Criminal Investigor (Special Agent) Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General Office of Investigion Summary Consistently ranked as among the best places to work in the Department of the Interior (DOI), and the top 10% of all agency subcomponents, the Office of Inspector General is an independent and objective unit working to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and to prevent and detect waste, fraud and abuse within the DOI. We offer exceptional work-life benefits, including flexible work schedules, ample training opportunities, and a comprehensive employee recognition program. Learn more about this agency Summary Consistently ranked as among the best places to work in the Department of the Interior (DOI), and the top 10% of all agency subcomponents, the Office of Inspector General is an independent and objective unit working to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and to prevent and detect waste, fraud and abuse within the DOI. We offer exceptional work-life benefits, including flexible work schedules, ample training opportunities, and a comprehensive employee recognition program. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 08/04/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 4, 2026 Locion Many vacancies in the following locions: Anchorage, AK Sacramento, CA Lakewood, CO Washington, DC Atlanta, GA Billings, MT Herndon, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $106,437 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1811 Criminal Investigion Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

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Control number 877481400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency Open to all US citizens Duties Help This position is with the Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigions, in Herndon, Virginia. This office is responsible for overseeing and conducting investigions involving Department of the Interior (DOI) programs and operions, focusing on fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Investiges actual or suspected criminal activity or other wrongdoing by DOI employees, contractors, grantees, lessees, and entities conducting business with the DOI. As a Criminal Investigor (Special Agent) you responsible for: Conducting difficult, highly visible and/or exceedingly sensitive investigions th may be local, regional, interregional, or department-wide in scope involving a wide range of complex criminal, civil and administrive investigive techniques, involving complex fraud schemes, civil false claims, DOI violions and allegions of other crime. Planning and conducting investigions, determining the most approprie methods, procedures, precedents and techniques necessary to address unusual or unique situions. Conduct fact-finding and preliminary analysis of the request, complaint, or allegion in relion to approprie laws, regulions, etc., to identify the issues involved and relevant evidence needed. Obtains, collects, evalues, and integres various types of informion relevant to multiple violions; and recommends a course of enforcement action on the basis of the investigion. Establish and understand the relionship of facts and/or evidence in the documents and other merials, as well as performs extensive research of records and other sources of informion. Preparing comprehensive investigive reports documenting observions, issues and findings. Prepares and provides, as needed, input regarding high profile cases for Departmental and Congressional reports. Prepare detailed reports, position papers, and other documents concerning DOI program areas or identified vulnerabilities. Conducting interviews, take affidavits from suspects and witnesses, and testify in court as a witness to events or to explain basic or routine procedures. Provide regular briefings to management, torneys, and bureau leadership regarding investigive findings and activities. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. citizenship is required. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service Successful completion of a background investigion. May be subject to initial and random drug testing. Initial appointments to the competitive or excepted service subject to sisfactory completion of a probionary or trial period, and th in the absence of agency action to retain, such appointments will termine the day before the anniversary de of the individual's appointment (or sooner), if the certifying official determines th finalizing the appointment would not advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the OIG, and/or otherwise does not promote the efficiency of the service. May be required to complete a one-year probionary period. OGE-450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report may be required. Complete the Basic Criminal Investigive Training Program the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or its equivalent This position is a primary law enforcement position under 5 U.S.C. 8336 (C) (CSRS) and 5 U.S.C 8412 (D) (FERS). You must be no more than 37 years of age upon entry into the GS-1811 series, unless the applicant has previous service creditable under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) law enforcement provisions sufficient to enable you to retire age 57 with 20 years of creditable service. Persons already in covered secondary positions or with previous approved service who apply for a primary position cannot be considered if their age reentry into the primary position exceeds 37 years after subtracting their years of service in covered positions. Applicant must provide evidence of current or previous coverage th would qualify. This age restriction does not apply to those entitled to Veteran's Preference. Criminal Investigors under the 1811 occupional series are eligible for law enforcement availability pay (LEAP), not to exceed 25% of the re of basic pay. Selectee required to qualify to carry and use firearms and other weapons as part of assigned duties and maintain such qualificion. Applicants are ineligible for this position if convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime of domestic violence, unless such conviction was expunged, set aside, or the applicant received a pardon. Continued in Qualificions Qualificions Continued from Requirements Selectee must meet the initial agency suitability determinion (i.e. local police checks, review of past employment da, review of Query Nional informion Center report, results of special agency check, etc.) before a final offer can be made. Medical Requirements for 1811 occupional series may be found here . Conditions of Employment Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employees in the executive branch. Qualificions All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. We will only review your resume to determine whether minimum experience requirement(s) have been met. Minimum Qualificions GS-13: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing all of the following: Planning and conducting fraud investigions th are primarily criminal in nure; Applying for and executing search warrants and other law enforcement operions; Testifying in court or providing briefings to internal and external parties such as high level agency officials, law enforcement personnel, or federal/ste prosecutors; AND Writing investigive reports and other products. Educion There is no educional requirement for this position. Additional informion Applicants must meet initial and periodic suitability determinions based on favorable background investigions and updes. Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for the Selective Service. Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement. Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP/CTAP) : These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be red well-qualified for the position with a score of 80 or above; and, (3) submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more informion : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants evalued based on their possession of the following competencies required for the minimum qualificions identified above: Criminal Investigions Oral Communicion Written Communicion Once the vacancy announcement closes, a review of your resume and supporting documention made to determine if you meet the minimum qualificions for the position. Cegory ring procedures used to re and rank candides If you meet the minimum qualificions sted in the vacancy announcement, we will compare your resume and supporting documention against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to place you in one of the following pre-defined cegories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. The cegory assignment is a measure of the degree to which your background mches the following competencies required for this position: Criminal Investigions Financial and Program Knowledge With emphasis on: Experience investiging fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement. Experience conducting research and analysis of complex financial and accounting da. To receive full considerion by the Subject Mter Expert (SME) panel review of eligible and qualified applicions, the panel will only consider your short answer responses and resume.

