Summary This position is at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) in the Office of Consumer Financial Protection. This position serves as a Special Assistant. Responsibilities As a Special Assistant, you will: Lead projects involving extensive research and fact-finding to develop opinion papers on a variety of consumer financial protection matters, including fair lending, consumer compliance, consumer complaints and other types of high-level reports. Work with other central and regional offices to develop consumer financial protection programs and projects. Provide guidance and direction to program offices in the development of consumer financial protection projects and related timelines. Maintain control over consumer financial protection projects and working groups to inform the NCUA Chairman of the Board and Director of OCFP on a continual basis of status. Provide guidance and direction regarding decision points of consumer financial protection projects and working groups. Lead efforts to accomplish numerous complex and high priority confidential and sensitive special projects for the NCUA Chairman of the Board and Director of OCFP. Determine nature of background information and data, format of presentation, and levels of coordination. Coordinate regularly with offices of interest on consumer financial protection matters to obtain and assimilate perspectives and opinion. Represent the NCUA and reconciles differences of opinion on the applications of consumer financial protection, fair lending, and consumer complaints policies and operational matters that may be discriminatory, including enforcement. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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-15 level must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-14 level obtained in the private or public sector. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in all of the following: 1. Performing analysis of issues related to policies, practices, and resources required in the governance of consumer financial protection; and 2. Providing advice and guidance to executive leadership on establishment and implementation of changes to a variety of consumer financial protection policies and programs. 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 support your responses to the online questionnaire as described in the vacancy announcement. When describing your experience in your resume, please be specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Please ensure that your resume includes the grade (if you are a current or previous federal employee), month, and year that you began and ended for each position held or that position may not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Full-time employment will be assumed unless otherwise stated on your resume. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating. Your resume must also support your responses to the online questionnaire. Failure to provide support may result in a lower rating and/or you may be excluded from consideration. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes 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 not 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. The Fair Chance Act: In accordance with the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 (Fair Chance Act), 5 U.S.C. Sec. 9202, and 5 C.F.R. 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