This position is located in the Legal Division, Receivership Policy Unit, Resolutions and Receivership branch and is responsible for providing legal advice and assistance in connection with the FDIC's resolution of failing and failed insured depository institutions and related entities. Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

Duties

Provides advice and counsel on a routine basis to client divisions and other senior management officials on the development of important, formal FDIC policies and positions. Plans, conducts, evaluates, and coordinates extensive and complex legal policy studies and analyses and presents findings, conclusions, options, and recommendations to decision-making and policymaking officials. Provides legal support for agency rulemaking, statements of policy, and implementation of agency rules. Interprets and applies relevant statutory and regulatory provisions to the development and assessment of policy initiatives. Prepares legal memoranda and other legal documents on legal issues, sometimes involving questions of first impression and with conflicting precedents.

Requirements

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 13 grade level or above in the Federal service.  Specialized experience is defined as experience providing legal advice on matters relating to the resolution and receivership of failed financial institutions related to federal banking laws including the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the National Bank Act, and numerous banking codes. J.D. or LL.B Degree required.  Active Membership in good standing of the bar of at least one state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.   Applicants eligible for ICTAP (Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program) must achieve a score of 80 or higher in the online assessment to be determined “well qualified” for this position. For more information, click here.

Education

See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS.

Contacts

• Address Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC Human Resources Branch 3501 Fairfax Drive HRB (PA-1730-5007) Arlington, Virginia 22226 United States
• Name: Michael Shepard
• Phone: 678-916-2321
• Email: [email protected]