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The Bureau of Economics (BE or Bureau) provides economic analysis and support to antitrust and consumer protection investigations and rulemakings, advises the Commission and other government entities about the impact of government regulation on competition, and analyzes economic phenomena in the nation's economy as related to antitrust and consumer protection. The incumbent serves as the Deputy Director for Consumer Protection of BE within the FTC.
Learn more about this agency05/07/2021 to 06/02/2021
$132,552 - $194,300 per year
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1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Permanent
Full-time
Senior Executive
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Yes
No
EXEC-210507-60541-BE-LA
600892200
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Applications will be accepted from all groups of qualified individuals.
The Deputy Director for Consumer Protection provides executive leadership and oversight of Bureau components that prepare economic analyses of consumer protection cases at the evaluation, Commission review, and compliance stages of matters, as well as provides economic support for the Commission's consumer protection rule-making process. This support entails statistical and analytical efforts to ascertain facts, provide a sound economic basis for actions, and dispel incorrect economic arguments. The incumbent also examines selected policy issues to provide evidence and analysis that will inform Commission policy on significant consumer protection questions.
Bureau staff consists of economists, research analysts, financial analysts, and administrative personnel. BE provides economic analysis in support of antitrust and consumer protection investigations and rulemakings, advises the Commission and other government entities on the impact of government regulation on competition, and analyzes the impacts of various economic phenomena on competition, consumer protection, and consumer welfare.
The Deputy Director is a key member of the Bureau's executive team and is delegated to act for the Bureau Director in interpreting and carrying out the Commission's objectives in a wide area of economics. In fulfilling these duties, the incumbent is responsible for strategic planning regarding the Bureau's role in the consumer protection mission. The incumbent, along with assistant directors and supervisors, serves as the primary link on consumer protection matters between the division, other bureau leaders, and the Bureau Director. Delegated responsibility in this regard involves content review and comprehensive quality control over professional work products, as well as consistency with Commission goals and objectives.
The Deputy Director is the principal source of the Commission's economic advice on broad questions of consumer protection policy, such as evaluation of questionable business practices, business relationships, and proposed remedies. Upon request, the incumbent oversees economic and statistical investigations preparatory to the investigation and trial of cases, provides economic analyses in the investigation and expert witnesses in trial of such cases, analyzes economic and statistical evidence submitted by respondents, and makes recommendations as to the economic aspects of proposed orders. This work has far-reaching implications for the welfare of American consumers.
The Deputy Director evaluates the ideas of those who propose studies and advocacy projects on consumer issues and is ultimately responsible for ensuring that final economic analyses provided are economically sound, empirically based, and informative regarding the Commission's mission. During the course of most assignments, the incumbent collaborates with senior attorneys, managers, and other professionals and staff assigned to the case. The incumbent has ultimate responsibility for overseeing the development of the economic theory of a case, research strategy to be followed, decisions regarding the type and quantity of economic evidence necessary, and selection and evaluation of information sources.
The Deputy Director serves as an advisor to the Commission and may be called on as an expert witness at trial, as a representative of the Commission on interdepartmental committees, or to represent the Commission before federal, state, or local regulatory bodies. The incumbent may perform independent research related to the economic effects of consumer protection or other government regulations on consumers and competition.
The Deputy Director monitors the Bureau's progress toward organizational goals and makes appropriate adjustments in the Consumer Protection Division. This includes monitoring work status through formal and informal means to evaluate progress toward objectives, assessing the overall effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of the Bureau, identifying, diagnosing, and consulting on problem areas related to implementation and goal achievement, and making decisions on alternative courses of action. In directing the work of the Consumer Protection Division, the incumbent assesses policy, program, and project feasibility, determines program goals, develops implementation plans, structures the deliverables of the organization to promote effective task accomplishment, sets effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity performance requirements, implements management and/or internal control standards, and administratively and professionally directs and oversees-through one or more supervisors-the work of 30-35 economists, research analysts, financial analysts, and administrative personnel.
A. Degree: economics, that includes at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus.
1. An advanced post-graduate degree in the field of economics is Highly Desirable.
2. Comprehensive, professional knowledge of federal antitrust and consumer protection laws and regulations is Highly Desirable.
