Senior Compliance Examiner, Cg-0570-13

Summary
This position is located in the Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, Seattle, WA or Portland, OR, Field Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and provides support in the areas of conducting or leading complex and/or sensitive bank examinations, investigations and other activities relating to consumer protection, fair lending and civil rights laws and regulations, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and related enforcement responsibilities.
This job is open to

• Internal to an agency
  Current federal employees of this agency.

Clarification from the agency
This position is open to current FDIC permanent employees with competitive status eligibility.
Duties

• Serves as a field territory representative responsible for planning and conducting comprehensive compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations of institutions of all sizes and risk profiles including the largest, most complex or problem institutions.
• Prepares and submits reports of examination, and as circumstances dictate, coordinates joint and concurrent examination activities with examination teams from other divisions and/or agencies.
• Participates in meetings, presentations, and educational forums with regulators, bankers, community groups, and trade associations. Services as a lead resource and participant in outreach activities directed at bankers and community groups.
• Serves, on occasion, as an instructor in core schools or other regional or national training sessions. May serve as a presenter/instructor during field territory training sessions and staff meetings.
• Serves as a formal coach/mentor for interns and pre-commissioned examiners. Provides advice and guidance to other examiners in applicable examination techniques. Provides on-the job training and coaching, engaging team members during work assignments.

Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required.
An employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.
Must be a commissioned examiner.
Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required.
Qualifications
Specialized Experience: 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. Additional qualifications information can be found here.
CG-13: To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 12 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as a Commissioned Compliance Examiner at the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria performing Compliance or Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations of insured depository institutions.
Applicants must have experience as commissioned Compliance Examiners at the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria.
Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors - if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement.
Education
There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.
Additional information
The duty location is determined upon selection.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 25.66% to a high of 30.81%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the position is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here.
Selectees(s) for this position will be required to report in person to an FDIC office or financial institution at their supervisor's direction.
If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type.
To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.
Financial Institution Examiners must maintain the highest personal ethical standards as provided in Part 336 of the FDIC's Rules and Regulations, (Employee Responsibilities and Conduct). Financial Institution Examiners must comply with Section 3201.102 of Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees (5 CFR Part 3201), which, in part, prohibits them and their immediate families from accepting certain credit from State nonmember banks.
All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following:
1. Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner.
Exceptions:
a. Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined.
b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment.
2. Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit.
3. Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith.
4. Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law.
5. Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position.

• 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.
  In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional 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.
  To find out more, click here.
  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 and the online assessment questionnaire will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.
Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.
Top ranked candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.
The competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) you will be assessed on are listed below:

1. Knowledge and application of consumer protection, fair lending, CRA and related laws and regulations sufficient to lead and conduct comprehensive and complex compliance and CRA supervisory activities.
2. Knowledge of analytical techniques utilized for detecting patterns or practices of discriminatory lending to identify and report on consumer protection compliance issues identified through supervisory activities or other means.
3. Knowledge of banking operations, accounting, general examination policies, and specific knowledge of consumer protection examination policies and practices.
4. Ability to communicate in writing.
5. Ability to communicate orally.
6. Knowledge of leadership theories and coaching practices to plan, coordinate and lead the work of others.

You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.
You may preview questions for this vacancy.

• 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.
  In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional 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.
  To find out more, click here.
  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.
• Required Documents
  As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
  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:
  FDIC EMPLOYEES: If you want to be considered non-competitively include a copy of your SF-50. The SF-50 must show the highest grade level or full performance level applicant has attained competitively on a permanent basis, and grade must be equivalent or higher than the grade for which applying.
  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
  To begin, click the "Apply" button and follow the prompts. If you haven't already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the "Apply" button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click "Submit Application" to complete the application process. You must apply online.
  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.
  To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on "Applications" tab. Click on the "Position Title," and then select "Update Application" or "Additional ApplicationInformation" to continue.
  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
  Elaine Livingstone
  Phone
  (972) 761-8321
  TDD
  1-800-925-4618
  Email
  elivingstone@fdic.gov
  Address
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  FDIC Human Resources Branch
  15 Braintree Hill Office Park
  Braintree, Massachusetts 02184
  United States
  Next steps
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  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
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