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Duties

Responsible for the overall development and management of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Internal Affairs program whose primary responsibility is to review and investigate all external and internal complaints against BIA/Tribal law enforcement officers, detention officers and non-commissioned staff. Ensure all investigations are properly conducted and documented within prescribed guidelines regarding time-frames, deadlines, formats, and submitted to the proper jurisdictional authorities for disciplinary action, prosecution or further action, to include exoneration, along with development and management of the Background Investigation Unit with responsibility to conduct employment suitability investigations for tribal law enforcement and correction personnel and communication of results to BIA-OJS and Tribal leadership. Directly supervise and manage Supervisory Criminal Investigators, Non-Supervisory criminal investigators, and administrative support personnel. Daily supervision includes managing a federal criminal investigation program by overseeing the following: Intake and Classification of all complaints, assign and monitor the progress of internal affairs investigations, provide proper guidance to Supervisory Criminal Investigators (that promote completion of thorough investigations and produce quality investigative reports that meet required time frames and deadlines), and develop and implement communication strategies with BIA-OJS District Offices and Tribal Leadership on the status of investigations and patterns of misconduct. Other responsibilities include: evaluate performance standards of Supervisory Criminal Investigators and Criminal Investigators, assign duty schedules, grant leave, implement corrective action on employees with performance deficiencies, resolve complaints, and identify training needs. Establish and maintain effective communication with Federal, local, state, and Tribal law enforcement agencies regarding complaints of misconduct, status of internal affairs investigations, responses to internal affairs complaints, internal affairs training, and patterns of misconduct. Testify in Federal, tribal, and state courts on criminal matters arising from internal affairs investigations, federal civil litigation, and at personnel disciplinary/adverse personnel hearings. Plan, organize, coordinate and recommend national internal affairs policy/training initiatives and/or changes as a result of systemic problems identified during internal affairs investigations throughout Indian country.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards ). MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE GS-14: 1 year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level managing and supervising uniformed police and criminal investigators involved with operations; planning, organizing, and administering activities for a law enforcement organization to include management of human and financial resources; representing an organization among different jurisdictions; and formulating and revising law enforcement policies and guidelines. FIREARMS REQUIREMENT: This position requires that the incumbent meet initial and continuing qualifications in the use of firearms as outlined in the Gun Control Act of 1968, amended by the Lautenberg Amendment of 1996. An applicant whose background includes any of the following will be ineligible for consideration: 1) convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year; 2) has any outstanding warrants or is a fugitive from justice; 3) unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance; 4) adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution; 5) illegally or unlawfully in the United States; 6) renounced U. S. citizenship; 7) subject to a court-ordered restraining order from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child; or 8) convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS: The duties of positions in this series require 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 these positions are 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. NOTE: To be eligible for Secondary Law Enforcement Coverage, you must 1) move directly from a federal Primary/Rigorous position; 2) complete 3 years of service in a primary/rigorous position, and; 3) must be continuously employed in a secondary position(s) since moving from a primary/rigorous position. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472).

Other Information

All new hires earn the beginning salary of their pay grade (Step 1). See 2026 Salary Tables and select the pay chart for Albuquerque, New Mexico; Muskogee, Oklahoma. If no specific chart is listed for this geographic location, see the "rest of U.S." chart. The probationary or trial 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 the efficiency of the 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 your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period 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 or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your [probationary period -OR- trial period] your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position. Under provision of the Civil Service Reform Act, first-time supervisors are required to serve a one year supervisory probationary period before their appointment becomes final. Those who do not satisfactorily complete this probationary period will be returned to positions of no lower grade and pay than those they occupied before assuming their supervisory assignment.