Clarification from the agency

Open to U.S. Citizens or Nationals. The duty location is Portland, OR or Vancouver, WA and is not negotiable, except for applicants eligible under the military spouse hiring authority.

As a Compliance Specialist (Program Manager), you will:

• Direct, plan, and lead the development, administration, management, and analysis of current and future compliance oversight, risk assessments, and internal controls program processes to help maintain successful reliability oversight and satisfy BPA's regulatory interests.
• Provide significant and innovative recommendations for advancing processes and programs and is a leader in development of reliability compliance strategy and goals.
• Lead teams to solve complex compliance questions using decision-making tools or frameworks, develop proposals and project plans to address problem areas, design and implement solutions, and build support with stakeholders for change.
• Prepare the Reliability Compliance Program's annual Compliance Monitoring Plan, to include scoping the annual cross-BPA self-certification process as well as any planned spot checks or internal control evaluations.
• Manage the self-certification process, including coordinating with the Resolver Administrator to initiate the self-certification workflow, routinely tracking and reporting out on the status of the self-certification workflow to BPA compliance community stakeholders, and escalating items that are behind schedule.
• Lead a variety of strategic initiatives involving organizational change, business process improvement or technology enhancements related to grid reliability and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Compliance. Build high-trust relationships between external regulators and internal reliability contacts across all organizations and maintains high performance standards.
• Provide technical expertise and authoritative advice, counsel, and guidance to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (FERC) Compliance Supervisor, Chief Compliance Officer, and other BPA management on all aspects of the Reliability Compliance Program. Interpret policies and advises on the potential impact of external economic, political, and technical environment upon BPA's Reliability Compliance Program and processes. Provide input and recommendations for program outcomes, priorities, strategies, and implementation plans.

Conditions of employment

In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answer to these questions is not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration

When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically. You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.

Key Requirements:

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
• You will be required to report in person to the official duty location.

• Selectee will be required to complete the Office of Government Ethics Standard of Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OFGE450e) within 30 days of employment and annually.
• Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• This position has been designated as requiring a PUBLIC TRUST background. A preliminary background check must be completed before a new employee can begin work. Current Federal employees or other individuals with an existing completed background investigation may not be required to undergo another background check.

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in: 1) evaluating compliance programs for power or related industry to ensure they are compliant with FERC, NERC, the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) reliability requirements; and 2) developing processes, policies, and internal controls to implement compliance, mitigate risks, and sustain operation to ensure reliable and secure operations for a power or related industry.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

The Department of Energy uses an application tracking system to evaluate the responses you provide in the applicant assessment questionnaire to place you into an initial quality category via OPM's Category Rating procedures. These categories are "Best Qualified", "Well Qualified", and "Qualified.

Minimum Qualifications: Once the application process is complete, the Human Resources Offices or Subject Matter Expert (SME) will review your two-page resume and supporting documentation to determine whether you meet the minimum job qualifications.

If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete application package which includes:

• Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of each employer; start and end dates (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date).
  • Information on how to create a federal resume https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/account/documents/resume
• Cover Letter, optional, expressing additional information not covered in your resume.
• Transcripts, if specific educational requirements are indicated in this job announcement.Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adequate proof that you meet the educational requirements.
• Veterans' Preference documentation,if applicable, DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; current active duty members- certification of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions dated within 120 days; SF-15 Form and related documentation; VA letter. For more information visit the USAJOBS Help Center & OPM CHCOC website for VOW information.
• Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documentation, if applicable(e.g., Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction-In-Force Separation Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action; and most recent performance appraisal.) For more information see the OPM Guide to Career Transition.

Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.

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