This vacancy is for a Supervisory Export Enforcement Analyst in the Strategic Intelligence Division (SID), Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement (EE), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) within the Department of Commerce.
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Performing research, analysis, and compliance activities related to export control and/or national security issues; Evaluating all-source information and drawing pertinent inferences from its analysis to support export control or national security policy decisions, and/or export control licensing decisions, and/or to identify potential violators of export control laws to prevent diversion or misuse of export controlled items; Leading or providing guidance to junior analysts on collection, analysis, evaluation, interpretation, and dissemination of intelligence data; AND Presenting briefings, issues, and recommendations to senior officials.
As a Supervisory Export Enforcement Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Serve as the Assistant Director for Strategic Intelligence Division providing direct support to Export Enforcement's preventative enforcement and export control compliance programs, as well as intelligence support for the evaluation and processing of licenses for proposed exports and re-exports of goods and technology from the United States. Oversee employees who monitor and evaluate export transactions and all-source intelligence to ensure compliance with, inter alia, the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA); Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended; Export Administration Regulations; International Emergency Economic Powers Act; and related statutes. Implement procedures to ensure the availability of timely, comprehensive, and accurate management information reports and statistical summaries to assist in the performance evaluation of ongoing OEA, EE, and BIS activities and programs. Oversee the timely and thorough review of entities and networks involved with proposed and completed export transactions involving U.S.-origin items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to ensure compliance with the regulations, employ analytical resources and strategies to identify potential violations, and support U.S. national security objectives. Formulate and support the implementation of export enforcement policy and engage with foreign partners to further BIS policy objectives and U.S. national security interests and increase global cooperation and action on export enforcement activities. Provide appropriate reports and summaries in response to requests from other Federal agencies, including the U.S. Congress and the General Accountability Office. Make public presentations as a technical representative for BIS to industry representatives, other U.S. Government agency officials and interagency committees, and foreign government export control officials concerning Export Enforcement programs. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Export Enforcement Analyst, GS-1801-15, Full Performance Level (FPL) GS-15 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.