Description:
The mission of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is to ensure the security of retirement, health and other workplace related benefits of American workers and their families. Each office initiates, executes, and coordinates civil/criminal investigations of alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and conducts investigations of all types of employee benefit plans.This position is outside the bargaining unit.
Requirements:
You must meet the Specialized Experience to qualify for Supervisory Employee Benefits Investigator, as described below.
For GS-1801-14: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-13, in the Federal Service.
Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.
Qualifying specialized experience includes working with:
- EBSA programs (Enforcement, Exemptions, Compliance Assistance, Outreach and Education, or Participant Assistance) and priorities;
- the civil laws administered by other DOL, Federal and State agencies which impact health benefit plan activities and health coverage;
- investigative methodology, auditing and accounting systems, the health benefit industry, and benefit claims processing;
- regulatory requirements and sub-regulatory guidance of ERISA including the group health plan requirements under part 7 as amended by HIPAA, MHPA, MHPAEA, WHRCA, Newborn's Act, GINA, Michelle's Law, CHIPRA and the Affordable Care Act; or
- analyzing and measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal, health, or other enforcement programs.