What are the responsibilities and job description for the SUPERVISORY INVESTIGATOR position at Defense Security Service?
Summary This position is the Supervisory Agent in Charge (SAC) of a team of investigators and support staff conducting Personnel Security Investigations (PSIs) within a specific area of responsibility. Responsibilities As a SUPERVISORY INVESTIGATOR you will be responsible for the following duties : - Plans, directs, operates, and controls an investigative area of responsibility that includes security actions, supervisory inquiries, or special investigations. - Plans, directs, operates, controls, and evaluates the operations of a Field Office. - Assign and manage work assignments and appropriately addressing / resolving subordinate needs / concerns. - Coordinating investigative activities and maintaining contacts with groups and individuals involved in security and suitability investigations. - Oversees mentoring-Conduct and direct investigations; security actions; supervisory inquiries; or special investigations of unusual complexity and scope. - Coordinate investigative activities by establishing and maintaining contact with groups and individuals involved in security and suitability investigations in the assigned geographic area. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. See : General Investigation Series 1810 (opm.gov) for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 11 / 04 / 2024 Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies / knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GS / GG-12 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility. Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position includes : Knowledge of planning, directing, operating, and controlling an investigative area of responsibility that includes security actions, supervisory inquiries, or special investigations; knowledge of planning, directing, operating, controls, and evaluates the operations of a Field Office; knowledge of assigning and managing work assignments and appropriately addressing / resolving subordinate needs / concerns; knowledge of coordinating investigative activities and maintaining contacts with groups and individuals involved in security and suitability investigations. Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies : 1. Accountability 2. Decision Making 3. Leadership 4. Planning and Evaluating 5. Problem Solving 6. Technical Competence Education Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Additional Information VETERANS PREFERENCE / CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL In accordance with DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, veterans preference is not required to be applied when considering candidates with prior Federal competitive or excepted service who have completed a probationary or trial period and have not been separated for cause. Therefore, veterans preference will not be applied to applicants with current federal service, or former federal civilian service meeting the above criteria. Other Notes : Re-employed Annuitant : This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at : https : / / www.esd.whs.mil / Portals / 54 / Documents / DD / issuances / 140025 / 1400.25-V300.pdf Applicants selected from this announcement may be required to serve a two-year trial period. If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions. If selected, non-DCIPS candidates must acknowledge in writing that the position they have been selected for is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS. Selection under this appointment authority does not confer civil service competitive status. All current and former Federal employees must submit a copy of your latest SF50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notification of Personnel Action documentation, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. Resumes should NOT include : Classified information / SSN / Photo of yourself / personal information (gender, religion, affiliation etc / Encrypted digitally signed docs). Resumes with this prohibited information will be automatically ineligible for consideration.
