Supervisory Auditor (Performance)

Director Position With The Higher Education Oversight Team

Help fight fraud and make a difference for America's students, schools, and taxpayers. We're ED OIG, an independent oversight office within ED charged with identifying and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse, and ensuring accountability and effectiveness in ED programs. Often referred to as America's watchdogs, it's the OIG's job to help ensure that the hard-earned tax dollars that fund ED programs and operations are used as intended by law, achieve the desired results, and reach the intended recipients. The OIG conducts audits and reviews of issues involving Federal student aid, K-12 schools, charter schools, special education, career and technical education, adult education, and more. When our work identifies problems, we propose solutions. Our work has resulted in improvements to ED programs and changes to some of the most important Federal education laws in our country. The OIG also conducts criminal and civil investigations into suspected fraudulent activities by schools, colleges, universities, contractors, subcontractors, school officials-any entity or individual that participates in ED programs or receives ED funding. Through our work, we have unraveled multimillion-dollar fraud schemes by people placed in positions of trust to educate our children. We're also on the cutting edge of cybersecurity, using the latest technology and techniques to discover and defeat current and emerging threats from cyber and economic crime. We tackle new and emerging issues head-on and continually work to improve our techniques and capabilities. We consistently expand our expertise by training and developing our staff. This dedication has enabled the OIG to become a leader in the Federal government in the areas of audits, investigations, and fighting cybercrime. Whether you're just entering the workforce or are a seasoned professional, if you're looking for a career rather than just a job, and interested in shaping the next generation of Americans tackling tomorrow's challenges, consider joining our team.

Audit Services is responsible for all audit, inspection, and other activities to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness, and prevent and detect fraud and abuse, in ED programs and operations. To help facilitate its work and meet its functional requirements, Audit Services employs teams that are aligned to provide oversight of assigned functional areas. Each team is managed by a Director and one or more Assistant Directors. This is a Director position with the Higher Education Oversight Team. This team (based in various offices throughout the country) conducts audit-related work focused on Federal higher education programs, including the Federal student aid programs, as well as career and technical education programs.

As a Supervisory Auditor (Performance), GS-0511-15, the incumbent will perform the following duties:

• Plan for and direct reviews, in compliance with applicable professional standards, to identify and reduce fraud, waste, and abuse and promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in ED programs and operations.
• Ensure that team members develop relevant technical skills and expertise in ED programs, activities, and operations specific to their assigned functional area, and that work is accomplished collaboratively in a team environment.
• Direct the preparation and publishing of reports based on sufficient, competent, and relevant evidence collected through the review process; brief OIG senior management and ED officials on findings and recommendations; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the overall effectiveness of the team's work planning activities by applying expert-level knowledge of activities, operational environment, challenges, and opportunities to oversee the development of risk-based project proposals.