Deputy Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, EM-0301-00 (Public) Job in Washington, DC

Vacancy No. 2025-EM-PJN-0104 Department Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Salary $275,000.00 to $310,000.00 Grade 00 to 00
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 7/31/2025 Close Date 8/6/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Washington, DC


Summary

This position is located in the Office of Legislative Affairs of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C.

Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $310,000.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

Applicants with status or those eligible under special hiring authorities, should apply under FDIC merit promotion announcement 2025-EM-MP-0108. However, if you desire consideration also under this public non-status announcement, you must apply to both announcements. Status applicants are current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility.

Duties

  • The Deputy Director shares in overall oversight, direction, and decision-making in administering the programs, functions, and responsibilities of the Office of Legislative Affairs. Collaborates with the Director in the development of short- and long-term goals and strategies, aligning OLA objectives with greater FDIC goals and expectations. In the absence of the Director, assumes responsibility for managing, directing, and expediting legislative matters and the everyday affairs and operations of the Office, except for those matters which by law or regulation cannot be delegated to the Deputy Director by the Director.
  • Directs and/or reviews, recommends or approves the establishment or modification of policies, methods and procedures needed to conduct or enhance OLA operations. Performs highly specialized and technical work covering all aspects of the FDIC's legislative, regulatory, policy, and rulemaking responsibilities. Provides senior FDIC leadership with advice and analysis on a variety of potential, proposed, and actual legislative matters and their impact on the Corporation’s operations, as well as other complex regulatory matters. 
  • Coordinates special projects, presenting the views of the Corporation and guides working groups toward plausible solutions and alternatives to problems and action plans. Prepares the Chairman and other Corporation witnesses for congressional hearings and oversees the composition of congressional testimony and edits testimony for final distribution. Directs the drafting and editing of other sensitive congressional correspondence and responses to inquiries. Serves as an expert advisor to executive management on congressional matters and the status of legislation with real or potential impacts to the Corporation. Attends hearings, markups and congressional events to represent the Corporation.
  • Establishes and maintains effective contacts with congressional staff and external counterparts for the purpose of coordinating information about and effectively responding to pending legislative matters affecting the Corporation and the banking and thrift industries.
  • Prepares and delivers speeches regarding legislative developments for training and other internal Corporation purposes, as well as for external conferences.
  • Supervises and reviews the preparation of the budget of the Office of Legislative Affairs for final decision by the Director.
  • Serves as a first-line supervisor for OLA staff, exercises supervisory personnel management authority to include: planning, assigning, and reviewing work products of subordinates; establishing guidelines and performance expectations; and evaluating work performance and providing feedback. Identifies training and development needs for the section and provides regular recognition of staff. Works in collaboration with the appropriate Legal Division staff to administer disciplinary action when needed. Ensures that programs are administered effectively and in accordance with broadly state objectives and priorities.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.  

Employment Conditions.

Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the leadership and technical experiences listed below. These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive-level assignments.

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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a resume that addresses each minimum qualification experience. Examples should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertook; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action-oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised). Leadership experiences identified must have been performed in an official supervisory role.

Leadership Experience 1: Experience overseeing and coordinating the work of organizational units, including assigning work; directing changes to programs and priorities; and evaluating performance against goals; AND

Leadership Experience 2: Experience managing employee performance and growth, including recognizing accomplishments, providing feedback and development opportunities, and addressing performance/conduct issues; AND

Technical Experience 1: Experience developing strategies for engagement with Congress on legislative matters relevant to banking policy; AND

Technical Experience 2: Minimum three years working on financial services issues for the House Financial Services Committee or Senate Banking Committee, or a member serving on one of those committees, in the capacity of legislative assistant, professional staff member, or a position of equivalent or greater seniority; AND

Technical Experience 3: Minimum three years of experience managing relationships with members of Congress and Congressional staff on bank legislative matters in a government affairs function; AND

Technical Experience 4: Experience preparing for Congressional hearings, including drafting testimony, participating in mock hearings for officials prepping for testimony, and/or testifying at hearings.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Additional information

FDIC Employees: The five-day notification process does not apply to corporate and executive manager positions. Failure to provide your up-to-date resume in support of your qualifications for this position by the closing date will limit your ability to receive maximum consideration. Take a moment to ensure that your resume reflects the qualification requirements of this position by the closing date.

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If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type.

If selected, you may be required to serve a supervisory/managerial probationary period.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

FDIC Executive Managers (EM) are in the Federal competitive service and not the Senior Executive Service (SES). As an EM at the FDIC, you will provide executive leadership and managerial direction over substantive activities related to planning, developing, executing, and coordinating the Corporation's programs and policies.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. 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 this information to the HR Office.

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.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

The FDIC offers comprehensive benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.

In addition, under FDIC’s Group Life Insurance Program, basic life insurance coverage for Executive Managers is automatically equal to 3 times their salary (rounded to the next higher thousand) up to a maximum of $800,000. Executives may also choose from two other lower coverage options. The Corporation pays for the cost of the basic coverage unless employees also elect to be covered under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI).

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Your resume will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contains sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. 

If you are found minimally qualified, a Management Rating Panel (MRP) will review your qualifications and experience against pre-established benchmarks. The rating panel will place applications in one of three quality categories, i.e., Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies listed below. Within these categories, candidates eligible for veterans’ preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans.

Top ranked (Best Qualified) candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.

The competencies/KSAs you will be assessed on are listed below.

  • Direction Setting
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Advising
  • Critical Thinking
  • Knowledge of federal and state legislative processes, as well as banking practices and procedures.

Applicants must provide details of the duties performed as they relate to the qualifying experience and competencies/KSAs. Experience must be explicitly stated in the resume as experience not specifically described in the resume cannot be assumed. Resumes that are vague or don't address specific requirements will not receive maximum consideration.


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Required Documents

Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status.  Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application.
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE:  If you are claiming veterans’ preference, click here.  (Note: Veterans must submit the Member 4 copy of the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty – or other copy showing the type of discharge/character of service [e.g., Honorable, Under Honorable Conditions, etc.] along with any other required documents (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, SF-15, etc.) to demonstrate veterans’ preference eligibility.)

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

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.

How to Apply

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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.

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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.

Agency contact information

Paris Hardy
Address
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Human Resources, Executive Resources
3501 Fairfax Dr.
Room VS-D3026
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States

Next steps

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