Job opening: Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Salary: $141 022 - 212 100 per year
Published at: Aug 02 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is in the Office of Foreign Assets Control. The incumbent assists in the management and direction of OFAC efforts in the implementation, administration, and enforcement of economic sanctions programs in furtherance of U.S. foreign policy and national security. OFAC acts under the President's national emergency powers, as well as authority granted by specific legislation, to impose controls on financial and trade transactions and to freeze foreign assets under U.S. jurisdiction.
Duties
Exercises management authority in the accomplishment of OFAC goals and in providing executive level direction to OFAC managers, in planning long range activities and objectives, and in resolving complex operational issues or problems.
Formulate and prescribe the standards, methods, and practices that govern the program areas under the incumbent's direction. Identifies deficiencies in existing operations and policies. Advises the Director of the need for new or improved programs and methods of operations.
Provides direction and policy guidance so that objectives, approaches, strategies, and practices conform to current requirements and policies of the Department and regulatory agencies.
Conducts systematic reviews of assigned program areas. Informs the Director of conformity to current requirements and policies. Briefs the Director and Under Secretary, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence on possible problem situations, and provides advice and guidance on resolving them.
Oversees formulation of proposals for and effective expenditure of appropriated funds and personnel resources. Authorizes initiatives to increase efficiency of operations.
Requirements
- Initial appointments are required to serve a probationary period of 1 year.
- Financial disclosure is required.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret SCI clearance.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
Qualifications
Qualifications: As a basic requirement, applicants must possess the Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Competencies listed below. Typically, qualified applicants will have gained experience of this nature at or above the (GS)-15 grade level or its equivalent in the public or private sector. To be qualified for this position, your resume must reflect experience in a managerial capacity. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service, or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. As such, your resume must demonstrate that you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in most SES positions such as:
Directing the work of an organizational unit
Ensuring the success of one or more specific major programs or projects
Monitoring progress toward strategic organizational goals, evaluating organizational performance and taking action to improve performance.
Supervising the work of other managers and exercising important policymaking, policy determining, or other executive functions. Failure to meet the basic qualification requirement and address all Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications will result in your application being disqualified. The ECQs were designed to assess executive experience and potential not technical expertise. They measure whether an individual has the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions. All applicants that are not already QRB certified, must submit a separate written narrative addressing the ECQs. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately and should contain at least two examples per ECQ describing your experiences and accomplishments/results. The narrative should be clear and concise, emphasizing your scope and level of responsibility, the complexity of programs managed, your initiatives and accomplishments, and the results of your actions. The narrative must not exceed 10 pages. NOTE: Current career SES members, former career SES members with reinstatement eligibility, and SES Candidate Development Program graduates who have been certified by OPM do NOT need to address the ECQs:
Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Competencies: creativity and innovation, external awareness, flexibility, resilience, strategic thinking, vision
Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organizations vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Competencies: conflict management, leveraging diversity, developing others, team building
Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Competencies: accountability, customer service, decisiveness, entrepreneurship, problem solving, technical credibility
Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Competencies: financial management, human capital management, technology management
Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Competencies: partnering, political savvy, influencing/negotiating
Fundamental Competencies: These competencies are the foundation for success in each of the Executive Core Qualifications: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Continual Learning, Written Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Public Service Motivation. The Fundamental Competencies are crosscutting and should be addressed over the course of each ECQ narratives. Applicants should follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Result (CCAR) model outlined in the guide.
Challenge - Describe a specific problem or goal.
Context - Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale).
Action - Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge.
Result - Give specific examples of measures/outcomes that had some impact on the organization. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills. Additional information about the SES and Executive Core Qualifications can be found on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) SES Website. You are strongly encouraged to review OPMs Guide to SES Qualifications for specific examples and guidance on writing effective ECQ narrative statements.
MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQs): All applicants must submit a written narrative that addresses each of the MTQs separately. The narrative must not exceed one (1) page per MTQ. Applicants who fail to adhere to the one (1) page per MTQ limit will be disqualified and no longer considered for the position. In addition to the ECQs, applicants must possess the following technical qualifications that represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position. You must fully address each MTQ to be rated for further consideration.
MTQ 1: Comprehensive knowledge of foreign policy and national security issues as they relate to economic sanctions and how they impact U.S. business and financial communities.
MTQ 2: Experience in exercising discretion and responsibility for selecting and defining policy, technical, and programmatic objectives while providing executive leadership in implementing U.S. economic sanctions to further U.S. foreign policy and national security.
MTQ 3: Familiarity with laws - and with the implementation of laws - related to U.S. economic sanctions, such as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and Trading With the Enemy Act, and the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA)
MTQ 4: Ability to evaluate organizational structures and functional responsibility.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
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