- Position Title
- Forensic Interview Specialist
- Agency
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Announcement Number
- HSI 12116549 DE-SDL Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, September 11, 2023 to Friday, September 15, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
- your grade is equivalent to or higher than the grade level of the vacancy
- the promotion potential (full performance level) of the position you are being separated from is equal to or higher than the promotion potential of the vacancy, and
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center.
3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position?
If yes, confirm:
If yes, confirm:
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
- your grade is equivalent to or higher than the grade level of the vacancy
- the promotion potential (full performance level) of the position you are being separated from is equal to or higher than the promotion potential of the vacancy, and
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service? If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
2.
I acknowledge that I am solely responsible for the answers and documentation submitted in my online application. I understand that my answers cannot be altered once I have submitted my application and the announcement has closed. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information contained in my online application for Federal Employment is true, correct, complete, and made in good faith. I understand that a false or fraudulent answer to any question or item on any part of my online application may be grounds for not hiring me, or for firing me after I begin work, and may be punishable by fine or imprisonment or both (See section 1001 of title 18, United States Code).
By clicking "Yes" below, I certify that I accept responsibility for the responses and documentation submitted in my online application and that the information I have provided is true to the best of my knowledge.
By clicking "Yes" below, I certify that I accept responsibility for the responses and documentation submitted in my online application and that the information I have provided is true to the best of my knowledge.
3.
Do any of your family members work for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement?
(A family member means an individual with any of the following relationships to the applicant: (1) Spouse, and parents thereof; (2) Sons and daughters, and spouses thereof; (3) Parents, and spouses thereof; (4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses thereof; (5) Grandparents and grandchildren, and spouses thereof; (6) Domestic partner and parents thereof, including domestic partners of any individual in (2) through (5) of this definition; and (7) Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.)
(A family member means an individual with any of the following relationships to the applicant: (1) Spouse, and parents thereof; (2) Sons and daughters, and spouses thereof; (3) Parents, and spouses thereof; (4) Brothers and sisters, and spouses thereof; (5) Grandparents and grandchildren, and spouses thereof; (6) Domestic partner and parents thereof, including domestic partners of any individual in (2) through (5) of this definition; and (7) Any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.)
4.
If the answer to the question above is yes, please provide the relative(s)' name, relationship, and the ICE office or organization for which your relative(s) works (if known).
If the answer to the question above is no, please indicate 'not applicable'. (limit 1,000 characters)
If the answer to the question above is no, please indicate 'not applicable'. (limit 1,000 characters)
5.
While the location in this announcement is identified as "location negotiable after selection," you have the opportunity to identify ONE geographic preference in your application. Your preference location is NOT guaranteed. The duty location extended at the final job offer will be based on the needs of the agency and availability of positions and funding. Upon final job offer you may be offered a duty location that is not within your geographic preference. You must be willing to accept any duty location that falls within the area of responsibility (AOR) of one of the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) offices listed in this vacancy announcement. For example, if offered SAC San Francisco, you may be offered a final duty location of any office that falls within that AOR such as the Bakersfield, CA or Fresno, CA.
6.
Please select your second geographic preference.
7.
Please select your third geographic preference.
Assessment 1
Please respond to each of the following questions. For each question, choose the response that best describes your experience and training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information provided in your resume, your application, and information provided by your references.
1.
Select the one statement below that best describes your education and/or experience to meet the basic requirement for a position in the Social Science Series, 0101.
2.
Select the option that best describes your experience to qualify for the GS-13 grade level.
To qualify as a Forensic Interviewer Specialist, GS-0101-13, you must possess at least one (1) year of full-time specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 or equivalent performing duties such as:
To qualify as a Forensic Interviewer Specialist, GS-0101-13, you must possess at least one (1) year of full-time specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 or equivalent performing duties such as:
- Conducting forensic interviews of minor victims and witnesses, as well adult victims and witnesses who suffer from cognitive or developmental disability, or from severe trauma;
- Demonstrating skills that result in legally defensible forensic interviews where resultant information may be presented in court;
- Assisting victims by participating on multidisciplinary teams;
- Applying knowledge of the federal, state and local criminal justice systems, the procedures of law enforcement agencies (federal, state and local) as they relate to treatment and handling of victims of crime; and
- Assisting agents/law enforcement professionals on scene when victims are likely to be encountered.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Select the response that best describes your experience working in collaboration with law enforcement personnel and other service providers from the beginning and throughout the duration of a criminal case.
4.
Select the choice which best describes your experience working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, conducting forensic interviews with victims and witnesses of crimes that are part of an investigation.
5.
Select the choice which best describes your experience working as a member of multi-disciplinary team to support victim-centered, trauma-informed investigative approaches.
6.
Select the choice that best describes your experience applying the approaches and tenants of at least one major, nationally recognized forensic interviewing model or protocol.
7.
Select the choice that best describes your experience coordinating and conducting forensic interviews of victims who suffer from cognitive or developmental disability, or from severe trauma. serving as advocate to victims; maintaining contact with victims with awareness of issues that could affect the ability of the victim to cooperate in investigations.
8.
Select the choice that best describes your experience assisting in determinations about whether a victim/witness may be experiencing symptoms that require professional health-related services (e.g., physical, mental, etc.,).
Select the choice that best describes your experience assisting in determinations about whether a victim/witness may be experiencing symptoms that require professional health-related services (e.g., physical, mental, etc.,).
9.
Select the choice that best describes your experience coordinating and participating in regular forensic interview peer review sessions to promote adherence to best practice standards.