Job Title: Seized Property Specialist
Department: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations
Job Responsibilities:
As a Seized Property Specialist at the full performance level, the primary responsibilities include:
- Providing custody, management, and disposition of seized or forfeited property.
- Overseeing the receipt, security, and transportation of various types of seized or forfeited property, such as controlled substances, currency, and firearms.
- Witnessing or supervising the destruction of seized or forfeited property, including narcotics.
- Arranging for the transfer or temporary safekeeping of seized or forfeited property prior to its release for storage and disposition to a contractor.
Education and Experience Information:
For the GS-09 grade level, candidates must possess one of the following:
- Experience: One year of specialized experience at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent, which includes providing support to a seized property management function by locating physical storage facilities, accounting for seized property through an automated system, and preparing reports for management or court cases.
- Education: A master's degree (or equivalent graduate degree such as .) or two academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
- Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed education and experience, calculated using the candidate's resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with the application.
For the GS-11 grade level, candidates must possess one of the following:
- Experience: One year of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent, which includes assisting with providing custody, management, and disposition of seized and forfeited property by overseeing their receipt, security, transportation, and review of appraised value; and assisting with determining liens, quick-sale, storage, inventory, maintenance, modification, refurbishment, upgrade, and final disposition of seized and forfeited property.
- Education: A . or equivalent doctoral degree or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
- Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed education and experience, calculated using the candidate's resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with the application.
Salary Information:
The salary range for this position is $61,111 - $120,157 per year. The actual salary will be based on the applicable locality pay for the selected duty location. The position is classified under the GS 9 - 11 pay scale and grade.
Additional Information:
- This is a non-bargaining unit position.
- The position is open to various groups, including federal employees in competitive service, veterans, military spouses, individuals with disabilities, and others as specified.
- Applicants must be . citizens, successfully pass a background investigation and a drug screen, and meet time in grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
- The position requires the selectee to carry a firearm, and applicants must have a valid driver's license prior to the final job offer.
- The position is full-time and permanent, with a work schedule of full-time and a promotion potential up to grade 11.
- The position requires occasional travel and does not offer relocation expenses reimbursement.
- Applicants must complete an Assessment Questionnaire and submit the required documentation by the closing date of the announcement, which is August 31, 2025.
- The Department of Homeland Security encourages applications from persons with disabilities and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and various employee development opportunities.
- The position is subject to E-Verify, suitability and background investigations, and drug testing as per DHS guidelines.
