Sworn Agent Positions
Recruitment and Selection
Applicant inquiries should be directed to the North Carolina Department of Justice Personnel Section. Applications should not be forwarded to the SBI. Applications for SBI Special Agent Trainee positions will only be accepted by the Department of Justice Personnel Section and during a specified recruitment time period. Applications do not remain on file from one recruitment time period to the next. The recruitment time period will be established as vacancies occur. SBI job vacancies are listed on the Internet, the DOJ Personnel Section Job Line, the Employment Security Commission and usually in local libraries. For more information, click on the link below.
Employment Requirements/Agreement
- Must be a responsible and law abiding citizen of the United States with high moral character and personal integrity.
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- Must have a four-year degree or an advanced degree from a resident college/university certified by one of the six Regional Accreditation Associations.
- Must have, or be eligible for, a valid North Carolina Driver's License.
- Successfully complete a comprehensive background investigation including
contacts with references, employers, co-workers, close personal associates,
etc., and review of driving record, credit history, criminal history, and
service in the military.
- Successfully complete a pre-employment polygraph, psychological evaluation,
medical examination, and urinalysis drug test.
- Accept employment under one (1) year probationary status, which includes
successful completion of the SBI Special Agent Academy, approximately six
(6) months in duration.
- Accept permanent assignment anywhere within North Carolina.
- Accept temporary assignments anywhere or anytime.
- Accept job responsibility in any area of criminal investigations, homicide,
burglary, arson, drugs, etc.
- Accept assignments requiring irregular hours; day or night, any day of
a week or holidays.
- Accept assignments requiring undercover investigation.
- Accept assignments requiring overnight travel possibly over extended periods
of time.
- Must be willing to carry and use a firearm.
- Must be willing to use deadly force, if warranted, to protect his or her life or the life of someone else. (Must be willing to take a person's life should circumstances dictate.)
Salary
Salaries for special agent positions depend upon the field or laboratory assignment. Salary for experienced law enforcement officers will be based upon training, experience and equity. Subsequent salary progressions are associated with the length of traineeships and are dependent upon satisfactory performance in the area of assignment.
- N.C. State Employment Application Form (PD-107) must be submitted to the DOJ Personnel Section for each position applied for. The position number must be included on the form with the position title.
- The completed SBI Special Agent Application Packet must be returned to the DOJ Personnel Section within the recruitment period. The North Carolina State Employment Application Form is not considered a complete application for consideration for this position. Resumes are not accepted in lieu of the SBI Special Agent Application Packet.
- Senate Bill 886 was ratified during the 1997 legislative session, amending Chapter 126 of the State Personnel Act to provide for the open, fair, and non-political selection of the most qualified applicant for state government employment. This document reflects those changes as applicable to the SBI.
Interested applicants may apply in writing to the address below.
E-mail requests for information and e-mail applications will not be accepted.
For further information and application materials, please contact:
- North Carolina Department of Justice
- Personnel Division
- 9001 Mail Service Center
- 114 West Edenton Street
- Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-9001
- (919) 716 - 6494
- (919) 716 - 6710