COMPLIANCE OFFICER

Full Job Description

Join the team! This position is located in the Headquarters Office of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Office of Compliance (EXC), Regulatory Enforcement Division (CRE).

Every CPSC employee is proud to be a part of a team that works together to ensure that the products you use every day are safe.

All applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: GS-12: Experience 1) conducting analyses and developing recommendations or conclusions based on that analysis; AND 2) using, developing, and interpreting data for use in negotiation or policy-oriented deliberation.

GS-13: Experience 1) conducting analyses and developing recommendations or conclusions based on that analysis; 2) using, developing, and interpreting data for use in negotiation or policy-oriented deliberation; AND 3) communicating recommendations or policy implications orally and in writing to senior executives, corporate executives, or other top leaders in a field.

Evidence of the above specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held.

Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.

Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience or based on job titles alone.

If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

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. Applicants must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement. Major Duties:

This position is located in the Office of Compliance (EXC), Division of Regulatory Enforcement (CRE).

The Division is responsible for assessing consumer products' compliance to mandatory standards and conducting compliance and enforcement actions to ensure products that fail to meet those standards are not permitted to enter U.S.

commerce and/or are removed from commerce.

We work with manufacturers, importers, consumer advocates, and other government agencies, in pursuing our mission of ensuring consumer products meet minimum safety requirements.

We also provide advice and guidance on the requirements of various federal product standards.

As a Compliance Officer in CRE, you will be responsible for examining and assessing product compliance with various standards, taking enforcement action when products do not meet those standards.

Candidates must be focused and self-motivated individuals with demonstrated experience successfully completing assignments requiring critical thinking and analysis under tight deadlines.

Candidates must possess strong writing skills, be comfortable and experienced with applying data-driven approaches and be able to communicate effectively.

Demonstrated work experience in negotiations, and/or with assembling critical facts to reach a recommendation or a conclusion is desired. Candidates with backgrounds in interpreting and applying U.S.

import requirements are also encouraged to apply.

As a Compliance Officer, you will: Determine whether products violate federal standards, communicating violations and technical information to affected parties, and negotiating product recalls and other corrective action.

Maintain, manage, and interpret data from multiple sources to provide case and program efficiency recommendations to management.

Manage caseloads in accordance with agency and office priorities, and provide subject matter expertise to other offices, field investigators, industry, and the public.

Conduct investigations and assess technical materials (i.e. lab reports, analyses, etc.) to determine whether products meet or violate federal standards.

Develop and recommend strategies to promptly identify emerging trends and hazards.

Brief management on case facts and recommend action, in addition to preparing formal communication with global businesses, trade organizations, and other government agencies.

Negotiate, evaluate, and participate in monitoring recalls and other corrective action plans by companies, including the coordination of drafting press releases and safety notices.