charges and convictions to interpret the criminality of the target; Researches and obtains supportable documentation from various law enforcement entities; Identifies appropriate statistical and analytical approaches and formulates strategies for data retrieval and analysis, trends, relationships, and possible systemic vulnerabilities; Prepares complete and comprehensive written reports and/or makes recommendations for corrective actions; Provides training and guidance to other Criminal Targeting Specialist (CTS) in the operation, policy, and procedures of the National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center (NCATC).

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707.

Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission.

If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs.

To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Major Duties:

As a Supervisory Criminal Targeting Specialist, at the full performance level you will perform the following duties: Provides technical advice and leadership assisting in the development, implementation and evaluation of the NCATC's core processes to include the utilization of experience and technology to compile, vet, analyze and disseminate leads in direct support of the NCATC mission.

Assists in identifying, prioritizing and geo-targeting those who have committed egregious crimes against public safety such as sex offenders, gang members, human rights violators, those that have committed war crimes and those that pose a threat to the national security of the United States.

Develops overall operational plans, objectives and strategies to utilize a combination of experience and technology to remove cases from the fugitive backlog as directed by the Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officers.

Provides subject matter expertise and guidance relating to NCATC protocols and procedures.

Provides oversight and technical guidance to subordinates as they are accurately identifying the immigration status of targeted individuals, investigating criminal charges and convictions to interpret the criminality of the target, measuring the results against current DHS removability and targetability priorities, locating the criminal target with exhaustive research and analyses and determining the correct identity of the target.