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This position is located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and provides advice on examination-related programs involving emerging technologies.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
The duty location is determined upon selection.
Learn more about this agency09/17/2024 to 10/01/2024
$134,418 - $252,500 per year
CG 14 - 15
1 vacancy in the following locations:
No
Yes—Telework options are subject to change.
75% or less - This position requires frequent overnight travel.
Yes—Relocation benefits may be provided in accordance with FDIC policy.
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
15
No
No
2024-RMS-B735
809893200
This position is open to current FDIC permanent employees with competitive status eligibility.
At the full performance level, major duties include:
Participates in examinations of insured institutions, and serves as a technical resource in the area of emerging technology, including digital assets, block chain technologies, artificial intelligence, third-party relationships, or similar innovation initiatives.
Attends meetings and informational sessions and provides management reports and briefing materials on highly sensitive and complex issues to senior management, supervisors, and others concerning Regional matters.
Prepares comments, correspondence, presentations and speeches, as needed, regarding emerging technology issues, and assists in preparing technical training for use by Regional employees.
Speaks at conferences and meetings with other financial institution regulators, industry representatives, and the public regarding complex emerging technologies such as digital assets, block chain technologies, artificial intelligence, third-party relationships or similar innovation initiatives.
Completion Of Financial Disclosure May Be Required.
Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required.
An employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.
Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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. Additional qualifications information can be found here.
CG-14: To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-13 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience conducting the examination and supervision of non-traditional activities at insured institutions, specifically of emerging technology. Examples of emerging technology includes crypto assets, artificial intelligence/machine learning, third party digital deposit programs, or third-party lending programs.
CG-15: To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-14 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience planning and developing new or revised approaches to the examination and supervision of non-traditional activities at insured institutions, specifically of emerging technology. Examples of emerging technology includes crypto assets, artificial intelligence/machine learning, third party digital deposit programs, or third-party lending programs.
Must be a Commissioned Examiner.
Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors – if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement.
There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.
You may select up to 3 locations as advertised in this vacancy announcement. You will be referred to the selecting official based on the locations selected, if among the best qualified.
Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $252,500.
Selectees(s) for this position will be required to report in person to an FDIC office or financial institution.
To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.
The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 16.82% to a high of 34.72%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the position is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here.
Financial Institution Examiners must maintain the highest personal ethical standards as provided in Part 336 of the FDIC's Rules and Regulations, (Employee Responsibilities and Conduct). Financial Institution Examiners must comply with Section 3201.102 of Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees (5 CFR Part 3201), which, in part, prohibits them and their immediate families from accepting certain credit from State nonmember banks.
All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following:
1. Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner.
Exceptions:
a. Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined.
b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment.
2. Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit.
3. Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith.
4. Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law.
5. Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your resume and the online assessment questionnaire will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.
Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.
Top ranked candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.
The competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) you will be assessed on are listed below.
Knowledge of the financial services industry, trends, and practices related to the emerging technology.
Knowledge of both the presentation and coordination of individual and group research that involves analytical efforts to research, evaluate issues and problems, and to develop findings and recommendations.
Skill in written communication.
You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To begin, click the “Apply” button and follow the prompts. If you haven’t already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the “Apply” button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click “Submit Application” to complete the application process. You must apply online.
Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or point of contact listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.
To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on “Applications” tab. Click on the “Position Title,” and then select “Update Application” or “Additional Application Information” to continue.
You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.
Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.
The Fair Chance Act prohibits inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal history information unless the hiring agency has made a conditional (tentative) offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other information, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the date of alleged non-compliance by contacting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Human Resources Staffing Policy and Accountability team at HRPolicyTeam@fdic.gov
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