This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence-Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC. As a Sanctions Regulations Advisor, you will be implementing and administering sanctions programs, assuring that sanctions programs are developed, interpreted, and implemented in a manner consistent with pertinent legislation, foreign policy, national strategies, regulations, and OFAC strategic objectives.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-14. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Work closely with policy advisors and coordinate OFAC's activities in development of new regulatory programs and regulations, including web general licenses, to carry out new sanctions issued by the President or imposed by Congress or to reflect amendments in U.S. foreign policy with respect to existing sanctions programs. Identify issues relating to regulatory control, such as policy, licensing, compliance, enforcement, and legal issues, and coordinate with other OFAC offices responsible for these issues to improve success of regulatory objectives and to resolve problems, including making appropriate recommendations for regulatory modifications. Assist in determining priorities, goals, time frames, and management objectives for projects involving the drafting of new regulations and web general licenses or amendment of existing regulations or web general licenses.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Specialized experience for the GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes ALL of the following: Experience with respect to U.S. economic sanctions programs. (Examples of this could include but are not limited to: ensuring a financial institution's or corporation's compliance with economic sanctions; advising clients on sanctions compliance; analyzing economic sanctions regulations; assisting a team in developing sanctions policy or regulations; enforcing sanctions or advising on sanctions enforcement-related matters; reviewing license applications and issuing licenses for sanctioned transactions or drafting or advising on the submission of sanctions-related license requests; researching individuals or entities to assess their sanctions compliance; or advising financial institutions or the public regarding regulatory implementation of sanctions); AND Experience with respect to legal or regulatory writing, including writing for a professional audience. (Examples of this could include but are not limited to: assisting a team in creating written analysis of regulations, statutes or case law; drafting legal briefs or pleadings; preparing policy papers; or drafting regulations); AND Experience with effective oral communication of substantive and technical issues. (An example of this could include but are not limited to: providing training or presentations explaining sanctions, regulations, or statutes; oral argument before a court.) Specialized experience for the GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes ALL of the following: Experience with respect to U.S. economic sanctions. (Examples of this could include but are not limited to: assisting a team in ensuring a financial institution's or corporation's compliance with economic sanctions; providing advice to clients on sanctions compliance; researching individuals to assess their sanctions compliance; or advising financial institutions or the public regarding the regulatory implementation of sanctions.); AND Experience with effective oral communication. (An example of this could include but is not limited to: providing training on sanctions, regulations, or similar material.) Specialized experience for the GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes ALL of the following: Experience with concepts and principles of U.S. economic sanctions. (Examples of this could include but are not limited to: assisting in research or training on economic sanctions; working in a compliance role in the private sector; assisting in advising clients, financial institutions, or the public on sanctions compliance; or assisting in researching individuals or entities to make recommendations on whether or not they meet compliance with sanctions regulations.)

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Terrorism and Financial Intelligence-Office of Foreign Assets Control Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]