• Job Description

  Req#: 783701700
  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.
  
  Duties
  
  
  This position is located 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. Duties and assignments may involve new or controversial issues, shaping major programs, compliance with new legislation, or facilitating the resolution of long-standing problem areas of vital importance to DHS.
  
  GS-7: Typical assignments include:
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  • You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position
  • You must successfully pass a background investigation
  • You must be able to obtain Top Secret security clearance.
  • Selective Service registration required
  • Completion of one year Probationary Period may be required.
  • You will be required to undergo periodic drug testing.
  • Applicants will be required to provide writing sample during the interview process.
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  All applicants must meet the below Basic Requirement. In addition to meeting basic requirements applicants must meet the below specialized experience or the education substitution for each grade level as listed below.
  
  Specialized Experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.
  
  GS-07: You qualify for the GS-07 grade level if you have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience at this level includes:
  • Researching and analyzing information from a variety of sources such as, programs, case studies, and/or policies to draw conclusions and write reports; AND
  • Writing informational reports that reflect statements of fact rather than opinion.
  OR
  • 1 year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement
  GS-09: You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience at this level includes:
  • Researching and analyzing information from a variety of sources such as, programs, case studies, and/or policies to draw conclusions and write reports;
  • Writing informational reports that reflect statements of fact rather than opinion; AND
  • Giving informal briefings in a business setting.
  OR
  
  2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.
  
  OR
  
  A combination of the above-defined education and experience which has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
  
  NOTE: If you are selected for an interview, a writing exercise may be administered as part of the interview process.

• About the company

  The United States Department of Homeland Security is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cyber security, and disaster prevention and management.

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