Supervisory Government Information Specialist

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Providing technical and administrative advice regarding a Federal, state, or local Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) program or private sector information disclosure program; AND Providing advice in the development and oversight of policies, practices and procedures relating to the FOIA or information disclosure program; AND Interacting and communicating with federal or large private sector agencies, AUSAs, agency Counsel, FOIA attorneys, and/or plaintiffs on matters relating to FOIA or information disclosure litigation processing; AND Independently processing FOIA or information disclosure requests; AND Experience processing FOIA or information disclosure litigation cases; AND Leading or supervising a FOIA or information disclosure team. 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 resumé. TIME-IN-GRADE: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-15, you must have been at the GS-14 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.
This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence – Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). As a Supervisory Government Information Specialist, you will serve as a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Deputy Assistant Director responsible for the coordination, review, and processing of all of OFACs initial FOIA requests, litigation and appeal matters, and issues and cases pursuant to the FOIA, applicable laws, and regulations.