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This position is located at Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
This opportunity is also open to Status eligibles under announcement 24-HUD-991. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.
The duty station for this position will be the U.S. city and state of the approved remote work location, which is often an employee's home.
See the additional information section for more details.
04/12/2024 to 04/17/2024
$122,198 - $191,900 per year
Salary may be adjusted upon final remote duty location determination
GS 14
2 vacancies in the following location:
Yes
Not applicable, this is a remote position.
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
14
Yes
No
24-HUD-992-P
786266900
U.S. citizens or U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required.
As a Supervisory Government Information Specialist, you will:
-Plan, develop, direct, and execute HUD policies, standards, and procedural guidance on the overall conduct of the FOIA and Privacy Act programs.
-Identify the need for new or revised policies and procedures and analyze the impact of existing or proposed legislation on Departmental FOIA or Privacy matters.
-Work with agency attorneys and in the drafting of formal FOIA and Privacy rulemaking documents for publication in the Federal Register and codification in the Code of Federal Regulations.
-Ensure the development and enhancement of the FOIA and PA tracking systems are implemented, test systems and other changes requested by the Director and/or Deputy Director and advise whether proposed changes would be cost effective or would improve overall operational efficiencies.
-Review and provide input on Agency privacy impact assessments for information systems and review, evaluate, and approve or disapprove proposals to apply new technologies to automate personal data, ensuring that administrative controls, system security, and risks to privacy are formally documented and adhere to fair information practices.
-Review complex, sensitive, or unusual FOIA/PA requests, e.g., cases where there may be deficiencies in policy or where FOIA requests produce issues not covered by precedent, and recommend legislative, regulatory, or administrative remedies.
The official duty station for this position will be in Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job). Failure to report to duty at this location may be grounds for a disciplinary action, including removal.
Key Requirements:
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Specialized Experience: 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. Specialized Experience for this position includes:
- Contributing to the implementation or oversight of program activities, office operations, or special/priority projects; AND
- Assessing the efficiency of a privacy act process, identifying trends, making recommendations for improvements, and implementing departmental procedures; AND
- Participating in the development, implementation, and monitoring of information policy program activities or goals.
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 resume.
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
OTHER INFORMATION:
HUD employees are subject to a number of government-wide and HUD specific ethics laws and regulations, including restrictions on working in a real estate related business, and having Section 8 tenants, along with other prohibited interests and activities. To review applicable ethics rules and HUD specific restrictions, please visit https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/general_counsel/ethics.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.
Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Analytical, Communication, Managerial, and Technical.
Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories: Best (highest quality category), Better (middle quality category), or Good (minimally qualified category) depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.
Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference-eligibles in that category.
Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest category.
Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.
A complete application includes:
1. A resume: All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.)
HUD has partnered with the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service to provide certain personnel services to its organization. Fiscal Service's responsibilities include advertising vacancies, accepting and handling applications, and extending job offers.
Please review the entire announcement before applying.
The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing date.
HUD provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.
Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. We will review your resume and transcript(s) (if appropriate) to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. We will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications on the information provided and may interview the best-qualified applicants. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and/or security background investigation.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/786266900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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