No, TVA OIG does not pay based on the general schedule. Annual benchmarking is completed to ensure that there is alignment between TVA OIG salaries and the overall job market. This helps keep our salaries competitive, and promotes equity and fairness.
Yes, provided there is no break in service, TVA OIG will grant federal service credit to new hires that transfer directly from another federal agency. We will review other prior federal service to determine if it qualifies toward your federal service date for your leave accrual.
Qualifying military service may impact your federal service time for leave accrual purposes. We will review the service time, and if applicable, your service date will be updated to give you service credit for leave accrual purposes.
TVA OIG participates in the benefit and retirement plans available to all TVA employees. One exception is federal employees’ group life insurance (FEGLI) which can be purchased at the time of hire or transfer. Additionally, if you are a federal transfer, you would stay in your federal retirement program, and will no longer retain FEHB coverage.
No, independence is one of our core values and behaviors. It is important that the OIG performs its work and reports results free from outside influence or conflict of interest. For this reason, all hiring and pay decisions are made internally, within the OIG.
This varies, as each position has unique screening requirements. We strive to provide a status update within 2 weeks after submitting an application and are committed to providing updates as soon as possible at various points throughout the screening process. On average, our cycle time from position posting to new hire start date is approximately 90 days.
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Adam Inklebarger is the Recruiter for all OIG positions. You can contact him at arinklebarger@tvaoig.gov or via phone at (865) 633-7406.
Yes! We are constantly looking for ways to improve our recruiting process which includes our website, the information in our job postings, and how we interact with our applicants and interviewees. We also gather information to help us measure the success of our recruiting process and to make sure that we are hiring the best people. Please take a few moments to respond when you receive our survey; it helps us continuously improve.
The majority of TVA OIG employees work in our Audits and Evaluations department as an Auditor, or in our Investigations department as a Special Agent. We are always reviewing resumes for these positions, and if you are interested in one of these roles, please visit the Our Jobs page for instructions on how to send us your resume.
TVA OIG has employees in four offices: Knoxville, TN; Chattanooga, TN; Nashville, TN; and Huntsville, AL. The majority of our employees work in either Knoxville or Chattanooga.