3. The agency may reimburse relocation expenses.
4. If we select you for an initial career appointment to an SES position, the OPM QRB must approve your ECQs prior to appointment. A selection is tentative until we obtain a QRB certification.
5. You must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment before we can hire you in order to certify the accuracy of your written application and provide the information necessary to determine your suitability for federal employment.
6. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959 and we select you for this position, you must certify prior to appointment that you registered for the military selective service.
7. If we select you for this position, you must complete personnel suitability documents. Your appointment is contingent upon the successful completion of an appropriate background investigation.
8. Veterans' preference does not apply to SES positions.
9. The FTC provides reasonable accommodations, where appropriate, to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the FTC. The agency considers requests for reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis. Questions about the FTC's accommodation policy can be directed to Liz Kraszewski at ekraszewski@ftc.gov.
10. The Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521, requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, SF-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually while employed, and upon termination of employment. You may also be subject to post-employment restrictions.
11. Your application includes information subject to the Privacy Act (P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. 552a). This information is necessary to determine qualifications for employment, and collection is authorized under Title 5 of the U.S. Code, 3302 and 3361.
12. The FTC is required to solicit applicant cooperation in assessing the applicant pools that we are reaching with our vacancy announcements. We ask that you complete and return a "Demographic Information" form. Please note that an applications intake clerk will remove this document from your application package upon its arrival in the office and will immediately direct it to the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Office. The form, including the information it provides, is not associated with your application in any part of the examining process and is not available to human resources management or Selecting Officials in any way during the hiring process. After we fill the position, such information is available to the Human Capital Management Office only as part of an aggregate statistical number. We appreciate your cooperation and invite you to call us at the contact number listed below if you have any questions or concerns about using this form. We ask that you access and complete the form, write the vacancy announcement number at the top of the first page, and send us the completed form along with your application package.
13. We will not accept applications received in government postage-paid envelopes.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, including experience, education, awards, self-development, and training. This information will be obtained from the application package and will be based on how well you meet the Basic Education requirements, Mandatory Professional/Technical Qualifications, and ECQs, as stated in this vacancy announcement.
The following are examples of qualifying experience for this position:
1. Individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions, and report preparation.
2. Supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information.
3. Teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following: (1) personal research that produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.
Experience in related fields that did not involve the use and understanding of economic principles and theories may not be used as qualifying experience for this position.
A Human Resources Specialist and/or Rating and Ranking Panel consisting of SES members will evaluate your application package. This evaluation will determine which applicants are Not Qualified, Qualified, and Highly/Best Qualified. Highly/Best Qualified candidates will be referred to the Selecting Official and may undergo an interview and a reference check.
The Selecting Official will review results and make recommendations on final selections to the Appointing Authority. Unless the OPM QRB has already certified you, your ECQs must be forwarded to the OPM QRB for certification before your appointment can occur.
Note: Veterans' preference does not apply to SES positions. This is in accordance with 5 USC 2108(3), which defines the term "preference eligible" and provides that this term does not include applicants for, or members of, the SES.
1. Resume - In addition to your written statements addressing the Mandatory Professional/Technical Qualifications and ECQs, submit a resume (not to exceed five pages) to describe your qualifications. Your resume should provide the following information:
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Your online resume is not considered a complete application.
In order to expedite the review of your application, you mustsubmit a complete online application package to include a RESUME, MANDATORY PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS, ECQs, and EDUCATION CREDENTIALS.
If you are unable to apply online, please see the Reasonable Accommodation Policy at the bottom of this vacancy announcement.
*DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION* Extraneous materials such as award certificates will not be considered.
After all application packages have been received, we will review your application to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. An executive evaluation panel will evaluate each applicant based on the information provided and will generate a certificate of "Highly/Best Qualified" candidates for the Selecting Official. The Selecting Official may interview the "Highly/Best Qualified" candidates before making a selection recommendation to the Appointing Authority. We will verify performance, suitability, and security information and consider this information in making employment offers. You should expect a response on the outcome of your application within 90 workdays of the closing date of the announcement, excluding weekends and holidays.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/600892200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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