Summary This position is an Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) within the Investigative Services Branch (ISB) with an area of responsibility encompassing multiple states and National Park Service regions. This is a temporary promotion not to exceed 1 year, can be extended up to 5 years and may be made permanent without further competition. Responsibilities Major Duties of the Supervisory Criminal Investigator - Deputy Chief, Office of Professional Responsibility position include, but are not limited to the following: Supervise Criminal and Administrative Investigations. Supervise Special Agents, including evaluating performance, affecting disciplinary actions, and identifying training needs. Conduct program planning to ensure adequate resources are available to complete investigations. Collaborate with investigators, attorneys, and law enforcement officials from other jurisdictions to complete investigations, share best practices, or resolve problems. Analyze evidence and intelligence to provide guidance on next steps or tactics to take in an investigation. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use. Must work an average of 50 hour workweek which may include irregular hours, and be on call 24/7, including holidays and weekends. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 4 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Mobility Agreement Required. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. Probationary Period: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you are required to serve a 1 year probationary period during which your fitness & whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote efficiency of service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether continued employment would advance efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Additional Requirements located under qualifications Qualifications Requirements Continued... Required medical standards per DO/RM57, for pre-employment, periodic physical exams, and must participate in Physical Efficiency Battery annually. The incumbent is eligible for Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP). This position requires criminal investigators work, or be available to work, substantial amounts of unscheduled duty eased on the needs of the service. Required to carry firearm, maintain proficiency and must be able to testify in court without restriction. Position is subject to a financial disclosure reporting requirement and you will be required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report. Required to operate a motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. Required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. Must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than 1 year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments. Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments and must be met by the closing date of this announcement. This position is covered by enhanced retirement provisions which stipulate mandatory retirement at age 57 after 20 years of service. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and must not have reached their 37th birthday upon appointment to this position. Exceptions allowed: 1) an applicant has prior Federal service in a primary covered position sufficient to complete 20 years of service on or before the mandatory retirement age of 57; 2) an applicant is a qualified veterans' preference eligible. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/12/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUPERVISORY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR - DEPUTY CHIEF, OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBLITY POSITION: 1. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS - Medical Requirements: The duties of this position requires moderate to arduous physical exertion involving walking and standing, use of firearms, and exposure to inclement weather. Manual dexterity with comparatively free motion of finger, wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, and knee joints is required. Arms, hands, legs, and feet must be sufficiently intact and functioning in order that applicants may perform the duties satisfactorily. Sufficiently good vision in each eye, with or without correction, is required to perform the duties satisfactorily. Near vision, corrective lenses permitted, must be sufficient to read printed material the size of @typewritten characters. Hearing loss, as measured by an audiometer, must not exceed 35 decibels at 1000, 2000, and 3000 Hz levels. Since the duties of this position is exacting and responsible, and involve activities under trying conditions, applicants must possess emotional and mental stability. Any physical condition that would cause the applicant to be a hazard to himself/herself, or others is disqualifying. 2. SELECTIVE FACTORS: Applicants must meet ALL of the following to qualify: Previous Law Enforcement Experience: Prior law enforcement experience, as gained by substantial service in a primary law enforcement officer position or equivalent experience outside the Federal government is a MANDATORY PREREQUISITE for incumbents of these positions. (Experience must be documented in your Resume.) Type I Law Enforcement Commission: Must currently possess or previously held (within the past three years), a FLERT issued Land Management Police Training (LMPT), full Type I Law Enforcement Commission or equivalent; or be qualified to receive a Type I Commission upon appointment. This will be based upon having completed approved NPS training as outlined by policy including Natural Resource Police Training (NRPT), Land Management Police Training Program (LMPT), US Park Police Integrated (USPPI), Uniformed Police Training Program (UPTP), BIA Basic Police Officer Training Program (BIA-BPOTP), or Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP). This is required by the closing date of the announcement. Candidates who do not meet requirements by close of announcement will receive no further consideration. 3. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level, you must possess all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Experience at this level must include all of the following: 1) leading investigations into suspected complex criminal activities (e.g. crossing multiple jurisdictions, involving multiple parties, etc.); 2) providing guidance to other staff on law enforcement/investigative best practices or policies; 3) collaborating with professionals from other jurisdictions to complete law enforcement/investigative assignments; and 4) preparing a variety of reports and documents in support of a criminal or administrative investigation. You must include your resume with hours worked per week annotated. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. 1 year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week. Volunteer Experience: 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. Education There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level of this announcement. Additional Information A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. Open to the first 25 applicants or until 01/12/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate. Physical Demands: As a condition of employment, and on a continuing basis, the incumbent must meet the established physical qualifications for rigorous law enforcement positions, in accordance with National Park Service standards. The work requires long periods of unscheduled duty; intense concentration, emotional and mental strain; and participation in activities under dangerous and trying conditions. Position requires unplanned travel and extensive details in fulfilling investigative responsibilities. The position requires the incumbent maintain a physical capability to perform the duties of the position. These duties include detaining persons of interest, arresting suspects, executing search warrants, performing long periods of surveillance and carrying investigative equipment. The work requires considerable and strenuous physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, walking, and running over rough, rocky, uneven, and hazardous terrain; crawling in restrictive areas such as culverts; climbing over obstacles; and driving all-terrain vehicles cross country and over rough terrain. Working Conditions: Although primarily conducted in an office setting, the work also involves high risk of exposure to potentially dangerous and stressful situations such as: high-speed vehicle pursuits; involvement in physical altercations or the use of lethal weapons; assignments alternating between extremely cold, mountainous terrain and extremely hot, arid deserts; risk of falling, or exposure to fires, explosions, biohazard material, and noxious gases. Safety or security precautions sometimes are necessary and the investigator may have to use special clothing or gear. They may be required to work long and irregular hours, on weekends, nights, and accept changes in shifts and duty stations. Telework: The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
