The mission of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is to ensure the security of the retirement, health, and other workplace-related benefits of America's workers and their families. The agency will accomplish this mission by developing effective regulations; assisting and educating workers, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers; and vigorously enforcing the law. This position is outside the bargaining unit.

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to: - Participates with the Office Director and Deputy Director and other senior-level Program officials in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of Office and Agency policies, programs, and projects. Recommends the initiation of regulations, interpretive bulletins, legislative proposals, and special projects in response to evolving industry practices and program priorities. - Coordinates, assigns, and reviews the work efforts of senior ORI staff and team members assigned by the Office Director/Deputy Director to report to the incumbent on a project-by-project basis (i.e., including, as appropriate, regulatory, policy, and legal specialists). - Represents the Agency on Department, interagency, and government-industry committees to assure coordination of national programs, policies, and regulatory strategies affecting employee benefit plans, on behalf of the Director/Deputy Director and the Assistant Secretary/Deputy Assistant Secretaries of EBSA. -Prepares guidance and participates in the development of guidance necessary to ensure orderly implementation of regulations. Participates in the analysis and development of policy and legal positions to be taken in litigation or amicus curiae briefs filed by the Secretary of Labor. Establishes and maintains extensive personal working contacts with other EBSA/DOL components as well as groups and individuals outside EBSA. - Represents the Agency in the delivery of educational and training programs on Federal employee benefits law sponsored by the Agency, industry groups, the professional employee benefits community, state governments, and others. - Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements.

Qualifications

This position requires applicants to meet the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) and the Specialized Experience Requirement. IOR: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study in one or a combination of the following fields -- finance, banking, business administration, economics, mathematics, accounting or auditing, pension plan administration, law, industrial relations, public administration, or other related fields. OR Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Progressively responsible experience that demonstrated the ability to perform work in the field of pension and welfare plans. Such experience may have been gained in (1) management, administration, development, analysis, audit, financial management, or termination of such plans or their funds; or (2) in closely related work such as taxation, securities, and investments. Specialized experience may have been gained in government, a welfare and pension plan administration or consulting firm, law firm, actuarial or accounting firm, labor union, welfare and pension association or research service, banking trust department, or investment firm. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Analysis and application of fiduciary, reporting and disclosure, bonding, funding, vesting, administration, and termination provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and related laws, regulations, court decisions, and precedent rulings. Development of proposals for new or revised pension or welfare plans, petitions for exemptions, or requests for rulings under governing law. Legal work, a substantial portion of which required interpretation of Federal laws and legal requirements concerning welfare and pension plans, or in such related fields as taxation, securities, real estate, corporations, trusts, bankruptcy, and investments. Auditing or accounting work that involved determining compliance with Federal and State laws governing welfare and pension plans, securities, banking, insurance, or corporations. Analysis of Federal laws or regulations, development of policy, and drafting of proposed changes in an employee welfare and benefit plan or a related function. AND For GS-958-15: Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-14, in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. For this position, specialized experience is experience preparing: (1) analysis and application of fiduciary, reporting and disclosure, preemption, COBRA and other provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and related laws, regulations, court decisions, and precedent rulings; (2) regulations, rulings, requests for exemptions, or rulings under governing law; (3) legal work, a substantial portion of which require interpretation of Federal laws and legal requirements concerning welfare and pension plans, or in such related fields as taxation, securities, insurance, trusts, and investments.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Contacts

• Address Employee Benefits Security Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Regina Paruszkiewicz
• Phone: 415-625-2387
• Email: [email protected]