
GENERAL INVESTIGATOR
Department of the Navy/Assistant for Administration
Washington Navy Yard, DCJobSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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The General Investigator serves in OFFNAVINSGEN Washington, DC, handling allegations of misconduct or reprisal involving senior officials and other individuals of special interest. The role maintains accountability for incoming information, conducts interviews, prepares investigation reports, and coordinates with investigative personnel and offices across the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy. Qualifications describe specialized investigative experience at the GS-12 or GS-13 level, depending on grade.
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Summary You will serve as a GENERAL INVESTIGATOR in the OFFNAVINSGEN WASHINGTON DC. Responsibilities You will maintain a system for receipts and accountability of information regarding alleged misconduct and/or reprisal by senior officials and other individuals of special interest. You will conduct interviews with subjects, witnesses, and complainants. You will produce professionally competent written reports of investigation. You will establish and maintain communication and coordination with other investigative personnel and offices with DOD and DON. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications GS-14: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience conducting and managing sensitive and complex credibility determinations or investigative inquiries and performing higher level reviews of critical cases Experience working the IG hotline and military whistleblower reprisal investigations into allegations on a wide variety of matters concerning military and civilian senior officials GS-13: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience conducting and managing sensitive and complex credibility determinations or investigative inquiries Experience working the IG hotline and military whistleblower reprisal investigations into allegations on a wide variety of matters concerning military and civilian senior officials. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education Additional Information Certain incentives (such as Recruitment and Relocation Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. PCS is not authorized. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.
How this job compares
Set against the 691 open Investigator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–104K/yr393 salary ranges
- US median$26–28/hr76 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 26 open Investigator jobs in Washington, D.C. and 691 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Investigator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 482 postings).
- Education
- 184 of the 691 open Investigator jobs (27%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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