This vacancy is for a Supervisory Investigation/Compliance Specialist in the Bureau of Industry and Security 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/#url=Occupational-Series 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. To qualify at the GS-15 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Providing strategic guidance and recommendations to executive-level leadership and representing an organization in interagency or external forums; and Interpreting and applying national security-related regulations to ensure consistent regulatory oversight; and Overseeing compliance audits and drafting contractual or legally binding mitigation agreements or conditions for U.S. or foreign businesses subject to national security regulatory actions; and Mentoring and training junior employees on regulatory issues involving intellectual property, data privacy, and technology-based supply chain risks.
As a Supervisory Investigation/Compliance Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Develops and implements significant new program strategies; analyzes key policy questions in the compliance area and makes significant agency policy recommendations and decisions. Adjudicates findings, assesses evidence for factual and legal sufficiency, and determines whether further investigation is required to support compliance action related to risks to national security, digital economy, public safety and security, or critical infrastructure of the United States. Directs the preparation of summaries of their findings and/or recommendations on their disposition, ultimately supporting compliance activities. Oversees and directs the planning and management of major and continuing compliance programs that involve high-priority cases central to agency objectives. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Investigation/Compliance Specialist GS-1801-15, FPL GS-15 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience. This position is also advertised under BIS-ICTS-DE-26-12843846, which is open to U.S Citzens applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.