The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent office whose mission is to promote excellence, integrity, and accountability throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In our dynamic environment, the OIG conducts investigations, audits, evaluations, and inspections to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and mismanagement in DHS programs and operations.
You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. If you are a current federal employee, you must meet all time-in-grade and time-after competitive appointment qualifications by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. To make an accurate determination, you will need to include on your resume your federal position title, pay plan, occupational series, grade level, agency, dates for which you held the grade level (stated as MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY, OR MM/YYYY to PRESENT), and total hours worked per week. 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 must meet the "Specialized Experience" to qualify for the Supervisory Auditor Performance position, as described below: Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Specialized experience for this position includes: 1) Analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of various operations, programs, and functions of an organization. 2) Serving as a technical advisor responsible for development, formulation or execution of special programs and projects related to audit policies and practices. 3) Leading and/or managing people. 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. The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date 04/21/2025 of this announcement. Current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level or equivalent grade band in the federal service. The time-in-grade requirement must be met by the closing date 04/21/2025of this announcement.
This position is in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Audits. The OIG conducts and supervises independent audits, investigations, and inspections of the programs and operations of DHS, and recommends ways for DHS to carry out its responsibilities in the most effective, efficient, and economical manner possible. The OIG also seeks to deter, identify, and address fraud, abuse, mismanagement, and waste of taxpayer funds invested in Homeland Security. The Office of Audits oversees financial and performance audits, as well as attestation engagements. These audits cover multiple functional and program areas, such as financial statements, cyber security, acquisitions, grants, critical infrastructure, disasters, law enforcement and terrorism, immigration, and transportation security. Auditors examine DHS programs or activities in a formalized, detailed, and in-depth way. This position serves as the Director of Audit Liaison and Analysis which reports to the Assistant Inspector General for Audits-Operations and will be responsible for managing and overseeing Audit Operations through a subordinate staff of auditors and analysts. Typical assignments include: - Representing Office of Audits for internal and external coordination of congressional requests, front office tasks, and all external audit coordination. - Serving as a technical expert providing advice on a wide variety of program audit management and coordination functions and evaluating the content of new or modified legislation for projected impact upon agency's programs or resources. - Serving as a liaison with DHS OIG officials on key matters to include providing information, participating in, or initiating meetings, resolving problems, and expressing viewpoints on issues. - Serving as the lead for developing and implementing both Risk Management and Strategies Management practices within Office of Audits. - Evaluating ongoing functions to ensure that the organization meets its stated goals, identifying improvements to operational efficiencies, and overseeing implementation of solutions to problems. - Monitoring and evaluating teams' progress toward meeting goals and timeframes, proactively adjusting objectives, work plans, schedules, and commitment of resources as necessary to achieve successful outcomes.