Requirements
Conditions of employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Suitable adjudication of background/security investigation is required.
- A financial disclosure is required.
- A probationary/trial period may be required.
- This is an essential continuity position.
- Must complete initial online questionnaire.
Qualifications
Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.
All applicants applying for the CU-14 level must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-13 level obtained in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in all of the following:
1) evaluating the compliance of a financial institution (or similar organization) with several of the federal consumer financial protection or fair lending laws referenced in Titles X and XIV of the Dodd-Frank Act; and the Truth in Savings Act and their implementing regulations; and
2) providing in-depth written analysis of several of the federal consumer financial protection or fair lending laws reference in Titles X and XIV of the Dodd-Frank Act; and their implementing regulations.
You must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement.
Please note, all experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
YOUR RESUME MUST provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience and competencies described in the vacancy announcement. When describing your experience in your resume, please be specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. For qualification determination your resume must contain the dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If you are a current or former federal employee, you must provide your pay plan, series and grade (i.e. GS-0301-09) for each federal position you held. If your resume does not contain this information, you will not receive credit for the claimed experience, and your application may be marked as insufficient. Full-time employment will be assumed unless otherwise stated on your resume. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.
When creating your resume, please follow the instructions in the Required Documents section below as well as the guidance found here. Failure to provide adequate and required info details will result in an ineligible rating.
Your experience claimed in your resume must also support your responses to any online questionnaire taken during the application process. Failure to provide support may result in a lower rating and/or you may be excluded from consideration. The last resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and will supersede any previous submissions.
Education
Education may not be used in lieu of experience for this opportunity.
Additional information
SALARY: Pay will be set within the advertised pay range to align with the selectee's skills and experience and the requirements of the position in accordance with NCUA's compensation policy. The salary range shown is NCUA's Local Pay Rate (LPR) which includes the locality rate for the Alexandria, Virginia geographical area. Please click here to review all salary ranges based on locality.
SELECTIVE SERVICE: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. You may register or check the status of your registration by visiting the Selective Service website at http://www.sss.gov/.
This position is in the bargaining unit.
Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES (political) employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose that to the point of contact listed on this vacancy announcement.
Illegal drug use by individuals working for or on behalf of the federal government, whether on duty or off duty, is contrary to the efficiency of the service and in direct violation of the Controlled Substance Act and the Drug-Free Workplace Act.
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More than the number of positions listed may be filled through this vacancy announcement.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application will be reviewed for completeness and how well you meet the qualifications above. You will not receive further consideration if you fail to submit all the required documents as outlined in this announcement.
Hurdle 1 - Your resume and application package will be reviewed by an HR Specialist to determine if you meet the basic requirement (if applicable) and minimum qualification requirements as outlined in this announcement.
Hurdle 2 - If you are found to meet the minimal qualifications, the NCUA's Office of Human Resources will contact you by email within two weeks after the vacancy closes. At that time, you will be asked to submit narrative responses to a set of accomplishment record questions that demonstrate your proficiency in the competencies below. You will have at least 48 hours from the time the email is sent to submit your responses. Narrative responses are not required when submitting your initial application. You will be assessed based on the following competencies:
- Consumer Affairs Technical Knowledge
- Federal Consumer Protection Laws and Regulations
- Decisiveness
IMPORTANT - When describing your experience in the narratives, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions or inferences regarding your experience.
Basis for Rating: A panel of subject matter experts will evaluate your accomplishment record responses and assign a final score.
Referral - The top-scoring candidates will be referred to the hiring office for further consideration. The hiring office may directly contact candidates for interview(s). When a selection is made, applicants will be sent a disposition notification via email.
Reference Checks: Reference checks must be conducted for the top candidate(s) before a tentative offer may be extended. The reference checks will need to be conducted with current and former supervisors, if applicable, as a part of NCUA's selection assessment process.
If you are found to be among the highly qualified candidates, your application will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. To preview the application questionnaire, please click here:
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13003259
Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.
Required Documents
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete application package which includes:
1. Resume - Only resumes up to a total of two (2) pages will be accepted, applicants who submit resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
- Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files.
- We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume.
- The resume builder on USAJOBS can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started.
To maximize the content of your resume, you are advised to follow the guidance found
here.
2. Other supporting documentation:
- Cover letter, optional
- 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.)
- Most recent performance appraisal, optional
SF-50 Requirement: NCUA employees must submit a legible copy of a SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action. Your SF-50 must clearly show your position title, series, grade, tenure (block 24), type of service (block 34), and full performance level to confirm your status and eligibility. Information about how to read your SF-50 can be found on USAJOBS here. Award and detail SF-50s do not provide sufficient information to determine eligibility and are not acceptable.
SF-50s with an effective date within the past 52 weeks may not be sufficient. You may need to provide additional SF-50s-for example, along with a recent SF-50, consider submitting the SF-50 that documents your most recent promotion.
Where Can I Find My SF-50s?
Copies of your SF-50s can be found in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF).
Accomplishment Record Narrative: After the announcement has closed, if you are found minimally qualified, you may be contacted via email by the NCUA's Office of Human Resources and asked to submit narrative responses to a set of accomplishment record questions. If you fail to submit your responses by the due date listed in the email notification, you will not receive further consideration for this position. Narrative responses are not required when submitting your initial application.
CTAP: Federal employees seeking CTAP eligibility must submit proof of their eligibility:
- Copy of agency notice; and
- Most recent performance rating;
To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well-qualified or above on the rating criteria for this position. For additional information, click
CTAP.