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If a determinion is made th qualificions and/or experience have been infled, your score adjusted to more accurely reflect your abilities. You are required to select eligibility and submit supporting documents. Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evalued further The cegory ring process does not add veteran's preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each cegory. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualificion requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality cegory (except for scientific or professional positions or above a GS-9). Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help All documention, applicable to you, must be submitted by the closing de of this announcement. Failure to submit the required documents will disqualify you from further considerion for this position. Resume (required) - Your resume must sufficiently describe how your experience fully meets the specialized experience requirements as sted in this announcement for each grade level(s) you are applying (see "Qualificions" section). Your resume must also support your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Credit given for paid and unpaid experience. We cannot assume you have performed the experience required for this position regardless of your employment history or academic career. We strongly recommend you use the USA Jobs online Resume Builder to submit a resume. If you choose to use your own formted resume, you must ensure it contains all of the following for each experience/position listed: job title, name of employer, beginning and ending des of employment (month/day/year form), hours worked per week, detailed description of duties performed, and if a Federal position, series and grade or equivalent. We will not access web pages linked on your resume to determine your qualificions. Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive informion. Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions.

CTAP/ICTAP

Eligibility - Such as a RIF separion notice, certifice of expected separion, SF-50 Notificion of Personnel Action sting you were separed by RIF, OR a letter from your agency documenting your priority considerion stus; and your lest performance appraisal with a current performance ring of least "fully successful" (Level III) or equivalent. Veteran's Preference Documention - DD-214, SF-15, and VA Letter, or certificion of discharge or release from active duty within 120 days. For active duty service members, a "certificion" is any written document from the armed forces th certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certificion is submitted with your applicion package. The certificion letter should be on the letterhead of the approprie military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service des, including the expected discharge or release de, and (2) the character of service. If selected for this position, you must provide a copy of your terminal leave documention, if applicable. How to Apply Help To apply for this job opportunity, you must submit complete applicion package including a resume and an on-line applicion through the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) applicion system, USAJOBS. This informion transferred to the Department of Interior's OIG Automed Applicion System. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) 08/04/2026 to complete the following applicion process: To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For assistance with creing an USAJOBS account and for informion on viewing your Applicion stus, please : ( https://help.usajobs.gov/get-started ) AND ( https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to ). If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Division of Human Resources doioig_vacancies@doioig.gov or 703-487-5408 to obtain an alternive applicion. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement.

