About This Position
FBI Victim Specialists assist people who have suffered direct physical, emotional, or financial harm as a result of being identified as a victim of a federal crime. Victim Specialists provide services in a wide range of violations that include but are not exclusive to violent, civil rights, cyber and white-collar crime. Victim Specialists provide information on victimization, crime prevention, legal rights and protections, the criminal justice process, and rereferrals for services.
Qualifications
GS 11: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level. SE is: Collaborated within a law enforcement, prosecutorial, or victim services agency to provide crisis intervention resources to victims who have suffered direct physical, emotional, or financial harm as a result of a violent crime. GS 12: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level.
SE is: Collaborated within a law enforcement, prosecutorial, or victim services agency to provide crisis intervention resources to victims who have suffered direct physical, emotional, or financial harm as a result of a violent crime. Maintained relationships with local, state, and federal agencies and victim assistance organizations to ensure adequate emergency resources and partner engagement. Assisted with the development and implementation of educational or training activities to speak with groups about issues related to victims of crime.
Major Duties
Provides direct assistance services to persons who have suffered direct physical, emotional, or financial harm as a result of a violent crime. Contacts victims, conducts needs assessments and develops an action plan for immediate and on-going services as indicated by the needs assessment. Provides crisis intervention services, which are directed toward de-escalating a situation, establishes physical and emotional safety, and provides concrete/basic needs services, emergency needs and reinforcing the victim's ability to make choices regarding possible courses of action.
Ensures FBI Adherence to the Attorney General Guidelines and establishment and adoption of best practices for victim assistance. Maintains involvement either through outreach or membership on multidisciplinary teams, with local agencies that provide services to federal crime victims. Develops and implements trainings and presentations related to victim concerns and coordination with other federal, state, local, tribal and territorial law enforcement agencies, health, social services, schools, and advocacy organizations.
Conditions of Employment
Must be a U.S. citizen Must have (or be able to obtain) a valid driver's license Must be able to obtain a Top Secret-SCI clearance Travel will be required for victim assistance, special deployment, and/or conferences/training ALL applicants must verify completion of the basic education requirement by submitting a copy of college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Selective Placement Factor: The Victim Services Division requires applicants to possess a minimum of 3 years of full-time work experience in which the applicant is providing direct services to Indian Country victims of violent crimes, severe trauma, acts of terrorism, and fraud. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The work is generally sedentary, but may also involve driving short and long distances, standing (for hours), and working at crime scenes.
Work sometimes involves dealing with highly emotional and angry individuals. WORK ENVIRONMENT Work is partially office-based, but also requires being present at the scene of crimes, and/or at agencies providing assistance to victims, long hours, and long-term, repeated exposure to the injury and psychological trauma of victims of crime. May be required to be on call 24/7, responding afterhours and on weekends.
Education
All degrees must be from an accredited college or university. Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows: Degree must be in behavioral or social science, or a discipline related to the victim assistance field. GS 11: Education may be substituted for Specialized Experience if Applicant has a Ph.D.
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equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. GS 12: Education may not be substituted for specialized experience at these grade levels. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
Basic Requirement Bachelor's degree (or higher) in behavioral or social science, or a discipline related to the victim assistance field, including but not limited to: Criminal Justice, Social Work, Counseling, Human Services, Psychology, Sociology, Victimology, Gender and Women Studies.
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Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
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Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
How You Will Be Evaluated
Your application will be evaluated using the FBI's Candidate Rating Procedures.
Your resume and supporting documents will be reviewed to verify that you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement and will be compared against your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.
Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. If you are found minimally qualified, your application will move forward to additional phases of the review process. The competencies will be used in a Structured Resume Review to objectively evaluate applicant resumes. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather you must describe in your resume how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the competencies identified below.
Your resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies. Competencies: Collaboration Interpersonal Ability Leadership Organizing and Planning Communication Behavior and Social Sciences Flexibility/Adaptability
Additional Information
In order to be considered for this position, applicants must respond to the following selective placement factor question. All qualifying experience MUST be provided within your resume to be considered.
How to Apply
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Required Documents
To apply to this position, interested applicants must provide a complete application package by the closing date which includes: Utilizing the Resume Builder, outline your relevant work experience and associated start and end dates. Uploaded resumes will not be reviewed or used for qualification purposes. A complete assessment questionnaire Other supporting documents (if applicable): College transcripts, if qualifying based on education or if there is a positive education requirement Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50; not applicable to current FBI employees Most recent Performance Appraisal; not applicable to current FBI employees Veterans: DD 214; Disabled Veterans: DD 214, SF-15, and VA letter dated 1991 or later Memorandum for Record (MFR): Work performed outside assigned duties (that would not normally be documented on an SF-50, i. e., back-up duties), has to be documented in detail by an immediate supervisor in order to receive full credit for amount of time worked in that position.
If no documentation is furnished no credit will be given for time worked in that position. The following notations must be specified in the documentation: Percent of time worked in the particular position (cannot conflict with main duties. The month/year work began Frequency worked (i.e., daily, monthly, etc.) Specific duties performed