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Position Title
Criminal Investigator (Reemployed Annuitant and ICTAP Only)
Agency
U.S. Secret Service
Announcement Number
OPO-AV-12683029-25-RA Opens in new window
Open Period
Monday, February 10, 2025 to Friday, April 4, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. This position has an age requirement. Enter or select your date of birth. (limit characters)
2. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
3. Are you a current or former Federal civilian employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm the following:  
  • Located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; and
  • Applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which will be or were separated; and
  • Applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which will be or were separated; and
  • Last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.

    To verify eligibility, you must submit:
  1. Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice, notice of (proposed) removal for declining a directed geographic relocation outside the local commuting area (e.g., a directed reassignment or a change in duty station), notice of compensable work-related injury or illness termination and agency certification of inability to place, or notice of disability annuity termination; AND
  2. SF-50(s), Notification of Personnel Action(s), that reflects all of the following:
    • Position, grade level (GS-15 or below), and duty location; and
    • Career or Career-Conditional appointment (Tenure Code is "1" or "2" in block 24); and
    • Competitive service (Position Occupied is "1" in block 34), or excepted service without time limit (Position Occupied is "2" in block 34) who is covered by a law providing both noncompetitive appointment eligibility to, and selection priority for, competitive service positions.
  3. Any documentation from agency that shows current promotion potential; AND
  4. Latest performance appraisal including rating.
For more information, review Career Transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
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4. Are you a retiree of the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) or Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), receiving a federal annuity, who is eligible for re-employment as a federal annuitant?

To verify eligibility as a Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) or Civil Service Retirement System eligible, you must submit your retirement Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50, that reflects the following:
  1. Retirement (Block-5B); and
  2. Reflects the highest grade held on a permanent basis (if different than the retirement SF-50)
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Preferences
1. Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location. You may only select up to 3 location(s). (limit characters)
2. Would you accept a term appointment? (limit characters)
Program Requirement
1. Have you previously held a reemployed annuitant position with any DHS Component as an 1811? (limit characters)
2. Have you previously held a position as an 1811 with any Federal Government Law Enforcement Agency? (limit characters)
Conditions of Employment
All applicants must complete the following section. This section will be used to determine your ability and willingness to accept certain conditions of employment or meet certain requirements of the position. Please respond 'Yes' or 'No' to the following statements. Failure to respond to this section will result in an ineligible rating. (limit characters)
1. In the last five years (from the closing date of this announcement) have you served, or are you currently serving, as an Executive Branch Political, Schedule C, or non-career Senior Executive Services appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at the SF-50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
  • A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
  • A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
  • A non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
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2. If I receive a conditional offer of employment, I am willing to undergo a pre-employment drug screening. (limit characters)
All applicants must undergo a comprehensive background investigation. The background investigation focuses on your honesty, reliability, police record, financial record, use of alcohol and drugs, mental health, and employment record. The background investigation includes interviews with your past and present employers, neighbors, teachers, and references, as well as checks of law enforcement, credit, educational, medical, and other records. (limit characters)
3. If you have one, please enter your recruiter's ID number. (Your recruiter would have supplied it to you). If you do not have one, please enter 0 (zero). (limit 7 characters)
4. Do you possess a valid U.S. state driver's license? (limit characters)
5. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, ALL of my responses to the assessment questions are true, accurate, complete, and that this application for employment with the United States Secret Service is made in good faith. I understand that a false statement on ANY part of this application may be grounds for not hiring me or for firing me after I begin work. (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in an Investigator (Reemployed Annuitant) position with the United States Secret Service. We will evaluate your resume and your responses to this assessment questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit this questionnaire.
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1. Select the one statement that best describes the specialized experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Criminal Investigator at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service. (limit characters)
2. Thank you for your interest in a Criminal Investigator (Reemployed Annuitant) position with the United States Secret Service. We will evaluate your resume and your responses to this assessment questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit this questionnaire. (limit characters)