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uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please www.dhs.gov/E-Verify. Agency contact informion Division of Human Resources doioig_vacancies@doioig.gov Address Office of Investigions 381 Elden St. Herndon, VA 20170 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account. All of your applicions will appear on the Welcome page. The applicion record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Applicion Informion page th provides informion regarding the documention you submitted and any correspondence we have sent reled to this applicion. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://h elp.usajobs.gov/get-started

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If a determinion is made th qualificions and/or experience have been infled, your score adjusted to more accurely reflect your abilities. Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After the closing de of the announcement, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You notified by email of your ring and/or referral of your resume to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. You informed of the outcome via e-mail. We expect to make a selection within 45 to 60 days of the closing de of the vacancy announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help All documention, applicable to you, must be submitted by the closing de of this announcement. Failure to submit the required documents will disqualify you from further considerion for this position. Resume (required) - Your resume must sufficiently describe how your experience fully meets the specialized experience requirements as sted in this announcement for each grade level(s) you are applying (see "Qualificions" section). Your resume must also support your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Credit given for paid and unpaid experience. We cannot assume you have performed the experience required for this position regardless of your employment history or academic career. We strongly recommend you use the USA Jobs online Resume Builder to submit a resume. If you choose to use your own formted resume, you must ensure it contains all of the following for each experience/position listed: job title, name of employer, beginning and ending des of employment (month/day/year form), hours worked per week, detailed description of duties performed, and if a Federal position, series and grade or equivalent. We will not access web pages linked on your resume to determine your qualificions. Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive informion. Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions.

CTAP/ICTAP

Eligibility - Such as a RIF separion notice, certifice of expected separion, SF-50 Notificion of Personnel Action sting you were separed by RIF, OR a letter from your agency documenting your priority considerion stus; and your lest performance appraisal with a current performance ring of least "fully successful" (Level III) or equivalent. Veteran's Preference Documention - DD-214, SF-15, and VA Letter, or certificion of discharge or release from active duty within 120 days. For active duty service members, a "certificion" is any written document from the armed forces th certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certificion is submitted with your applicion package. The certificion letter should be on the letterhead of the approprie military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service des, including the expected discharge or release de, and (2) the character of service. If selected for this position, you must provide a copy of your terminal leave documention, if applicable. How to Apply Help To apply for this job opportunity, you must submit complete applicion package including a resume and an on-line applicion through the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) applicion system, USAJOBS. This informion transferred to the Department of Interior's OIG Automed Applicion System. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) 08/04/2026 to complete the following applicion process: To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For assistance with creing an USAJOBS account and for informion on viewing your Applicion stus, please : ( https://help.usajobs.gov/get-started ) AND ( https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to ). If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Division of Human Resources doioig_vacancies@doioig.gov or 703-487-5408 to obtain an alternive applicion. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement.

NOTE:

Paper applicions and informion sent by mail

WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED . DOI

uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please www.dhs.gov/E-Verify. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Division of Human Resources doioig_vacancies@doioig.gov Address Office of Investigions 381 Elden St. Herndon, VA 20170 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account. All of your applicions will appear on the Welcome page. The applicion record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Applicion Informion page th provides informion regarding the documention you submitted and any correspondence we have sent reled to this applicion. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://h elp.usajobs.gov/get-started

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If a determinion is made th qualificions and/or experience have been infled, your score adjusted to more accurely reflect your abilities. Once the online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After the closing de of the announcement, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You notified by email of your ring and/or referral of your resume to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. You informed of the outcome via e-mail. We expect to make a selection within 45 to 60 days of the closing de of the vacancy announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Additional locions Atlanta, GA Billings, MT Herndon, VA Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 08/04/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 4, 2026 Locion Many vacancies in the following locions: Anchorage, AK Sacramento, CA Lakewood, CO Washington, DC Atlanta, GA Billings, MT Herndon, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $106,437 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

IG-26-12994365-AT-DE

Control number 877481400