- Position Title
- Criminal Investigator (Special Agent)
- Agency
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Announcement Number
- HSI-12746279-MP-KD Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, June 9, 2025 to Friday, June 13, 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.
2.
Enter the number of MONTHS of Federal service experience you have attained as a firefighter, law enforcement or air traffic controller.
3.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
4.
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.
5.
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.
6.
Are you a veteran whose latest discharge was under honorable conditions and you:
• served three or more years of continuous active duty service in the military (NOTE: if released shortly before completing a 3-year tour, you are considered to meet the eligibility) OR
• are entitled to veterans' preference .
If eligible, submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
• served three or more years of continuous active duty service in the military (NOTE: if released shortly before completing a 3-year tour, you are considered to meet the eligibility) OR
• are entitled to veterans' preference .
If eligible, submit a copy of your latest Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. For more information, review USAJOBS Veterans resources.
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
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.)
5.
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)
6.
Applicants who have permanently held a position with a full performance level equivalent to GS-13 or higher in the competitive service can be referred for selection without competition under our agency merit promotion procedures. Please provide an SF-50 to prove your claim. Without an SF-50 as proof, we cannot apply non-competitive rules. Military rank, details and temporary promotions do not count.
The SF-50 submitted MUST indicate the same full performance level (or higher) equivalent to the full performance level shown on this vacancy, career or career-conditional (Tenure 1 or 2), and the status as a competitive service employee (Position Occupied is 1).
Your response to the following question will be used to determine whether or not you can be categorized as a non-competitive eligible.
Have you ever held (or do you currently hold) a competitive service position on a permanent basis in the federal government with a full performance level equivalent to GS-13 or higher?
The SF-50 submitted MUST indicate the same full performance level (or higher) equivalent to the full performance level shown on this vacancy, career or career-conditional (Tenure 1 or 2), and the status as a competitive service employee (Position Occupied is 1).
Your response to the following question will be used to determine whether or not you can be categorized as a non-competitive eligible.
Have you ever held (or do you currently hold) a competitive service position on a permanent basis in the federal government with a full performance level equivalent to GS-13 or higher?
Conditions of Employment
1.
There is a time-in-grade (TIG) requirement for promotion into this position. Have you completed 52 weeks in a position at or above the GS-12 grade level?
(Please review all options before selecting a response)
(Please review all options before selecting a response)
2.
Conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, as outlined in the vacancy announcement, is disqualifying. A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is any offense involving the use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former domestic partner, parent, or guardian of the victim. Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence?
3.
Do you have a current valid state driver's license?
4.
Mobility is a factor in this position. Are you willing to sign a Mobility Agreement?
5.
Have you engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, holding facility, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, or other institution as defined in 42 USC 1997?
6.
Have you been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or where the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse, or have you been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in such activity?
7.
Applicants may be required to undergo and successfully complete a polygraph test. Will you comply with this requirement?
Assessment 1
The following questions require a response and will determine whether or not you meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position. You may wish to consult the vacancy announcement for a description of those requirements.
1.
You qualify for the Criminal Investigator (Special Agent), GS-1811-13, position if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as:
- Handling criminal investigations involving substantial difficulty where circumstantial evidence is used or indirect perpetrators are pursued;
- Complications because the subjects were prominent figures or operated their illegal activities under cover of legal ones; and
- Follow up on the entire chain of separate investigative matters stemming from original assignments; and a web of multi-jurisdictional problems.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
2.
Conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, as outlined in the vacancy announcement, is disqualifying. A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is any offense involving the use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former domestic partner, parent, or guardian of the victim. Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence?
The following questions will be used to rate applicants who meet the minimum eligibility and qualification requirements. The following questions require a response. If you do not respond, your application will be considered incomplete and you will not receive further consideration. For each of the task statements below, please select from A through E to indicate the skill level that you possess for each task listed. The questions were developed based on the linkage between the competencies and knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the work of this position.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Select the answer best describing your skill investigating individuals, businesses, criminal organizations, terrorists or terrorist organizations that represent a significant threat to public safety or national security.
4.
Select the answer best describing your skill using traditional and non-traditional investigative techniques to obtain evidence. Skills include electronic and physical surveillance, interrogation, controlled deliveries, documentary searches and the use of paid informants.
5.
Select the answer best describing your skill conducting complex criminal, civil and administrative investigations requiring a high degree of planning and coordination.
6.
Select the answer best describing your skill leading high level investigations involving individuals, groups or large organizations operating at the local, national or international level where few, if any, established criteria exists.
7.
Select the answer best describing your skill coordinating local, state and other federal law enforcement agency investigative resources to ensure the effective prosecution and destruction of terrorist or criminal enterprise operations.
8.
Select the answer best describing your skills conducting large scale raids and seizure operations throughout several states and coordinating international activities with appropriate attaché offices.
9.
Select the answer best describing your skills providing assistance to the U.S. Attorney's Office, and testifying as a witness in a judicial hearing or administrative proceeding or trial.
10.
Select the answer best describing your skills coordinating the development and investigation of leads and critical intelligence with international law enforcement officials and foreign attachés.
11.
Select the answer best describing your level of skill conducting large scale, nationwide or multi-country asset forfeiture operations designed to deprive terrorist or criminal organizations of illicit financing and proceeds.
12.
Select the answer best describing your skill in developing evidence and applying criminal or civil forfeiture laws to effectuate the seizure of assets.
13.
Select the answer best describing your experience in the timely reporting of valuable and actionable homeland protection information to decision makers and other government agencies, as appropriate.
14.
Select the answer best describing your skills in preparing affidavits for search and seizure warrants and electronic intercepts believed to be used for terrorist or criminal activities.