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01/18/2024 to 01/29/2024
$103,409 - $150,075 per year
GS 13
2 vacancies in the following locations:
No
No
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
13
No
Yes
24-12270389C-CIS-1397-13
771240700
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.
Federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated and are eligible for priority over other applicants.
Current or former employees of a base management agency.
Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference
Military spouses relocating under PCS orders or whose spouse is 100% disabled or died while on active duty.
WHAT IS THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (CI) DIVISION?
A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions
Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Criminal Investigation- Forensics
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
Examines and reaches conclusions regarding documentary evidence such as handwriting, typewriting and mechanical impressions, inks and papers, printing processes, indented writing, physical matches, obliterations, and alterations.
Participates with Criminal Investigation personnel nationwide in conducting investigations in the specialized and non-specialized aspects of document examination, on cases where technical problem definition, methods, and/or data may be highly incomplete, controversial, or uncertain.
Conducts complex analyses, often involving submission of numerous documents by more than one agency in either a coordinated or parallel investigation, e.g., Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and other task force cases.
Applies new developments to critical and complex examinations and develops new methods and techniques to validate findings.
Resolves issues that significantly affect CI's document analysis program (e.g., evidence handling, format for taking exemplars).
Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis.
To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-13:
You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: experience performing examinations in handwriting, hand printing and numerals to establish authorship; classification and identification of typewriting; utilization of specialized lighting techniques on questioned documents; microscopic techniques as applied to the examination of paper, inks, and other evidence submitted to the forensic laboratory; matching perforations or torn edges; processing documents for indented writing; detection of altered documents; applying the rules of evidence in legal procedures and/or usual court practices involving document examination; applying scientific instruments to the examination of questioned documents; mechanical printing devices and commercial printing processes, their output and the principles by which comparisons are conducted.
At this level, you must demonstrate experience working in an accredited forensic laboratory as a forensic document examiner, or meet the requirements to apply for the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners (ABFDE) certification, and have successfully completed a documented training program in the forensic examination of questioned documents.
TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Under merit promotion procedures, applicants must satisfy time-in-grade requirements contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. Time is credited based on calendar time served in a grade, regardless of the number of days or hours worked.
For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.
For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.
Rating: Your application will be evaluated on the competencies of the position to be filled per the IRS Merit Promotion Plan in the following areas:
The following documents are required and must be provided with your application. All application materials, including transcripts, must be in English.
The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date 01/29/2024 and/or cut-off dates in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date.
To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12270389
Treasury believes in a working environment that supports inclusion; please view our reasonable accommodation policies and procedures at https://www.jobs.irs.gov/midcareer/reasonable-accommodation.html. We will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.
Once your application package and online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email. You are responsible for checking status updates and notifications in USAJOBS. Hard copy notifications will not be sent to you. You may check the status of your application for this position at any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My Account" tab and clicking on "Application Status." For a more detailed update of your application status, you may click on "more information." Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. If your email mailbox is full or blocked (SPAM) you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.
Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes:
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/771240700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.