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Position Title
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR
Agency
Secretary of the Navy Offices (SECNAV)
Announcement Number
ST-11240271-21-JS Opens in new window
Open Period
Friday, September 24, 2021 to Friday, October 8, 2021
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans' Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a retired civil service federal employee seeking reemployment?

If yes, you are required to submit a copy of your retirement SF-50 (or equivalent). In addition, you must select another eligibility (e.g., Former Federal Employee, VEOA, etc.) for which you can claim on this job opportunity announcement.

Failure to select another eligibility will make you ineligible for consideration.

The Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Navy (DON) policy on employment of annuitants will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. Annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They are not eligible for retirement contributions, to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan, nor to a supplemental or re-determined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e. retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8416(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment, as appropriate.

Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

 
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3. Are you a current or former land management agency employee, AND you:
served under a time-limited (temporary or term) appointment for a period totaling at least 24 months without a break in service of more than 2 years, AND
performed at an acceptable level throughout the service period(s), AND
are not separated from the land management agency OR separated within the last two years for reasons other than misconduct or performance?

If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit supporting documentation of your claim including a copy of your last or most recent SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action(s) reflecting all periods of creditable service and fully successful performance appraisal(s) (or equivalent documentation) from the same time period.

Failure to provide supporting documentation will result in a rating of ineligible. For more information, please see https://chcoc.gov/content/eligibility-land-management-employees-time-limited-appointment-competitive-service
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4. Are you currently employed as a permanent competitive service employee in a Federal agency? 

If you are:
  • Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) will reflect career or career-conditional: Tenure 1 or 2 in box 24 AND
  • Your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (or equivalent personnel action form) will reflect your status in the competitive service: Position Occupied is 1 in box 34 (Unless you are on a permanent VRA appointment then it will show a 2 in box 34).

You may also claim this eligibility if you are entitled to it by legal statute.

If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 showing you are in the competitive service AND the SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your most recent SF-50. Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible. If you are serving on an excepted service veterans recruitment appointment (VRA) you must ALSO submit an SF-50 showing your conversion or appointment to the excepted service VRA appointment (Authority code in block 5-C will be J8M).

PLEASE NOTE: If you are applying for a higher grade than the grade that you currently hold and the SF-50 you submit to support your eligibility claim has an effective date within the past year, it will not clearly show that you meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement. Be sure to provide an additional SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Rate/Grade Increases (WRI/WGI), and appointment/conversion SF-50s with an effective date more than one-year old).

If you are a DoD employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF- 50(s) from MyBiz.  Failure to provide documentation that fully supports your claim will result in a rating of ineligible.
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5. Are you currently employed as a permanent competitive, excepted, or Senior Executive service employee in a Federal agency? 

You may also claim this eligibility if you are entitled to it by legal statute.
 
If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 AND the SF-50 reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your most recent SF-50. Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible.

If you are a DoD employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF- 50(s) from MyBiz.  Failure to provide documentation that fully supports your claim will result in a rating of ineligible.
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6. Are you a present employee of the General Accounting Office on a career-type appointment who:
  • completed at least one year of continuous service; AND
  • it was under a non-temporary appointment AND
  • it began on or after October 1, 1980?
If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) showing that you meet the requirements listed AND the SF-50  (or equivalent personnel action form) reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your most recent form.  Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible. 
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7. Are you currently serving under an appointment without time limit (or have been involuntarily separated from such appointment without personal cause within the preceding year) at:
A federal agency that has an Interchange Agreement with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, OR
A federal agency covered under other special interchange agreements (e.g., NAFI or Army Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES), TSA, FAA, etc.) OR
A Department of Defense component as a DCIPS employee in pay plan GG for at least one year?

If you are, your resume MUST include at least one experience statement that includes your position title, pay plan (or equivalent), series, grade level, agency worked for and dates of employment to support your interchange eligibility.

If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) showing that you meet the requirements listed AND the SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your most recent form. Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible. 

For further information and a list of other Federal agencies that are under Interchange Agreements, please visit the Office of Personnel Management's website.
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8. This position has a maximum entry age of 37. Candidates that will be older than 37 at the time of appointment will require an age waiver.
Information on exceptions and waivers can be found: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol336.pdf?ver=2017-12-01-105458-707
 
Will you be older than 37 at the time of appointment and require an age waiver?
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9. Are you a present employee of the U.S. Postal Service?

