Investigator, Government, Department of Justice

Summary

Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high‑stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

Investigations (INV) promotes the integrity, efficiency, and effectiveness of TSA's people, programs, and resources through objective criminal and administrative investigations. This investigator position is located in INV Field Operations (FO).

• Plan, conduct, document, and finalize administrative cases. Utilize a broad knowledge of investigative techniques and sources to develop a strategy for each separate case. Receive guidance from the supervisor at the outset of assignments that involve unfamiliar issues or unusual techniques. When criminal investigations are determined necessary, refer cases as appropriate and follow up on the status of the investigation. Provide administrative support in conducting investigations.
• Perform a wide variety of administrative and operational functions such as gathering and assessing information to determine facts. Responsible for gathering information, identifying and analyzing issues & allegations necessary for discovering evidence, coordinating & conducting interviews, researching standards, and reporting the findings of a thorough, complete investigation or inquiry.
• Conduct fact‑finding, interview witnesses and suspects on administrative cases involving allegations against TSA employees, contractors, regulated parties and individuals related to the investigation. Consult senior investigators, as needed, to overcome technical and nuanced barriers impacting investigative objectives.
• Implement accepted methodology, procedures, precedents, and techniques to a broad scope of administrative investigations. Perform investigative activities in accordance with administrative laws, DHS, and TSA regulations. Apply discretion to select the most appropriate approach in the application of complex techniques and contribute to developing new solutions to achieve investigative goals.
• Participate in cross‑organizational or inter‑related investigations that include interagency and intergovernmental teams to ensure discrepancies, in findings, are resolved and confirm the investigation is supported by evidence sufficient to Investigations' standards.
• Perform intra‑ and interdivisional requests for investigative assistance, including interviews, physical and electronic surveillance, and other support functions in furtherance of administrative, civil, and criminal investigations throughout the United States and outside the Continental United States. Apply the relevant jurisdictional precedent, or legal standard, in gathering and interpreting evidence material to the trier of fact.
• Facilitate and prepare sworn statements, affidavits, and serve administrative subpoenas and other official investigative correspondence. Prepare accurate, concise, and comprehensive reports of investigation for presentation to Division management officials and/or other adjudicating entities. Provide practicable assistance to criminal investigators in administrative and criminal investigative activities as needed.

Conditions of Employment

• Must possess U.S. citizenship or be a U.S. national.
• Must have reached the minimum age (18) at the time of application.
• Must complete a favorable background investigation (BI).
• Selective Service registration is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance based on a Special Background Investigation (SBI).
• Must successfully complete pre‑ and post‑employment drug/alcohol tests.

Qualifications

For the SV‑H Pay Band (equivalent to GS‑11/12)

• Experience:
  
  One year of specialized experience at the SV‑G or GS‑9 in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience includes: applying investigative techniques; conducting fact‑finding interviews; preparing written reports of findings.
• Education:
  
  Ph.D. or equivalent…