Supervisory Detective

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Competitive Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: Serve as a Supervisory Detective for the Directorate of Emergency Services at Fort Meade, MD.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Applying law enforcement investigative procedures, techniques and methods to investigate crimes; 2) Preparing reports of investigations, conclusion, and briefs; 3) Testifying in administrative or judicial hearings; AND 4) Analyzing investigative facts and evidence in order to develop cases.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08).

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-08).

All applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within thirty (30) days after the closing date of the announcements. Major Duties:

• Conduct complete investigations of alleged criminal offenses perpetrated by offenders for violations of Federal, state, county, and DA statues, laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations.
• Investigate theft or damage to government or private property, assault, shoplifting, adultery, unlawful entry, or any other kind of violations.
• Use special techniques and equipment to collect and preserve fragile or minute evidence when processing the crime scene.
• Maintain surveillance over suspected persons or areas which experience a high incident of crime.
• Supervise subordinate detectives and military police personnel.
• Assign investigative tasks for completion by subordinates and directly supervises the completion of investigative or other law enforcement related tasks.
• Identify developmental and training needs of employees.
• Resolve complaints from employees.
• Interview candidates for positions in the unit.