Summary
This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes. As a Policy Advisor, you will develop and lead implementation of policies and strategies to counter terrorist financing, money laundering, proliferation financing, sanctions evasion, and other financial crime threats using the full range of Treasury tools and authorities.
Duties
The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. 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.
- Develop and lead implementation of policies and strategies to counter terrorist financing, money laundering, proliferation financing, sanctions evasion, and other financial crime threats using the full range of Treasury tools and authorities including financial and economic sanctions.
- Draft high-quality policy papers, briefing materials, reports, public remarks, and/or testimony for senior Treasury officials.
- Implement counter illicit finance strategies with external stakeholders, including USG interagency partners, foreign government officials, private sector, and civil society/non-profit organization partners.
- Represent Treasury in U.S. interagency meetings including National Security Council (NSC) meetings. Work with the U.S. interagency, including agencies such as the State Department, Justice Department, Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Commerce, and U.S. Intelligence Community.
- Participate in regional and international bodies relating to AML/CFT, sometimes as the head of U.S. Delegation, head of Treasury delegation, or as TFI's sole representative.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Key Requirements:
- Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
- A one-year probationary period may be required.
- Must successfully complete a background investigation.
- All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties.
- Complete a to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the or are exempt from having to do so.
- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the . Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
- Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment.
Qualifications
This is an open continuous announcement with the following cut dates to review application packages:- 9/6/2024
- 9/30/2024
- 10/31/2024
- 11/30/2024
- 12/31/2024
- 1/30/2025
Specialized experience for the GS-13: 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 demonstrated experience in ALL of the following:
-Monitoring developments in illicit activities such as anti-money laundering/counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) and financial issues; AND
-Assist with creating policies on illicit financial threats to the U.S; AND
-Experience communicating results of research and analysis and making policy recommendations to senior decision makers; AND
-Engaging with the public, international organizations, or foreign governments on policy issues
Specialized experience for the GS-12: 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 demonstrated experience in ALL of the following:
-Assist with creating policies on illicit financial threats to the U.S; AND
-Experience communicating results of research and analysis; AND
-Engaging with the public, international organizations, or foreign governments on policy issues.
Specialized experience for the GS-11: For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized for this position includes demonstrated experience in ALL of the following:
-Preparing briefings, policies, or finished documents.; AND
-Engaging with the public, international organizations, intelligence community, or foreign governments.
OR
You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, if related; OR
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, if related; or LL.M., if related; OR
You may qualify by a combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 2 years may be combined with experience. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.
Specialized experience for the GS-9: You must have one year of Specialized Experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes demonstrated experience in ALL of the following:
-Preparing briefings, policies, or finished documents;
OR
You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:
Master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR
2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR
LL.B. or J.D., if related.
OR
You may qualify by a combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience. Only graduate level education in excess of one year may be combined with experience. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.
The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or . One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
This announcement is issued under the "direct-hire" authority. Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3) and OPM regulations (5 CFR 337 Subpart B) on direct-hire: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.
Your application includes your resumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resumé may result in a "not qualified" determination.
Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Communication, Interpersonal Skills, and Technical
Referral: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.
If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the ) you must have a score of 85 or better to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority.
Required Documents
A complete application includes:
1. A resume: All applicants are required to submit a resumé, either by creating one in USAJOBS, or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.)
- Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, your resume will still be accepted, however only the first 5 pages will be reviewed and considered for qualifications and eligibility determination in whether or not the minimum qualifications for the position have been met.
- To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resumé.
- It is suggested that you preview the entire announcement and online assessment questionnaire, to ensure that your resumé thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and support your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.
- For resumé writing guidance, please visit .
3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).
- CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
- EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION:
- You are not required to submit transcripts for this initial phase of the application process. Candidates will be referred for consideration based on their self-certification. If you are selected for a position which has a positive education requirement (as described in the vacancy announcement) and/or you are qualifying solely on your education, you will be required to submit official transcripts verifying your qualifications prior to a job offer being issued.
- A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to . If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the .
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from .
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
