Supervisory Policy Analyst

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Trade and Economic Security.

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Director, Economic Security Policy, reporting to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Security.

View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Specialized Experience: To qualify for the GS-15, an applicant must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-14 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) that included: Performing risk mitigation and regulatory compliance monitoring activities in a national security context, such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Team Telecom, Foreign Ownership Control or Influence (FOCI), export control enforcement, or sensitive data protection; Leading and managing a cross-disciplinary team; Collaborating with intra- and inter-agency partners; Developing and implementing effective risk mitigation and compliance monitoring strategies; Supporting policy development and decision making for senior leadership.

Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary.

If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job).

If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE.

National Service Experience: 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.

Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Major Duties:

As a Supervisory Policy Analyst GS 0301 15, your typical work assignments may include: Develop DHS-wide policies, programs, and planning to promote and ensure quality across all homeland security missions in connection with compliance monitoring activities related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and Team Telecom reviews.

Negotiate mitigation agreements between the U.S. Government and the parties to mitigate national security risks posed by transactions under review by CFIUS and Team Telecom.

Participate in the development and documentation of long-and short-range compliance efforts and makes recommendations on planning that can be undertaken within existing resource levels.

Engage with parties to foreign investment compliance issues and CFIUS and Team Telecom member agency counterparts to ensure that CFIUS and Team Telecom have the information required to reach compliance goals.