Description

Are you an investigative leader ready to elevate your career into the Federal Senior Executive Service (SES) and direct highvisibility, enterprisewide accountability initiatives? 

The VA’s Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP) is seeking an Executive Director to lead the Investigations Directorate, which shares responsibility for implementing OAWP’s mission of promoting and improving accountability across the VA. The Executive Director for Investigations (EDI) directly contributes to strengthening trust in the VA by ensuring fair, transparent, and rigorous investigative processes. This is a pivotal leadership role for professionals committed to protecting whistleblowers, elevating accountability, and strengthening organizational integrity across one of the nation’s largest Federal agencies whose critical mission is to serve those who have served our country.

Key Responsibilities

 Reporting directly to the Deputy Assistant Secretary, the EDI leads the Investigations Directorate which includes the Intake and Referral Division, Investigations Division, and the Investigative Attorney Division, and among other things will:

• Oversee all OAWP investigative functions, ensuring independence, timeliness, statutory compliance, and high-quality outcomes.
• Direct national-level investigative policies and programs impacting the more than 400,000 VA employees and other stakeholders.
• Ensure investigations into misconduct and other allegations against VA’s senior leaders, and allegations of whistleblower retaliation against any VA supervisor, are conducted objectively, efficiently, and in accordance with applicable standards.
• Strengthen cross-agency relationships, including coordination with VA leadership, OIG, Congress, and other oversight entities.

Ideal Candidate

This opportunity is best suited for senior leaders with:

• Demonstrated executive experience managing large-scale investigative programs, including supervision of attorneys and investigators.
• Substantial expertise with administrative investigations, whistleblower retaliation law, and significant misconduct inquiries.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, set strategic direction, and produce high-quality, legally sound investigative work products.
• Strong qualifications under the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Technical Qualifications (TQs) for the SES.
• Experience supervising investigative attorneys is highly desirable. 

For more information or to apply, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/875805700. All applications must be submitted by midnight on July 27, 2026.