Supervisory Criminal Investigator (Internal Affairs Chief)

Job TitleResponsible for the overall development and management of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Internal Affairs program whose primary responsibility is to review and investigate all external and internal complaints against BIA/Tribal law enforcement officers, detention officers and non-commissioned staff. Ensure all investigations are properly conducted and documented within prescribed guidelines regarding time-frames, deadlines, formats, and submitted to the proper jurisdictional authorities for disciplinary action, prosecution or further action, to include exoneration, along with development and management of the Background Investigation Unit with responsibility to conduct employment suitability investigations for tribal law enforcement and correction personnel and communication of results to BIA-OJS and Tribal leadership. Directly supervise and manage Supervisory Criminal Investigators, Non-Supervisory criminal investigators, and administrative support personnel. Daily supervision includes managing a federal criminal investigation program by overseeing the following: Intake and Classification of all complaints, assign and monitor the progress of internal affairs investigations, provide proper guidance to Supervisory Criminal Investigators (that promote completion of thorough investigations and produce quality investigative reports that meet required time frames and deadlines), and develop and implement communication strategies with BIA-OJS District Offices and Tribal Leadership on the status of investigations and patterns of misconduct. Other responsibilities include: evaluate performance standards of Supervisory Criminal Investigators and Criminal Investigators, assign duty schedules, grant leave, implement corrective action on employees with performance deficiencies, resolve complaints, and identify training needs. Establish and maintain effective communication with Federal, local, state, and Tribal law enforcement agencies regarding complaints of misconduct, status of internal affairs investigations, responses to internal affairs complaints, internal affairs training, and patterns of misconduct. Testify in Federal, tribal, and state courts on criminal matters arising from internal affairs investigations, federal civil litigation, and at personnel disciplinary/adverse personnel hearings. Plan, organize, coordinate and recommend national internal affairs policy/training initiatives and/or changes as a result of systemic problems identified during internal affairs investigations throughout Indian country.