This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the General Counsel. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the focal point in the Department for all matters related to ethics program and oversight of the Department's efforts to ensure compliance with the Office of Government Ethics' regulations for Executive Branch ethics programs, including training and financial disclosure requirements. This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a Ethics and Compliance Program Manager, GS-0301-14, your typical work assignments may include: Overseeing the operation and maintenance of the data inputs into financial disclosure systems, specifically, the Army's Financial Disclosure Management system and Integrity, Office of Government Ethics Public Financial Disclosure system. This position will include some data entry. Providing constructive responses to concerns or current issues identified by ethics staff by gathering information, identifying, and analyzing issues, developing recommendations for leadership, and implementing solutions to improve effectiveness and efficiency of office workflow. Developing strategies for implementing training for new ethic officials, new entrants and others required to take annual training. Gathering, coordinating, and analyzing data and drafts substantive responses to audit and information request. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must submit to a pre-employment drug test.
• Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-14 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal government, performing duties such as: Managing agency wide ethics training and financial disclosure programs, including managing systems for compliance with regulatory ethics requirements. Coordinating with senior level staff across the department to obtain information regarding new and departing employees to meet ethics program requirements including the vetting of political appointees. Assigning work with selective consideration of the difficulty and sensitivity of assignments and the capabilities of employees. Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement. Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE. 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. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: Lori Pollacci
• Phone: 202-573-0592
• Email: [email protected]