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Job opening: Government Information Specialist

Salary: $55 924 - 97 925 per year
Published at: Feb 07 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This vacancy is for a Government Information Specialist in the Office of the Secretary within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As a Government Information Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Supports policy and programmatic oversight of bureau privacy programs, responsible for working with Bureau Chief Privacy Officers to ensure the consideration and protection of privacy in the collection, maintenance, use, sharing, and disposal of personal information about individuals across bureau programs and activities. Ensures that bureau privacy programs identify and mitigate privacy risks associated with and activities that involve the creation, collection, use, processing, storage, maintenance, dissemination, disclosure, and disposal of personally identifiable information (PII). Reviews privacy plans for information systems that create, collect, use, process, store, maintain, disseminate, disclose, and dispose of PII prior to authorization, reauthorization, or ongoing authorization. Ensures the Senior Agency Official for Privacy is made aware of information systems and components that cannot be appropriately protected or secured. Reviews and manages the internal clearance of reports of new, modified, or rescinded systems of records for Department review, for Office of Management Budget, and for Congress. Reviews Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) required by the privacy provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002, as well as OMB and Department guidance. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Government Information Specialist ZA-0306-2, with full performance level to the ZA-3, positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience. This position is also advertised under OS-OPOG-ST-24-12297787, which is open to Merit Promotion eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. This position is being filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). The system replaced the Federal GS pay plan structure. Under CAPS, positions are classified by career, pay plan, and pay band. Non supervisory positions cap out at interval 3 of the band. The ZA-2 is equivalent to the GS-7-10 grade levels. To qualify at the ZA-2 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-1 or GS-6 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Assisting with the development or implementation of data governance frameworks or with managing the information lifecycle from creation to disposal. -OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: A master's or equivalent level knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures of a field of administration or management, with additional skills and abilities acquired through high academic achievement or at least one year of related experience OR two years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B. or J.D., if related. -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

  • Address Office of the Secretary 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
  • Name: Shannon Thompson
  • Email: [email protected]

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