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Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements, including education, and any selective placement factors described below by the closing date of this announcement. Education may only be substituted in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order to be credited towards qualifications. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this public flyer notice. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. This is a non-competitive opportunity (e.g. Lateral transfer). No promotion potential exists beyond the highest grade you have held permanently within the Federal service. Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience in an investigative or legal environment supporting criminal, civil, and administrative investigations, gathering complex or technical data using informational databases. Experience, knowledge, and understanding of various legal documents such as subpoenas. Experience in applying laws, regulations, and Federal criminal statutes to financial investigations. Experience in using analytical computer software tools for gathering financial information, analyzing data, and managing investigative cases. Experience providing technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other senior officials. Experience in using graphs, charts, spreadsheets, and computer print outs to interpret complex data for civil, criminal, and administrative investigations. Experience providing significant research, data, analysis and/or report(s) that caused an initiation of a criminal investigation case(s) and/or contributed to the development/ completion of a criminal investigation case(s). There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the 1-year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old). Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience as an expert Investigative Analyst and is responsible for initiation, developing, and documenting complex investigative efforts into allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse at the Depart of State, USAGM and USIBWC and advising INV agents, analysts and auditors on best practices in the field. Experience as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for varied sources of information, including evidence, public or subpoenaed records, intelligence available from or produced by foreign law Enforcment agencies, open source intelligence, commercial databases, law enforcement databases such as the Treasury Enforcement Communications System(TECS), and other government data sources to correlate large amounts of information in support of criminal, civil and administrative investigations. Experience leading and participating in special projects related to complex criminal and administrative investigation tasks. Experience in providing training and advice in the use of INV systems resources and recommend external training opportunities as needed. Experience with comprehensive knowledge of software tools for gathering and analyzing large sets of government, commercial and financial data. Experience in exercising considerable independent judgement and discretion in planning and carrying out all phases of process affecting assigned programs. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.
As an Investigative Analyst, at minimum you will: Independently conducts and coordinates complex research and analysis to assist criminal investigators (special agents) in ongoing investigations. Uses available information from collection of evidence, open source and/or through legal service. Independently documents information related to complex investigations, using state-of-the-art software programs. Conducts complex investigative analysis of major financial crimes, procurement frauds, and public corruption cases. Develops and provides technical training to investigative personnel in support of investigations. Processes and analyzes financial and financial related records to identify trends and establish patterns of criminal activity. Analyzes findings and provides written and/or oral reports to supervisor and OIG Department heads. Construct, organize, and maintain case records in an investigative case management system.