Government Ethics Specialist

This position is located at Office of Government Ethics, Ethics Transparency and Assistance Division. As a Government Ethics Specialist, you will act as the Desk Officer for a portfolio of agency ethics programs, providing liaison service to the Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) and any subordinate ethics officials. Individual assists these ethics officials in developing, maintaining, and improving all systems within the department's/agency's ethics programs. Major duties: As a Government Ethics Specialist, you will be: Providing on-demand ethics guidance and responding to real-time inquiries from ethics officials regarding their agency leaders and employees. Consulting with attorneys in the Ethics Legal Branch to resolve questions from agency ethics staffs which require legal interpretation. Meeting with Designated Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) and agency ethics staff periodically to discuss issues confronting their ethics program. Developing or conducting training of agency ethics staff on standards of conduct, criminal conflict of interest statutes, and/or financial disclosure regulations. Reviewing financial disclosure reports filed by senior government officials to determine whether they are complete and whether any conflict of interests matters need to be addressed. Qualifications: 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 résumé. For the GS-13 , you must have one year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing the following duties: Advising employees on executive branch ethics questions that involve multiple authorities; Reviewing confidential or public financial disclosure forms; and Delivering ethics training(s) across various subtopics to improve and enhance employee understanding. NOTE: To be found qualified for this position, the contents of your resume must fully support this response. Time-in-Grade: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-13, you must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks. Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.