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INVESTIGATIVE ANALYST
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations
Department of Homeland Security

Overview

NSEP Exclusive

Open & Closing Dates
04/08/2024 to 04/22/2024

Salary
45,146 - 153,354

Pay Scale & Grade
GS5, GS7 per year

Work Schedule
Full-Time

Promotion Potential
GS13

Appointment Type
Permanent

Location

City
Washington, DC

State
DC Metro Area

Duties

Summary
Serves as an entry-level Investigative Analyst. Major duties and responsibilities include
developing the knowledge, skills and abilities to analyze and report on criminals, criminal
conspiracies and criminal networks exploiting the customs and immigration laws of the United
States. As an entry-level analyst under the supervision of a higher-grade Criminal Analyst,
learns to apply all-source research, collections, analysis and reporting knowledge, skills and
abilities to assist higher-grade specialists. Developmental assignments in criminal analysis and intelligence work may be in support of a geographical and/or functional area, such as HQ
program area or special project/assignment.

Responsibilities
Responsible for learning and complying with the HSI Framework for Criminal Analysis and HSI
standards for organizing and reporting Criminal Analysis Work Product.

Learns HSI's standardized criminal analysis tradecraft including Framework products, methodologies, and structured analytical techniques.

Studies analytical tradecraft, best practices and existing products.

Supports other Criminal Analysts development of Framework products, threat assessments and intelligence reports.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
You qualify for the GS-05 grade level if you possess 1-year equivalent to the GS-04.

Or

Education: 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree

You qualify for the GS-07 grade level if you possess one of the following:

One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-05 grade level or equivalent.

Or

Education: 1 full year of graduate level education

or

superior academic achievement

Qualifications
You qualify for the GS-05 grade level if you possess 1-year equivalent to the GS-04.

Or

Education: 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree

You qualify for the GS-07 grade level if you possess one of the following:

One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-05 grade level or equivalent.

Or

Education: 1 full year of graduate level education

or

superior academic achievement

Security Clearance

Required
Top Secret

Required Application Materials

Resume, NSEP Letter of Certification

Application Instructions

Telework (Yes) – Flexible as determined by the agency policy.

Your application is due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the application close date indicated above. Failure to follow the application instructions may result in rejection of your application.

Resume and Supporting Materials

You will need to submit your application through the vacancy posting on the NSEPnet Job Board. Please upload each of the required documents in the appropriate location. Files should be in Word, Excel, PDF, Text or Html formats only. When naming each file, please follow the following naming convention:

Document Type_Last Name, First Name

For example, the applicant John Smith would submit a resume named “Resume_Smith, John”.

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SF-50 and DD-214

If you are a current or former federal employee, you will need to include your SF-50 (or similar document proving federal employment) in your application. If you are a veteran or active duty member of the U.S. military, you will need to include a DD-214 in your application.

Letter of Certification

You will need to request a Letter of Certification for this exclusive position. To request a Letter of Certification from the NSEPnet home page, hover over the blue “Request a Letter” option at the top of the page and click on “Certification Letter” from the drop-down options. Requests for Letters of Certification are generally processed within 1-2 business days.

HIRING AUTHORITY

The Department of Homeland Security will utilize the Schedule A (r) and/or NDAA’13 hiring authorities afforded to all NSEP award recipients with outstanding service requirements to make appointments to this position in the excepted service. NSEP award recipients who have already completed their service requirement to NSEP in full are not eligible to apply.

Additional Notes

This opportunity is only open to NSEP award recipients who have not yet fulfilled their service requirement to NSEP in full. If you have completed work which may fulfill part or all of your service under the terms of your Service Agreement with NSEP, please submit a Service Agreement Report (SAR) requesting service credit for that work as soon as possible. Feel free to reach out to the NSEP Service Team at nsep@nsep.gov if you have any questions or concerns.

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