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Position Title
Regulatory Counsel
Agency
Administration for Children and Families
Announcement Number
HHS-ACF-DE-24-12228807 Opens in new window
Open Period
Monday, December 11, 2023 to Friday, December 22, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the Department of Health and Human Services? If yes, confirm:
• You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
• Your grade is equivalent to or above the grade level of the vacancy AND
• Your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.

You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of CTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50. For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center page (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ctap/). (limit characters)
3. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position?

If yes, confirm:
  • you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy
  • your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy and
  • your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
You will be required to submit supporting documentation to validate your claim of ICTAP eligibility such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.

For more information, review the USAJOBS Resource Center. (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/) (limit characters)
Preferences
1. In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
  • A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
  • A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
  • A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
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Assessment 1
1. Select the one statement below that best describes your education and/or experience to meet the basic requirement for a position in the Social Science Series, 0101.
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
2. Do you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal Service performing at least four (4) of the five (5) following duties:
Analyzing and making recommendations for developing policies which have a significant impact on health and human service programs such as unaccompanied children, refugees programs and child custody program processes and improvements;
Evaluating short and long-range implementation plans for regulatory development to solve issues related to health and human service programs such as refugees, child welfare practices and/or child custody programs;
Organizing and documenting rules for federal programs;
Developing, managing and coordinating reviews and analyses of policy issues to provide appropriate policy advice and recommendations;
Providing advice and recommendations on the health and human service program regulatory program segments to program managers? (limit characters)
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below. (limit characters)
3. Lead the planning and development of human service, child welfare and/or administrative adjudication regulatory strategies and actions.
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4. Serve as an advisor concerning unit regulatory compliance, enforcement, and policy issues with appropriate divisions, offices, other groups and individuals within a federal agency.
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5. Meet with Subject Matter Experts to understand new and existing policies that need accompanying new or edited procedures and support the development of new policies which are based on new legislation.
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6. Provide guidance on controversial regulatory and policy making activities.
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7. Provide consultation and technical assistance on human service, child welfare, and/or administrative adjudication regulatory strategies and actions.
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8. Resolve a broad range of issues concerning the application of any government agency's enabling legislation, settlement agreements, pertinent regulations, and/or general legislation affecting the operation of the Federal government.
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9. Provide guidance on regulatory and policy making activities that include a wide variety of regulatory programs, projects, and initiatives of national scope.
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10. Formulate and participate in the development of regulatory impact analysis assessing the effectiveness of program rules and its impact on affected programs.
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11. Serve as lead editor in drafting human service related regulatory documents including policy initiatives, and comments and reports to the Department of Health and Human Services, the other executive branch agencies, the White House, or Congress.
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12. Prepare responses to correspondence from the regulated community, Congress, or other interested persons on issues related to human service programs.
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13. Develop and evaluate potential impacts of the recommended regulations and instruments and advise senior government officials.
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14. Provide advice on proposed human service agency's enabling legislation, implementation and interpretation of laws and regulations, stakeholder positions and proposals, and related precedents.
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15. Speak for and represent federal agency leadership in meetings, senior level meetings, and work groups.
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16. Establish and maintain effective working relationships, to articulate key issues and concerns, and to brief and negotiate with senior officials.
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17. Attend and participate in meetings with staff and outside agency representatives.
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18. Clearly communicate procedure changes in documents, workshops, trainings, and stakeholder meetings.
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