Summary

This position is located in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (ODAS), Division of Policy Development in Washington, D.C.

This position is outside of the bargaining unit.

**Excepted Service Position - Schedule Policy/Career Position**

Duties

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• Serves as a Supervisory Policy Advisor and performs functions to include: the synthesis of inputs across other organizational functional areas to facilitate policy creation and integration.
• Responsible for supervising, directing, and managing one of several formal policy teams, composed of functional disability employment policy experts.
• Participates with the Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary, and other policy officials to develop nationwide policies, plans, and programs that promote the employment of people with disabilities.
• Serves as a recognized authority on disability employment policy issues and defines, plans, conducts, and supervises the conduct of highly complex studies, projects, and analyses relating to the policy development functions of the Office.
• Represents the Assistant Secretary and/or the Office of Disability Employment Policy in contacts within the Department, with officials in other Federal agencies, with Congress and key stakeholders in the public and private sectors.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
• Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• This is a Schedule Policy/Career of the excepted service appointment. See below in Additional Information for more information

Qualifications

For GS-15: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-14, in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience for the GS-15 level includes at least three (3) of the following:

• Lead or direct high performing teams that analyze, develop, and/or implement policies related to the employment of individuals with disabilities;
• Identify, evaluate and make recommendations to improve major disability program and policy issues;
• Provide policy and program analysis and recommendations to increase the employment of individuals with disabilities; and/or
• Synthesize inputs from functional areas (e.g., disability employment, rehabilitation services, accessibility, technology, workforce development, and social services) to develop initiatives and policies that promote employment for youth and/or adult individuals with disabilities.

WHEN DOCUMENTING EXPERIENCE IN YOUR RESUME, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. NO ASSUMPTIONS WILL BE MADE ABOUT YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE.

Do NOT copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Education

There is no education substitution at the GS-15 level.

Additional information

For more information, click Telework Position Information. This is not a remote work position. The selectee will report to an assigned DOL office location on a regular basis and is eligible for participation in telework as determined by management in accordance with DOL policy.

Based on agency needs, additional positions may be filled using this vacancy.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be serving in a position in Schedule Policy/Career of the excepted service. You will obtain competitive status after two years of service in this position, if applicable. Your employment in this position will be at-will. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) appeals of adverse actions concerning performance, discipline, and other matters arising under chapters 23, 43, and 75 of title 5, United States Code, will not be available to an individual serving in this position. Prohibitions on prohibited personnel practices will be enforced by the Office of General Counsel [or agency equivalent position] and not the Office of Special Counsel.

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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

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