Job Details

Victim Specialist: Non-Indian Country Locations

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking to hire Victim Specialists. You may be selected and considered for our current Victim Specialist vacancies. Relocation may be required.

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. The services provided can include crisis intervention directed toward deescalating a situation, establishing physical and emotional safety, providing concrete/basic needs assessments, identifying emergency needs, and empowering the victim's ability to make choices regarding possible courses of action.

Locations are listed in the application and you will have the opportunity to choose up to 3 location preferences when you apply to this posting.

Key Requirements:

• 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

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.

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.

Qualifications and Evaluations: Please ensure that your specialized experience and requirements are clearly identifiable in your resume. 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. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Competencies:

• Collaboration
• Interpersonal Ability
• Leadership
• Organizing and Planning
• Communication
• Behavior and Social Sciences
• Flexibility/Adaptability

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. or 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.

Specialized Experience (SE): 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.