Summary
This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, OJS, Indian Police Academy in Artesia, New Mexico. This position is also open to the public under announcement DE-26-13002658-CAWV-SM. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.
Duties
As Instructor (Legal), GS-1701, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Identifying training program needs, development and revision of legal training materials related to law enforcement in Indian Country. Instructing classes and conducts practical evaluations according to pre-established lesson plans/course outlines in such a manner that the students achieve the course objectives. Monitoring and evaluating the performance of students participating in classroom, laboratory, practical exercises, and academic/remedial examinations. Is assigned duties as class coordinator for on-site and field training programs. These duties include supervising students, class scheduling, class evaluation, and all areas of logistics involved in conducting a law enforcement training program. Serving on all curriculum review committees, which will involve making oral and written presentation in a clear and concise manner. Make recommendations on subject matter issues and time allotments for each area of instruction.
Education
If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement. If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION
How you will be evaluated
Your application package will be evaluated against the minimum qualification requirements specified above. In order to qualify, your resume must specifically describe your work history and the duties you performed in each position. Your resume will be evaluated after the closing date of 09/14/2026 to determine whether you meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, including structured resume review and structured interview. These assessments measure the critical competencies required to successfully perform the job. Administration and Management Education and Training Legal, Government and Jurisprudence Oral Communication Planning and Evaluating Writing Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (Title 25, USC, Section 472). Verification Form BIA-4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference. Indian Preference eligibles not currently employed in Federal service may be appointed under the Excepted Service Appointment Authority Schedule A, 213.3112(a)(7). Consideration will be given to Non-Indian applicants in the absence of qualified Indian Preference eligibles. For more information, please visit: https://www.bia.gov/jobs. DUE WEIGHT FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS AND AWARDS. For Current and Former Federal Employees, due weight will be given for performance and awards. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, please submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level. REVIEW BEFORE YOU SUBMIT: You may preview the assessment questions here in the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13000941.