Superintendent, Inspector General

What does the Superintendent, Inspector General career field do?

Advises the Inspector General on implementing the Inspection System, Complaints Resolution Program, and Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) at FOA/DRUs, wings/deltas and wing/deltas equivalents, MAJCOMs, and Headquarters Air Force.

Duties and responsibilities

• Senior Enlisted Leader/Advisor to the Inspector General. Plans, conducts, and monitors IG activities. Advises on management of FOA/DRU, Wing/Delta, NAF, MAJCOM, and Secretary of the Air Force Office of the Inspector General. Assist IG on overall operation, administration, and management of inspections, Complaints Resolution, and FWA Program.
• Organizes IG activities. Develops, establishes, and controls methods and procedures to implement IG policies and programs. Provides oversight and policy guidance concerning IG program, plans, requirements, management, education, and awareness initiatives.
• Provides IG inspection support. Maintains liaison with the Wing/Delta IG, wing/delta inspection team members, MAJCOM/FLDCOM IG and SAF/IG as appropriate to receive, process, refer, and manage inspection information, resources, assets, and activities to support operation and management of the Department of the Air Force’s Inspection and Complaints Resolution and FWA Programs. Serves as liaison within the functional community as well as with Gatekeepers as required.

Specialty qualifications

Knowledge. Knowledge of Air Force readiness and compliance objectives, enlisted leadership and management concepts and their relationship to mission accomplishment is mandatory.

Education. Must possess an associate’s degree or higher from a nationally or regionally accredited academic institution or be able to obtain an associate’s degree within 12 months of assuming position (24 months for AFRC/ANG). Must be current in all professional military education commensurate with current grade.

Training. Completion of the Air Force Inspector General Training Course-Inspections and Inspector General Training Course-Complaints Resolution are mandatory IAW DAFI 90-302 and DAFI 90-301 timelines Exception: Training requirements for AFRC personnel assigned to 8I000 positions are at the discretion of HQ AFRC/IG.

Experience. Must be the minimum grade of E-7. Previous IG experience at the unit, wing/delta, or MAJCOM/FLDCOM highly desired.

Other.

• For entry into this specialty:
• Demonstrated ability to prepare written reports.
• Recommendation by unit commander.
• No Unfavorable Information File or open IG investigations.
• Must possess current Secret (minimum) security clearance IAW DoDM 5200.02, DAFMAN 16-1405, Air Force Personnel Security Program.
• For entry and retention of this specialty, must meet requirements listed in AFI 90-302, The Air Force Inspection Program and AFI90-301, Inspector General Complaints Resolution.
• For award and retention of AFSC 8I000, must maintain local network access IAW AFI 17-130, Cybersecurity Program Management and AFMAN 17-1301, Computer Security.

Utilization note (RegAF only):

• Award of this SDI is only authorized when an airman is filling a funded 8I000 Unit Manpower Document (UMD) authorization. When the member is filling a valid 8I000 UMD authorization, 8I000 is authorized as the awarded (secondary, third or fourth), Control and Duty AFSC. Once the member is no longer filling a valid 8I000 UMD authorization, 8I000 is no longer authorized as the Control and Duty AFSC, but will remain as an awarded (secondary, third or fourth) AFSC IAW DAFMAN 36-2100, unless the member is disqualified from the SDI then it will not remain as an awarded AFSC. Further, 8I000 is not authorized for award as the PAFSC when filling a funded 8I000 UMD authorization unless incumbent has no other awarded AFSCs. Airmen performing 8I000 duties, but not filling a funded 8I000 UMD authorization will have no change in their awarded, control and duty AFSCs. Ensure airmen employed outside of their CAFSC are managed IAW DAFMAN 36-2100, Military Classification, Technical Training and Retraining. Use Outside of Control AFSC. All 8I000 positions are to be filled strictly via local hire with the exception of locations that have SMSgt authorizations. Only eligible personnel, already collocated at an installation with a valid 8I000 UMD position will be considered to fill these positions. EQUAL-Plus Ads and Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves will not be authorized in an effort to fill 8I000 positions unless local hire process garners no qualified applicants and an ETP has been approved by AFPC/DPPAM.

Civilian career paths

Comparable civilian careers for this field pay roughly $71,690–$130,000 per year (median salaries; varies by role and location):

• Compliance Managers: $128,620
• Compliance Officers: $71,690
• Human Resources Managers: $130,000
• Management Analysts: $95,290
• Quality Control Systems Managers: $107,560
• Regulatory Affairs Specialists: $71,690