Criminal Investigator - Special Agent Talent and Achievement Rec with Security Clearance - Department of Homeland Security

Duties During the course of their careers, Special Agents carry out assignments in both investigations and protection and may be assigned to multiple duty stations throughout the U.S.
and abroad.
Duties include:
• Conducting criminal investigations pertaining to financial obligations of the United States;
• Providing protection for various Protectees; and
• Planning and implementing security designs for National Special Security Events.
For more information about the Special Agent position, click here .
Any Offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S.
Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S.
Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring.
These authorities are subject to change.
Requirements Conditions of Employment Conditions of Employment
• U.S.
Citizenship.
• Possess a current valid driver's license.
• Be at least age 21 at the time of application and less than age 37 at the time you receive a conditional offer of employment, unless you have previous service in a Federal Civilian Law Enforcement position covered by special law enforcement or firefighter retirement provisions, including early or mandatory retirement.
Applicants with veterans' preference must receive a conditional offer of employment prior to reaching age 40 to continue in the application process.
• Submit to a drug test prior to your appointment and random drug testing while you occupy the position.
Disclose any prior drug use, attempted use, and/or experimentation.
• Carry and use a firearm.
Maintaining firearm proficiency is mandatory.
You will be ineligible to occupy this position if at any time you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, unless you received a pardon, or your conviction was expunged or set aside.
• Complete 13 weeks of intensive training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, GA, and 18 weeks of specialized training at the James J.
Rowley Training Center (RTC) in Laurel, MD.
Failure to pass the training program may result in separation from the Secret Service.
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• Sign a mobility agreement stating your willingness to accept assignments anywhere within the United States and overseas.
• Certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so, if you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959.
• Possess uncorrected visual acuity of no worse than 20/100 binocular, possess corrected visual acuity of 20/20 or better in each eye.(Note: Lasik, ALK, RK, and PRK corrective eye surgeries are acceptable eye surgeries for special agent applicants.
Applicants will be considered eligible for the special agent position provided specific visual tests are passed.
The following are waiting periods for visual tests: Lasik-2 months after surgery, PRK-6 months after surgery, ALK and RK-one year after surgery).
Qualifications Requirements Continued:
• Hearing loss, as measured by an audiometer, must not exceed 25 decibels (A.S.A.
or equivalent I.S.O.) in either ear in the 500,1000 and 2000Hz ranges.
• Obtain a Top-Secret Clearance and retain it during your career.
• Use your official name on your application as it appears on your valid government identification (i.e., Driver License, State ID, Passport).
You are minimally qualified for the GL-07 Level (starting base salary $48,371) if you possess one of the following:
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with superior academic achievement (S.A.A.) which is based on class standing, grade-point average, or honor society membership as described below.
• Maintained a grade-point average of "B" (a GPA of 3.0 or higher) for all completed undergraduate courses, or those completed in the last two years of undergraduate study; OR
• Rank in the upper one-third of your class in the college, university, or major subdivision; OR
• Be a member of a national honor (other than freshman honor societies) recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies.
Please submit a college transcript(s) showing your grade point average for all four years of undergraduate study, including all transferred courses.
• NOTE: GPAs are rounded to one decimal place.
For example, 2.95 will round to 3.0 and 2.94 will round to 2.9.
If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail or similar basis, your claim must be based on class standing or membership in an honor society.
• At least one full year of graduate level education (i.e., 18 semester hours); OR
• At least 1 year of specialized experience in, or related to, the investigative methods, protective methods, and law enforcement techniques that provide the specific competencies to successfully perform the position's duties.
Experience also includes exercising initiative; attention to detail; judgment in collecting, assembling and developing facts, evidence or other pertinent data; the ability to analyze and evaluate data or evidence to arrive at sound conclusions including applying new information; and the ability to partner with or lead others in the accomplishment of mission activities.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Applicants must successfully complete and pass Phase 1 assessments (see below) to receive a Conditional Job Offer.
In addition, applicants must successfully complete and pass Phase II (see below) to receive final consideration for employment.
Phase I:
• National Crime Information Center
• Special Agent Entrance Exam (SAEE)
• Applicant Physical Abilities Test
• Interview Phase II:
• Credit Check
• Security Interview
• Polygraph examination
• Drug screening
• Medical examination
• Background investigation (a top-secret security clearance) The Secret Service follows stringent guidelines relating to illegal drug usage.
An applicant's history is reviewed and a determination for employment is made according to our guidelines.
For more information regarding the U.S.
Secret Service drug guidelines please click here to view our Drug Policy.
As part of the application process, the applicant will be required to complete the United States Secret Service Applicant Physical Abilities Test (APAT).
It is a physical fitness assessment which consists of four components (push-ups, sit-ups, Illinois Agility Run and a 1.5 Mile Run).
The APAT is designed to measure the current level of general physical fitness of an applicant, which serves as an indicator of an applicant's ability to safely complete a vigorous physical training program.
It evaluates the applicant's ability to perform the physical tasks required on the job by measuring muscular and dynamic strength, endurance, flexibility, aerobic capacity and other factors related to physical aptitude.
The standards are anticipated to be the same regardless of age, gender or position.
To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy.
To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation for a Top Secret Clearance level as a condition of placement into this position.
For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please click here.
Education Applicants in their last semester of a college program are encouraged to begin the application process for STAR.
A final transcript from an accredited school confirming degree conferral and superior academic achievement (S.A.A.) which is based on class standing, grade-point average (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0), or honor society membership is required prior to a final job offer.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education .
All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.
For more information on S.A.A.
please click here .
Additional information Applicants selected for this position will be required to sign a continuing service agreement before being assigned to an initial training class.
The continuing service agreement will commit the applicant to a specified period of employment with the Secret Service upon the successful completion of training.
Applicants will be required to travel to all phases of the hiring process at their own expense.
If a final job offer is extended, relocation expenses will not be authorized for first duty location.
The Secret Service prohibits employees from having visible body markings (including but not limited to tattoos, body art and branding) on the head, face, neck, hand and fingers (any area below the wrist bone) (exception a single conservative and unobtrusive tattoo in the form of a ring is authorized on one finger).
If you are deemed minimally qualified for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entering Phase 1 of the hiring process.
False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.
DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.