Duties

Summary

The OIG conducts inspections, investigations, audits, and special inquiries in offices, bureaus, missions, and overseas posts of the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for Global Media. It conducts assessments of how effectively U.S. foreign policy is being implemented. It also assesses the efficiency and economy of activities and operations, security standards, and intelligence operations. It coordinates and leads inquiries into allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement.

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Responsibilities

The incumbent of this position will serve as the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Evaluations and Special Projects (DAIG for ESP) and is responsible for assisting in the management of complex and sensitive cases that involve matters such as whistleblower retaliation, misconduct by high-level Department and USAGM employees, and issues with significant public and congressional attention.

The DAIG assists the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in providing executive leadership over the Office of Evaluations and Special Projects (ESP). The executive helps to oversee the planning, conducting, and writing of all ESP products, which include whistleblower investigations, responses to congressional inquiries, reviews of allegations of misconduct by senior officials, and evaluations of issues with significant public and congressional attention.

The position includes the following responsibilities:

• Assign and directly supervise ESP's evaluations, reviews, and investigations and ensure that all matters are conducted with the highest degree of professionalism, objectivity, and fairness and in accordance with any relevant professional standards.
• Review potential investigative matters and requests for OIG work and advise the AIG and the Inspector General on recommended courses of action.
• Assess legal, factual, and policy conclusions that arise in ESP's evaluations and investigations, which typically involves the interpretation and application of complex Federal statutes, regulations, and policies.
• Assist the AIG in reviewing draft reports by proposing substantive, organizational, and editorial recommendations before the reports are submitted to OIG leadership for their review.
• Work effectively with Department of State and U.S. Agency for Global Media offices whose programs or personnel are the subjects of ESP evaluations and reviews.
• Represent the AIG at meetings when required and work closely with other senior staff on a range of matters, including preparation of material required for reports and congressional requests.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - Occasional domestic and overseas travel may be required.

Supervisory status
Yes

Promotion Potential
00

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Requires a financial disclosure statement, SF-278.
• One year probationary period, unless excepted by regulation
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Applicants must be a current member of a bar in good standing in any state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Qualifications

Unless you are currently serving under a career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program approved by OPM, you must submit a narrative statement covering each of the Executive Core Qualifications (last five questions). All applicants must submit a narrative statement covering each of the Technical Qualification questions in order to receive consideration for the position.

To view additional information on the proper preparation of Executive Core Qualification statements available on the Office of Personnel Management's website please click here.

When responding to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications, you must clearly show that you possess the experience, knowledge, skills and ability to perform the duties of this position by submitting narrative responses in which you detail your experience in each of the Technical Qualifications and the Executive Core Qualifications.

Your examples should be clear and emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments with results of your actions, policy initiatives and level of contacts. You should limit your narrative to two pages per Mandatory Technical Qualification and Executive Core Qualification.

Applicants who use "see resume" as a response will not receive consideration for the position.

All applicants must address each of the MTQs in order to receive consideration for this position.

You must address the MTQs separately (as a separate document) and NOT through the Questionnaire Portion of the application process.

After preparing your MTQs, please upload them in the document upload section under "additional documentation."

For this position ALL applicants must address each of the following MTQs:

• Demonstrated experience in conducting reviews, evaluations, or investigations of federal agency programs and operations, to include interviewing witnesses; collecting, reviewing, and analyzing relevant documents; and integrating documentary, testimonial, and legal sources in a final product.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing written documents that address relevant issues in a well-organized manner that present logical, supported, and well-reasoned findings and recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, organizing, assigning, and reviewing work, including working on multiple competing projects where frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events/situations arise that cause major shifts in priorities, timetables, or work assignments.

IF YOU DO NOT POSSESS THE MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOU MAY BE CONSIDERED INELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION.

Education

See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements, if applicable.

Additional information

EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PROGRAM (E-Verify) - U.S. law requires organizations to employ only individuals who may legally work in the United States - either U.S. citizens, or foreign citizens who have the necessary authorization. This agency utilizes E-Verify to compare information from the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) records to confirm employment eligibility. If the employee's information does not match DHS and/or SSA records, the employee is given an opportunity to resolve the problem. If eligibility cannot be verified, employment will be terminated.

For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or ReasonableAccommodations@state.gov.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

An Executive Review Board (ERB) and Review Panel (RP) consisting of senior officials will rate applicants based on the quality and extent of total accomplishments, experience and education. The ERB and RP will determine the degree to which candidates possess the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQ) requirements of the position and the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) requirements. Among the factors the ERB and RP will consider in determining the applicant's relative capacity and fitness for the position are education, training, experience and demonstrated executive level qualifications. The ERB and RP will rate your application against each of ECQs and MTQs to determine the best qualified candidates. Candidates determined to be the best qualified will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration for the position.

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Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Top Secret

Drug test required
No

Required Documents

If you are currently serving under a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the career SES, or have successfully completed an SES Candidate Development Program approved by OPM, you must submit proof of non-competitive eligibility, i.e., conversion to career SES SF-50 or SES Certificate. You must attach a copy of a SF-50 "Notice of Personnel Action" that verifies status or eligibility. If the SF-50 is not attached, THEN YOU MUST ADDRESS THE ECQs or you may lose consideration. All required documents must be submitted to our automated system "Gateway to State" prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, on the closing date of this announcement.

ALL CANDIDATES (INCLUDING CURRENT AND REINSTATEMENT SES) MUST PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE MTQs.

You must upload your responses in the "additional documentation" section of the application process.

All required documents listed below, that are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automated system "Gateway to State" by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.

Resume - Your resume should contain the required information as specified in the "How You Will Be Evaluated" section. Insufficient information will result in an ineligible rating.

A completed online job specific self-assessment questionnaire (ECQs) through the Department's automated system "Gateway to State".

Proof of bar membership

Current, former, and non-competitive Federal employees must submit SF-50s (Notification of Personnel Action) that show: effective date, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Examples include promotion and within-grade increase actions. Award SF-S0s often do not show this information. Multiple SF-S0s may be needed to show all information.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.