Antiboycott Compliance Specialist
What you'd do
This vacancy is for a Antiboycott Compliance Specialist in the Bureau of Industry and Security within the Department of Commerce.
Major duties
As an Antiboycott Compliance Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Leads antiboycott investigations by independently identifying and developing investigative leads; analyzes legal and business relationships to determine compliance with U.S. antiboycott regulations and assess potential violations. Plans and execute advanced investigative activities involving persons and transactions of significant complexity; evaluate evidence for legal and factual sufficiency and determine appropriate enforcement actions. Prepares comprehensive case reports and enforcement recommendations, ensuring analytical, legal accuracy, and alignment with regulatory standards to support administrative or civil enforcement actions. Serves as a subject matter expert on antiboycott regulations, providing authoritative guidance to internal staff and external stakeholders; interprets regulatory requirements, advises on compliance strategies, and supports resolution of policy and case-related issues. Develops enforcement strategies and penalty recommendations, including analysis of respondent financial conditions; supports Administrative Case Review Board (ACRB) actions and participates in settlement negotiations within established parameters. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Antiboycott Compliance Specialist GS-1801-13, FPL GS-13 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location or local commuting area with the same qualifications and specialized experience. This position is also advertised under BIS-OEE-ST-26-13013113, which is open to Merit Promotion eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.
What you need to qualify
Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the GS-13 level you must meet one of the following: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Conducts investigation, enforcement, and compliance work related to antiboycott, restrictive trade practices, or Export Administration Regulations (EAR), evaluating evidentiary records for factual and legal sufficiency, and prepares investigative reports related to antiboycott regulations, or restrictive trade practices; and Evaluates documents to interpret violations of antiboycott, or restrictive trade practices and prepares written reports on findings regarding interstate and foreign commerce; and Coordinates with internal or external organizations to provide, acquire information and documents to pursue joint actions; and Provides technical guidance to internal and external stakeholders by interpreting regulatory policies, responding to inquiries, and advising other compliance specialists on investigative strategies and regulatory requirements
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