USPS Office of Inspector General

The employee participates in and makes contributions to management decisions in assigned program areas. Applies a wide range of audit evaluation concepts, laws, policies, practices, analytical, and diagnostic methods and techniques to address substantive technical issues or problems characterized by complex, controversial, and/or sensitive matters that contain several inter-related issues.

• Performs all necessary functions of an audit, individually and as a member of an audit team, with limited oversight in accordance with OIG policies and procedures and Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards.
• Plans audits by considering organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; preparing audit scope and objectives.
• Develops individual audit programs and plans including functional responsibilities; specific project assignments; audit objectives and requirements; advanced field work knowledge, skills and abilities; references; formats for data display and reports; and special instructions covering contingencies.
• Ensures audit plans address the objectives and provide a clear path for developing convincing findings and actionable recommendations.
• Executes data collection efforts, ensuring that evidence collected is reliable, sufficient, relevant, and properly documented in the project work papers.
• Reviews and interprets complex documents such as financial documents, policies, standard operating procedures, and contracts to determine accuracy in accordance with procedures, internal directives and regulatory requirements.
• Selects and applies appropriate quantitative and qualitative analytical methods and tools to collect, arrange, process, and present data, develop conclusions; and make recommendations.
• Uses critical thinking, data analytics, and applied logic to discern meaning of and interpret data, identify risks, evaluate strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, develop novel approaches to problems, and reach insightful conclusions.
• Produces audit documentation such as internal review reports, management agreements, followup assessment reports, findings, corrective and preventive action plans, internal review scopes of work, policies, standard operating procedures, process flow charts, and work instructions, to effectively communicate to internal and external stakeholders.

The Student Cooperative Program is available for continuous employment throughout the year, while enrolled in school.This position is being advertised at the Administrative Band level. The base salary range for this position is $14.43-$17.44/hour. Locality Pay is authorized.Sophomore $14.43 per hour plus locality payJunior/Senior $15.39 per hour plus locality payGraduate or Law Student $17.44 per hour plus locality payPlease note that the duties and responsibilities associated with this position may vary based upon the area of assignment. The following description of major duties and responsibilities is only intended to give applicants a general overview of the expectations.The student cooperative performs specialized duties with continuing responsibility for projects, questions, or issues that arise in the area of assignment/curriculum. Each assignment typically consists of a series of related actions or decisions prior to final completion.

• Addresses a wide variety of problems or situations common to the segment of the program or function to which the employee is assigned. Decisions or recommendations are based on the development and evaluation of information that comes from various sources.
• Identifies and studies factors or conditions and determines their interrelationships as appropriate to the defined area of work.
• Takes or recommends actions that are consistent with the objectives and requirements of the program or functions.
• Recognizes the dimensions of the problems involved, collects the necessary information, establishes the facts, and takes or recommends action based upon application or interpretation of established guidelines.

The USPS OIG is seeking a highly qualified applicant to fill our Criminal Investigator position within the Office of Investigation, Western Area Field Office Team located in Tucson, AZ. Specifically, this criminal investigator will conduct investigations focused on employees who would utilize the US Mail system to facilitate the transportation, delivery and/or sale of illicit drugs. Must have experience planning, conducting and leading Federal criminal, civil and administrative investigations.

The USPS OIG is seeking a highly qualified applicant to fill our Criminal Investigator position within the Office of Investigation, Western Area Field Office Team located in New York (Manhattan), NY or Edison, NJ.  Position will be responsible for covering territory within the West Chester County, NY area to the Albany, NY area.  The successful candidate will conduct investigations focused on employees who would utilize the US Mail system to facilitate the transportation, delivery and/or sale of illicit drugs.