Criminal Investigator Position Available In New York, New York

Criminal Investigor Department of Justice Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys Southern District of New York Summary For more informion on the Department of Justice and the

United Stes Attorneys’ Offices, :

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/26/2025 to 07/11/2025 Salary $124,189 – $161,448 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: New York, NY Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 25-NYS-12745116-MS Control number 839541700 This job is open to Federal employees – Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses relocing under PCS orders or whose spouse is 100% disabled or died while on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency Well-qualified surplus/displaced Federal employees (CTAP/ICTAP) in the local area and current/former Federal employees in permanent competitive service positions (stus candides). VEOA eligibles and those eligible for non-competitive appointment under special hiring authority, e.g., Individuals with Disabilities, Military Spouses, former Overseas employees, VISTA/Peace Corps, some Land Management employees, and certain veterans, e.g., VRA, 30% Disabled. see link in “How to Apply” Duties The United Stes Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York is looking for highly qualified and experienced Criminal Investigors to join a well-respected team responsible for planning, conducting, and managing complex criminal investigions reled to suspected violions of federal law.

Typical work assignments will include:

Review and analyze da such as telephone, email, social media, and financial records. Conduct interviews of victims, witnesses, and subjects. Testify in grand jury, trial, and other court proceedings as to facts and to explain in detail how evidence was obtained and interpreted. Apprehend and arrest persons violing U.S. laws and conduct searches and seizures to arrest when approprie or by warrant. Provide advice and assistance to assigned Assistant United Stes Attorneys (AUSAs) during investigions and prosecutions. Responsibilities will increase and assignments come more complex as your training and experience progress. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Initial appointment is conditioned upon a sisfactory pre-employment adjudicion. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudicion of a background investigion You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.

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//www.sss.gov/. If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probionary period.

Time-in-Grade:

Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing de of this announcement. You must meet all qualificion and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing de of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualificions Specialized Experience:

To be eligible the GS-13 level, you must have least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in federal service th includes: Investigions from informant tips or leads; developing evidence involving crimes reled to civil rights, fraud and corruption, by interviews, document analysis, subpoena service, and surveillance; participing in multi-agency task forces and working groups; preparing summaries involving civil rights, fraud, and corruption investigions; executing search and arrest warrants pursuant to criminal investigions; and testifying in criminal, civil or administrive court proceedings. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notificion of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separion personnel action form. Additional informion about ICTAP eligibility is : Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)- The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing th you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notificion of CTAP eligibility with your applicion. Additional informion about CTAP eligibility is

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS

Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible.

Example:

One year the GS-12 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level. You must submit your SF-50 th shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade . No award SF-50 accepted; recommended SF-50s include promotions and step increases (within grade increases). All applicants reviewed to ensure they meet minimum qualificion and eligibility requirements before carrying out the ring and ranking process. Applicants will not be further considered who will not meet within 30 days after the closing de of the vacancy announcement all qualificion and eligibility requirements.

Conditions of Employment Physical Requirements:

The duties of positions in this series require modere to arduous physical exertion involving walking and standing, use of firearms, and exposure to inclement weher. Manual dexterity with comparively free motion of finger, wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, and knee joints is required. Arms, hands, legs, and feet must be sufficiently intact and functioning in order th applicants may perform the duties sisfactorily. Incumbent must possess sufficiently good vision in each eye, with or without glasses, in order to perform the duties sisfactorily. Near vision, glasses permitted, must be sufficient to read printed merial the size of typewritten characters. The ability of the incumbent to hear the conversional voice and whispered speech is required. Any hearing impairment may be compensed for by use of a hearing aid. 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 th would cause the applicant to be a hazard to himself/herself, or others is disqualifying.

Firearms Qualificion:

Must qualify with and carry a firearm.

Lautenberg Amendment:

This position authorizes the incumbent to carry a firearm. Any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence cannot lawfully possess a firearm or ammunition (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 922(g)(9)). Candides who have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence are not qualified for this position. Candides under considerion required to certify whether they have ever been convicted of such an offense. False or fraudulent informion provided by candides is criminally punishable by fine or imprisonment. (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1001).

Motor Vehicle Operor’s License:

You must possess a valid automobile driver’s license the time of appointment.

Security Clearance:

The ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (Sensitive Compartmented Informion) security clearance is required.

Training:

You must tend and gradue from the Criminal Investigor Training Program (CITP), unless previously completed.

Financial Disclosure:

This is a covered position under Title 5 Code of Federal Regulions, part 2634, which requires the incumbent to file an initial and annual OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, through the supervisor to the District Ethics point of contact.

Age:

Applicants must be least 21 years of age. The day immediely preceding an individual’s 37th birthday the last day to be referred for selection considerion. However, the age restriction may not apply if you are a preference-eligible veteran or if you are currently serving or have previously served in a federal civilian law enforcement position. If this is your first appointment into a federal law enforcement position, you must not have reached your 37th birthday the time you are appointed. Educion Additional informion Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP): LEAP is approved for those positions to compense employees for unscheduled duty in excess of the 40-hour week.

