• Job Description

  Req#: 770063600

  Joining the Secret Service, Office of Investigations will allow you to conduct difficult and complex non-criminal national security and suitability investigations, focusing on performing background investigations. This Investigator position is at a base salary of $88,520 (GS-13). For more information on the Secret Service click here.

  
  

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  Requirements

  
  

  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.

  
  

  Qualifications

  
  

  You qualify for the GS-13 level (starting base salary $88,520) If you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level performing duties such as: conducting interviews for investigative purposes; obtaining and reporting factual information for investigations; finalizing casework according to applicable rules and regulations.

  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.

  Qualifications Must Be Met: The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
  
  The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

  These positions are being announced to recruit CSRS and FERS annuitants on a limited basis with a waiver of salary offset (if a dual compensation waiver is requested) under certain specified circumstances not to exceed Dec 31, 2024.

  Re-employed annuitants are at-will employees and therefore, can be separated at any time for any legitimate reason. There are no notice requirements and the annuitants have no Reduction in Force (RIF) protections.

• 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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