Advisor to the Director, CG-0570-15
About This Position
This position is located in Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS) and serves as a principal assistant and technical advisor and authority to the Director on Division matters and is responsible for providing direction and coordination across organizational lines as well as acting as a spokesperson for the Director. Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill similar vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
Qualifications
Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious/spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here. To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 14 grade level or above in the Federal service.
Specialized experience is defined as: Experience coordinating cross-organizational RMS projects and policy initiatives under senior direction; analyzing plans and policies to assess feasibility and budget/cost impacts; drafting directives, memoranda, briefings, speeches, presentations, and correspondence for leadership review; developing or implementing regulatory or supervisory policy; supporting the remediation of bank- supervision issues, developing options, and presenting findings and recommendations to senior officials; and participating in interagency policy discussions to convey FDIC positions.
Applicants must be a commissioned examiner.
Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors – if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement. For qualification determinations, your resume must contain the following for each work experience listed: Organization/Agency's Name Title Salary (series and grade, if applicable) Start and end dates (including the month and year) Number of hours you worked per week Relevant experience that supports your response to the specialized experience that is stated in the job announcement If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
NOTE: Please indicate how you meet the specialized experience under each applicable position. Do not copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications.
Major Duties
Perform the broadest and most significant managerial and technical assignments across all RMS activities, researching and suggesting solutions to supervision issues requiring the Director's personal attention. Prepare directives, memoranda, briefings, speeches, presentations, and letters for the Director and support assignments in broad program areas that require top-level consideration. Coordinate development of RMS programs with Corporation representatives; initiate, plan, and conduct highly complex studies to evaluate the desirability, budgets, and costs of existing and proposed plans, policies, organizations, and program objectives.
Develop new and innovative approaches to supervision activity to address changes, issues, and innovation in the financial industry. Coordinate and manage integrated, cross-organizational projects within RMS; present recommended and alternative solutions to the Director and other senior FDIC officials; and represent the Director in top-level studies and projects. Provide expert assistance and advice to the Director on technical, administrative, and bank supervision issues and procedures, and prepare memoranda/issuances stating the Division's position.
Initiate and complete confidential assignments of an explanatory or controversial nature that should not be assigned to lower-level staff. Represent RMS on interagency policy issues and advise other financial regulatory agencies regarding Corporation policy.
Conditions of Employment
U.S. Citizenship is required. Registration with the Selective Service. Employment Conditions. Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required. Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required.
Education
There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.
How You Will Be Evaluated
Once the application process is complete, your two page resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications. Structured Resume Review: Occupational Experts (OEs) will review your resume to determine your technical qualifications for this position based on the required competencies. OEs will review ONLY your two (2) page resume.
OEs will not review additional information beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume). If you are found qualified, your application will move forward to additional phase(s) of the review process.
You will be assessed on the following competencies: Critical Thinking Planning and Organizing Written Communication Oral/Non-Written Communication Interpersonal Relationships Bank Supervision Financial Regulations Confidentiality You may preview questions for this vacancy.
Additional Information
Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $257,500. If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. During the probationary or trial period, you will be evaluated for fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.
Financial Institution Examiners must maintain the highest personal ethical standards as provided in Part 336 of the FDIC's Rules and Regulations, (Employee Responsibilities and Conduct). Financial Institution Examiners must comply with Section 3201.102 of Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees (5 CFR Part 3201), which, in part, prohibits them and their immediate families from accepting certain credit from State nonmember banks. All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following: 1.
Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner. Exceptions: a.
Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined. b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment.
- Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit.
- Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith.
- Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law.
- Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position.
How to Apply
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Click on the “Position Title,” and then select “Update Application” or “Additional Application Information” to continue. You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process. Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.
Required Documents
Your two (2) page resume showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of each employer; start and end dates (month/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date). FDIC EMPLOYEES: If you want to be considered non-competitively include a copy of your SF-50. The SF-50 must show the highest grade level or full performance level applicant has attained competitively on a permanent basis, and grade must be equivalent or higher than the grade for which applying.