Law Enforcement Retirement:

This position meets the eligibility for law enforcement retirement under both the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Employees covered by either retirement system who reach age 50 or over with least twenty years of service as law enforcement officers are qualified for law enforcement retirement. In addition, employees covered by FERS (all new hires to the Federal government) any age with least twenty-five years of service as law enforcement officers are qualified for law enforcement retirement. Finally, employees who reach age 57 with least twenty years of service as law enforcement officers are subject to mandory retirement. Payment of relocion expenses will not be authorized. The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, paid vacion; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participion in the Federal Employees Retirement System. Special Employment Considerion- Persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for non-competitive appointments. For further informion, please click the link below.

EEO Stement:

The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. Political Appointees (Current or Former ): 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 or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this informion could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are basically qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the Occupional Questionnaire. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion merials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. If you are found to be among the top candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. You red on the following Competencies (see The for definitions): Attention to Detail, Criminal Investigion, Planning and Evaluing, and Technical Competence The Occupional Questionnaire will take you approximely 20 minutes to complete. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. You must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes: –

Required:

Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process). –

Required:

Your resume showing relevant experience and des (month/day/year) of employment and work schedule for each (e.g., part-time XX hours per week or full-time)(cover letter optional). -Required if you are a current or former Federal employee: a recent copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing title, series, grade, and full performance level (FPL); AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal. Please note your SF-50 must include your FPL in the remark section (e.g., appointment, reassignment, promotion actions), pay adjustments and awards do not include this informion so they are not acceptable. -Required, if applicable:

CTAP/ICTAP

documention (a copy of a separion notice or other proof of eligibility) for priority selection; a copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing current position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion; AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal. – Required, if applicable: VEOA documention In order to verify your Veterans’ Preference entitlement, please submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214 (Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty); or if you are a current Active Duty member you must submit a certificion on approprie military branch letterhead th indices: 1) your service des, 2) expected discharge or release de from active duty with a release/discharge de no ler than 120 days from the closing de of this announcement, and 3) the character of service (e.g., Honorable).

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 informion to the Human Resources Office by providing a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a stement th provides the following informion regarding your most recent political appointment: Position title; Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee); Agency; and Beginning and ending des of appointment. How to Apply To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/11/2025 to receive considerion. 1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. 2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. (It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention are submitted prior to the closing de.) 3. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. To preview the Assessment Questionnaire, please click the following link: You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you are unable to apply online, contactMayra Campos (212) 637-2570 or Mayra.

Campos@usdoj.gov as soon as possible to arrange an alternive applicion process. You must specify in your questionnaire under wh authority you wish to be considered and submit approprie documention to verify your eligibility. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) – VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separed and either be a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement.

Reasonable Accommodion Stement:

Federal Agencies must provide reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities, where approprie. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion Mayra Campos Phone Address Southern District of New York 86 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 US Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion, to include a credit check, and drug test by urinalysis. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents You must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes: –

Required:

Your responses to the Online Occupional Questionnaire (This is completed automically during the apply online process). –

Required:

Your resume showing relevant experience and des (month/day/year) of employment and work schedule for each (e.g., part-time XX hours per week or full-time)(cover letter optional). -Required if you are a current or former Federal employee: a recent copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing title, series, grade, and full performance level (FPL); AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal. Please note your SF-50 must include your FPL in the remark section (e.g., appointment, reassignment, promotion actions), pay adjustments and awards do not include this informion so they are not acceptable. -Required, if applicable:

CTAP/ICTAP

documention (a copy of a separion notice or other proof of eligibility) for priority selection; a copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing current position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion; AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal. – Required, if applicable: VEOA documention In order to verify your Veterans’ Preference entitlement, please submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214 (Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty); or if you are a current Active Duty member you must submit a certificion on approprie military branch letterhead th indices: 1) your service des, 2) expected discharge or release de from active duty with a release/discharge de no ler than 120 days from the closing de of this announcement, and 3) the character of service (e.g., Honorable).

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 informion to the Human Resources Office by providing a copy of your applicable SF-50, along with a stement th provides the following informion regarding your most recent political appointment: Position title; Type of appointment (Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES, or Presidential Appointee); Agency; and Beginning and ending des of appointment. How to Apply To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/11/2025 to receive considerion. 1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. 2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. (It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention are submitted prior to the closing de.) 3. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. To preview the Assessment Questionnaire, please click the following link: You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you are unable to apply online, contactMayra Campos (212) 637-2570 or Mayra.

Campos@usdoj.gov as soon as possible to arrange an alternive applicion process. You must specify in your questionnaire under wh authority you wish to be considered and submit approprie documention to verify your eligibility. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) – VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separed and either be a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement.

Reasonable Accommodion Stement:

Federal Agencies must provide reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities, where approprie. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion Mayra Campos Phone Address Southern District of New York 86 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 US Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion, to include a credit check, and drug test by urinalysis. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/26/2025 to 07/11/2025 Salary $124,189 – $161,448 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: New York, NY Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 25-NYS-12745116-MS Control number 839541700 ., .