Assistant Director

Full Job Description

This position is located in the United States Department of the Treasury, within Departmental Offices, Under Secretary (Terrorism and Financial Intelligence), under the Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC).

TFFC is responsible for the formulation of policy responsibility for all aspects of Treasury's anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) programs, sanctions efforts, and special projects.

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-15 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes: Leading the formulation, interpretation, and implementation of programs focused on money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes; AND Working with teams that handle multiple projects for major office or program issues of broad impact; AND Performing work that involves analyses, comprehensive program reviews, and development of cross-agency activities; AND Managing or leading a team responsible for developing illicit finance policy and/or monitoring new developments in illicit finance activities.

For the GS-14 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.

Participating in the formulation, interpretation, and implementation of programs focused on money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes; AND Working with teams that handle multiple projects for major office or program issues of broad impact; AND Performing work that involves analyses, comprehensive program reviews, and development of cross-agency activities.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. 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.

TIME-IN-GRADE: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-15, you must have been at the GS-14 level for 52 weeks.

For the GS-14, you must have been at the GS-13 level for 52 weeks.

TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

Major Duties:

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-15.

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.

Assist Director in management of a regional or functional office, including providing sound technical advice to the principal and senior management, assigning work to subordinate staff, monitoring quality and timeliness, upholding work standards, providing substantive feedback, resolving sensitive personnel matters as appropriate, and providing relevant input to Director for performance evaluation purposes.

Develop strategies to disrupt the financing of national security threats and protect the international financial system from abuse. Represent TFFC on various U.S.

government working groups, task forces, and interagency committees relating to AML/CFT, and work closely with the U.S.

interagency community, including the State Department, Justice Department, Defense Department, National Security Council, as well as with the private sector and foreign governments.

Work with the interagency to identify and address the threats presented by all forms of illicit finance to the U. S. and international financial system.

Review and analyze relevant legislation and policy initiatives, as well as assist in developing relevant strategies for implementing such laws and policies as appropriate.