If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) showing that you are employed at the U.S. Postal Service AND the SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) reflecting the highest grade held if not reflected on your most recent form.

Failure to submit this documentation with your application will result in a rating of ineligible. 
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10. Are you a current or former time-limited employee that occupied a position located at a Defense Industrial Base Facility (DIBF) (click here for map) or Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB) (click here for list)?

If yes, confirm:
1. You were originally hired under open, competitive examination to the time-limited appointment AND
2. You were on a temporary or term appointment in the competitive service AND
3. You served under one or more time-limited appointments at a DIBF and/or MRTFB for a period or periods totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years AND
4. You performed at an acceptable level throughout the service period(s)

If you answer yes to this question, you are required to submit supporting documentation of your claim including a copy of your first and last SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) for each appointment verifying the Position Occupied code (Block 34) is 1 - Competitive Service AND documentation of fully successful performance appraisal(s) (or equivalent documentation) for each appointment.

Failure to provide supporting documentation will result in a rating of ineligible. For more information, please see https://www.chcoc.gov/content/national-defense-authorization-act-ndaa-fiscal-year-fy-2017—eligibility-certain-time-limited
 
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Preferences
1. Where did you hear about this job? We know you saw this announcement on USAJOBS, but did you hear about it somewhere else first?

Please tell us where you first heard about this job.
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2. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. A recent or former political appointee is defined as someone who held a political appointment covered by OPM's policy within the previous 5-year period. If you are currently employed, or have been employed within the last 5 years, in any one of the categories below, you must disclose this information. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

Are you a current or former political appointee as described under 5 U.S.C. sections 5312 through 5316 (relating to the Executive Schedule)?
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Are you a current or former Schedule A, Schedule C, or appointee who serves/served in a political capacity under agency-specific authority in the Executive Branch?
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Are you a current or former non-career SES, Limited Term SES, or Limited Emergency SES in the Executive Branch?
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Are you a current or former political appointee in the Executive Branch?

For more information see https://www.chcoc.gov/content/political-appointees-and-career-civil-service-positions-3
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Conditions of Employment
1. I am willing and able to submit to random drug testing (urinalysis) on a recurring basis. This position has been identified as a Test Designated Position (TDP) and I am willing and able to refrain from the use of illegal drugs as defined under federal law in the Controlled Substances Act and if requested, I will submit to urinalysis testing. Further, I am willing and able to sign a statement acknowledging the position is occupied as a TDP, and that I am subject to random drug testing as a condition of employment. (limit characters)
2. I am willing and able to travel away from my duty location. (limit characters)
3. I am willing and able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). (limit characters)
4. I am willing and able to submit to a polygraph examination on a recurring basis. (limit characters)
5. This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. Any individual convicted of a crime of a domestic violence crime may not perform the duties of this position. You will be required to sign a DD-Form-2760, Qualification to possess firearms or ammunition. Do you certify that you have NOT been convicted of a crime of domestic violence? (limit characters)
6. I am willing and able to complete an Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report, OGE Form 278e annually. (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. Your application must include a narrative response to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications outlined in this announcement (TOTAL NARRATIVE MUST NOT EXCEED TWO (2) PAGES; excess pages WILL NOT be considered). Failure to address these qualifications in a narrative response will eliminate you from consideration.
Does your application package include a two (2) page narrative response to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications?
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2. If you are not a current or former SES Career employee (appointed under Title 5 U.S.C. 3393), or a graduate of an approved SES Candidate Development Program, you must address the Executive Core Qualifications within your five (5) page resume (see required resume format link in the Qualifications section of this vacancy announcement). Failure to address these qualifications within your five (5) page resume will eliminate you from consideration (excess pages WILL NOT be considered).
Please select the response that best describes your application package:
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
3. To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, your application must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Technical Qualifications (TQs) and Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) listed in the vacancy announcement. The ECQs must be addressed within your five (5) page resume. You MUST FOLLOW THE SAMPLE RESUME FORMAT listed in the Qualifications Section of this vacancy announcement (excess pages WILL NOT be considered).
Does your application provide the minimum qualifications?
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4. Do you certify that all of your responses to this questionnaire are true and accurate; and do you accept that if your supporting documentation does not support one or more of your responses to the questionnaire that your application may be rated lower or you may be removed from further consideration? (limit characters)