Clarification from the agency

1. U.S. citizens or U.S. Nationals; no prior Federal experience is required. 2. CTAP/ICTAP eligibles.

As a/an Director - Strategic Policy, you will:

• Represent Treasury on various U.S. government working groups, task forces, and interagency committees relating to AML/CFT, and work closely with the U.S. interagency community, including the State Department, Justice Department, Defense Department, National Security Council, and various elements of the law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence communities.
• Review and draft policy and position papers, briefing materials and testimony for senior Treasury officials, and documents for use in support of international initiatives.
• Manage team members and coordinate specific projects and taskings. Lead or serve on special project teams as assigned by supervisor.
• Collect, review, and analyze reports that impact policy or programmatic issues, including determining their quality and overall effectiveness and recognizing sensitive policy issues and apprising supervisor.
• Prepare and present briefing papers, reports, statistical backup, and other information that provide solid and logical justification on major program initiatives to Department and Departmental officials, various Federal, State, local and international agencies, industry officials and other organizations.

Conditions of employment

Key Requirements:

• Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
• All newly appointed employees to the federal service are subject to a probationary period if hired under a competitive service appointment, or a trial period if hired under an excepted service appointment. These periods are designed to evaluate an employee's performance, conduct, and alignment with agency mission and values. These periods are no longer passive transitions to permanent status but serve as formal extensions of the hiring process, requiring affirmative Supervisory certification action.
• A one-year supervisory or managerial probationary period may be required.
• Must successfully complete a background investigation.
• All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties.
• Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
• Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
• File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.
• Undergo an income tax verification
• Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:

-Identifying illicit finance threats to the U.S. and international financial system;
AND
-Providing advice to leadership regarding counter-illicit finance policy;
AND
-Experience with virtual assets, correspondent banking, emerging payments, Central Bank Digital Currencies, artificial intelligences, or developing illicit finance typologies and risk assessments;
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-Experience with the international framework to combat money laundering, terrorism finance, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation financing;
AND
-Representing an organization within foreign governments, multilateral bodies, Congress, or other US Government departments or agencies;
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-Managing projects and leading formal or informal teams and mentoring new or more junior staff.


The 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 resumé.

How you will be evaluated

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

This announcement is issued under the direct-hire authority. Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3) and OPM regulations (5 CFR 337 Subpart B) on direct-hire: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

Your application includes your resumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resumé may result in a not qualified determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Communication, Leadership, and Technical

Referral: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must meet the well qualified definition listed below and any education requirement to receive special selection priority.

To be well qualified at the GS-15 level You must have documented experience in the following:

1) Managing teams in the private sector or public sector responsible for leading implementation of policies and strategies to counter terrorist financing, money laundering, proliferation financing, sanctions evasion, or other financial crime threats. Experience motivating staff or colleagues, setting objectives, monitoring completion, and providing constructive feedback to staff;
AND
2) Experience either in:
a. Identifying terrorist financing, money laundering, and other financial crime trends that may exist because of the evolution of payments and the growth of new technologies, including experience with digital assets policy or experience with the international and domestic banking industry, payment systems, emerging payment networks, real-time gross settlement systems, and the cross-border interlinkages of payment systems; OR
b. Conducting detailed, systematic assessments, strategies, and developing typologies related to existing and emerging terrorist financing, money laundering, and other financial crime trends for interagency, law enforcement, or Congressional stakeholders;
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3) Drafting and providing feedback to others on high-quality policy papers, briefing materials, reports, public remarks, and/or testimony for senior public or private sector officials;
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4) Briefing senior public or private sector officials on anti-money laundering and/or combatting the financing of terrorism issues;
5) Working with the international framework to combat money laundering, terrorism finance, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation financing, including deep experience working both domestically and internationally to assess and apply standards to ensure that both the United States and other countries are taking effective action on money laundering, terrorist financing, and/or proliferation financing threats;

A complete application includes:

1. A resume: All applicants are required to submit a resumé, either by creating one in USAJOBS, or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.)

• Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, your resume will still be accepted, however only the first 2 pages will be reviewed and considered for qualifications and eligibility determination in whether or not the minimum qualifications for the position have been met.
• To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resumé.
• It is suggested that you preview the entire announcement and online questionnaire, to ensure that your resumé thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and support your responses to the online questionnaire.
• For resumé writing guidance, please visit How do I write a resume for a federal job?

• CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click CTAP/ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.

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