Job opening: Policy Advisor
Salary: $117 962 - 181 216 per year
Published at: Mar 01 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Assistant Secretary for Policy is the primary source of policy, analytical and economic staff support to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP) provides support, analysis, and advice to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary, and other senior level officials on policy, programmatic, economic and regulatory issues and other cross-cutting initiatives.
This position is outside the bargaining unit.
Duties
Duties:
-Develops complex policy and regulatory analyses for the creation, modification, and evaluation of DOL agency policies, regulations, and program activities and prepares documents that contain recommendations for substantive changes to agency policy and regulatory proposals.
-Advises DOL and other government agency leadership on policy matters and provides analysis and recommendations for effective resolution and development of Department policy.
-Drafts, oversees, and edits detailed written reports, regulatory guidance documents, economic analyses, and option papers on policy and resource issues for oral and written presentation to the Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretaries, Director, and other senior-level officials.
-Prepares executive correspondence, presentations, and other briefing materials for the Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretaries, Director, and other senior-level officials to prepare them for high-level meetings within the Administration, with representatives of the press, and with officials of both public and private organizations.
-Plan and execute short and long term policy, regulatory, and economic analyses that relate primarily to proposed or current regulations, initiatives, and policies.
-Represents the Office and/or Department in technical and policy meetings in the public and/or private sector and presents and explains the Office's and/or Department's positions on policy, regulatory, and/or legislative issues.
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.
Qualifications
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC, PLEASE USE THIS FORMAT MM/DD/YYYY WHEN DATING YOUR EXPERIENCE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE, DATES OF EMPLOYMENT OR SALARY.
Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-12 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for the GS-13 is described as:
- Identifying policy issues and implications in legislation, regulation, guidance, and/or agency practices; AND
- Performing objective analysis of complex laws, regulations, and/or policies to inform decision making; AND
- Developing recommendations for higher-level decision makers regarding analysis of policies or regulations; AND
- Coordinating research, communication, and other project tasks to meet organizational objectives.
Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-13 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience for the GS-14 is described as:
-Identifying policy issues and implications in legislation, regulation, guidance, and/or agency practices; AND
- Performing objective analysis of complex laws, regulations, and/or policies to inform decision making; AND
- Developing recommendations for higher-level decision makers regarding analysis of policies or regulations; AND
- Drafting policy and other written products to describe and summarize complex analysis, policy options and implications, and recommendations for audience with differing levels of expertise; AND
- Coordinating research, communication, and other project tasks to meet organizational objectives.
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 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20210
US
- Name: Melissa Storey
- Phone: 215-446-3704
- Email: [email protected]
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