Deputy Assistant Director for Enforcement at U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington, DC

Summary

This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Office of Foreign Assets Control. OFAC is responsible for safeguarding the national security of the United States by implementing and enforcing economic and trade sanctions. As a Deputy Assistant Director for Enforcement, you will assist with the management of staff responsible for conducting enforcement investigations and serving as an expert authority on sanctions violations and enforcement matters.

Duties

As a Deputy Assistant Director for Enforcement, you will:

Assist the Assistant Director of Enforcement (ADE) in overall management and supervision of the Enforcement division.
Assist with the direction of staff responsible for conducting enforcement investigations.
Serve as expert technical authority on sanctions violations and enforcement matters and provide inputs and clearance on agency documents.
Engage with the public, private sector representatives, and government officials.
Develop divisional and agency-wide policies, procedures, and strategies.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Key Requirements:

Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
A one-year supervisory or managerial probationary period may be required.
Must successfully complete a background investigation.
All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties.
Complete a to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the or are exempt from having to do so.
Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the . Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
Undergo an income tax verification
Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ALL of the following:

Coordinating and conducting criminal and/or civil investigations of international commercial and trade transactions to include international trade and finance transactions, export controls or international trade compliance regulations and economic sanctions programs; AND
Providing expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to agency management and other senior agents, officers, or inspectors on critical operations, analyzing information from a wide variety of sources, determine priorities, and research precedents; AND
Supervision of a staff responsible for investigating and implementing laws related to economic sanctions programs.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or . One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

This announcement is issued under the "direct-hire" authority. Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3) and OPM regulations (5 CFR 337 Subpart B) on direct-hire: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

Your application includes your resumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resumé may result in a "not qualified" determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Analytical, Communication, Managerial, and Technical

Referral: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the ) you must have a score of 85 or better to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority.

Required Documents

A complete application includes:

1. A resume: All applicants are required to submit a resumé, either by creating one in USAJOBS, or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.)

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, your resume will still be accepted, however only the first 5 pages will be reviewed and considered for qualifications and eligibility determination in whether or not the minimum qualifications for the position have been met.
To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resumé.
It is suggested that you preview the entire announcement and online assessment questionnaire, to ensure that your resumé thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and support your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.
For resumé writing guidance, please visit .

2. Vacancy assessment question responses: All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement.

3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).

CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.