Supervisory Criminal Investigator (Branch Chief, Emerging Threats Center)

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Washington, D.C. seeks a Supervisory Criminal Investigator (GS-14) to lead the Emerging Threats Center and contribute to multi-jurisdictional operations.

The role requires directing investigations, coordinating analytic efforts, and guiding teams within NFTC and OIO. The position emphasizes leadership, program evaluation, and effective communication with senior agency officials across multiple jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• Leading and supervising a team.
• Evaluating programs to analyze, evaluate and improve effectiveness and efficiency of operations.
• Communicating with senior officials across Federal, State, Local, and Private law enforcement agencies.

Skills

Leadership

Program evaluation

Interagency communication

Job description

This position is located in the Office of Intelligence Operations (OIO), National Firearms Trafficking Center (NFTC). The Emerging Threats Center (ETC) conducts and coordinates multi-jurisdictional operations and provides investigative direction to disrupt and dismantle online criminal activity within the enforcement and regulatory jurisdiction of ATF. The ETC uses investigative and analytic techniques to identify domestic and international offenders and the associations among them.

To qualify for the Supervisory Criminal Investigator position at the GS-14 grade level, candidates must also have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-13) by the closing date of this announcement. Specialized experience is demonstrated experience, which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. Experience must be in the normal line of progression or must be related to the work of the position advertised and must be reflected in resume.

Specialized experience must include all of:

• Providing leadership and supervision to a team;
• AND Evaluating programs or projects to analyze, evaluate and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of operations;
• AND Communicating with all levels of management to include senior officials of any Federal, State, Local, and Private law enforcement agencies.

Please do not cut and paste the position description or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume, as this will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Your resume and experience must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating. See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume.