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Director, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI), EM-0905-00 (Attorneys)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Summary

This position is located in the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C.

The mission of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion is to achieve a workforce that is diverse and inclusive and to increase participation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in FDIC programs.

Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $310,000.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
08/21/2024 to 09/04/2024
Salary
$275,000 to - $310,000 per year
Pay scale & grade
EM 00
Location
Washington, DC
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—Selectee(s) for this position will be required to report to their duty station office two days per week. TELEWORK OPTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—Relocation benefits may be authorized.
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
EM - 00
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
High Risk (HR)
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
Yes - This position requires the selectee to file a public financial disclosure report (OGE Form 278e) as a condition of employment.
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
2024-EM-PJN-0111
Control number
805792700

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Clarification from the agency

Applicants with status or those eligible under special hiring authorities, should apply under EM-0301 merit promotion announcement, 2024-EM-MP-0109. Status applicants are current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility. Non-status applicants should apply under EM-0301 public announcement, 2024-EM-PJN-0110 to be considered.

Duties

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  • Leads the FDIC's Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) and serves as FDIC's senior technical expert on all matters relating to diversity in management, employment, and business activities, including procurement and all types of contracts. Provides direction and oversight of all FDIC programs and activities related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) throughout the organization.
  • Leads the development, implementation, and ongoing review and renewal of the FDIC's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan. Contributes to the development and implementation of FDIC-wide operations as a DEIA advocate. Develops, coordinates, and implements DEIA policies, programs, operations, and procedures throughout the FDIC.
  • Works collaboratively with peers, senior leaders, and the Board of Directors to promote DEIA in the agency's workforce and its business activities; recommends and supports the development and implementation of strategies to create and maintain a culture that fully embraces DEIA. Serves on various high level councils and working groups as an expert in DEIA, including the FDIC Diversity and Inclusion Executive Advisory Council. Oversees OMWI staff support of the council.
  • Develops and implements standards and procedures to promote racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of the agency's workforce, contracting activities, and regulated entities, consistent with Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Act, and reporting to Congress on OMWI programs and performance as required.
  • Serves as a technical expert and legal advisor to the Board of Directors. Represents the Corporation in interagency task forces, committees, and working groups on all aspects of corporate activity impacting minority and women-owned businesses, special emphasis programs, and DEIA policy and programs. Provides legal advice and guidance on strategies to improve programming for minority and women inclusion, and the support of DEIA initiatives.
  • Sets the strategic direction for OMWI's programs; oversees and develops OMWI's long- and short-range planning. Develops and implements OMWI's policies, program content, organizational structure, and budget and human resource distribution. Monitors and evaluates OMWI program effectiveness and efficiency in accomplishing objectives, utilizing funds and personnel, and interaction with related programs or operations in other FDIC organizational elements.
  • Consolidates and defends OMWI's formal budget program requests; provides justifications for major program changes under OMWI's purview; develops OMWI policy and activities; assures correct policy and regulatory interpretations on the part of OMWI subordinate managers; and ensures the smooth functioning and coordination of all OMWI programs.
  • Establishes and maintains continuing liaison with counterparts within the FDIC, officials of other regulatory agencies, and representatives of financial institutions and private industry. Articulates OMWI policies and procedures and gains the continued cooperation and support of top policy-making officials within and outside the FDIC on matters related to DEIA.
  • Exercises supervisory personnel management authority directly or indirectly through subordinate senior managers to include: planning, assigning, and reviewing work products of subordinates; establishing guidelines and performance expectations; and, evaluating work performance and providing feedback. Identifies training and developmental needs for staff and provides regular recognition of staff. Works in collaboration with the appropriate Human Resources and Legal staff to administer disciplinary action. Hears and resolves grievances or other disputes as appropriate. Approves/disapproves requests for leave, telework, travel, training, etc. Ensures that programs are administered effectively and in accordance with broadly stated objectives and priorities.
  • Develops Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA), employee development, employee performance, and other personnel plans, processes, programs, and metrics in compliance with Corporate policy, legal requirements, and the mission of the Division; leads efforts to mature the organization and management of work within area of responsibility; leads diverse groups of employees to: direct work, review outcomes/effectiveness, develop and assess subordinate managers, and promote inclusion.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.  

Bar Membership is required  

Employment Conditions.

High-Risk-Background Investigation.

Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the leadership and technical experiences listed below. These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive-level assignments.

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, skills, and abilities and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a resume that addresses each minimum qualification experience. Examples should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertook; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action-oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised). Leadership experiences identified must have been performed in an official supervisory role.

Leadership Experience 1: Experience in overseeing and coordinating the work of organizational units, including assigning work; directing changes to programs and priorities; and evaluating performance against goals; AND

Leadership Experience 2: Experience in managing employee performance and growth, including evaluating employee readiness for successive roles; recognizing accomplishments, providing feedback and development opportunities, and addressing performance/conduct issues; AND

Leadership Experience 3: Experience in overseeing the implementation of and improvements to recruiting, hiring, training, utilization, and succession readiness of staff.

Technical Experience 1: Experience in overseeing the development and implementation of agency- or company-wide diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs; AND

Technical Experience 2: Experience in advising executives on strategies for implementing cultural change or transformation; AND

Technical Experience 3: Experience in providing legal advice and assistance on an agency’s or company’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA)-related programs, policies, and practices and their adherence to relevant laws and regulations.

Basic Qualification: License to practice before the highest court of a state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia and in good standing.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Additional information

For FDIC Employees: The five-day notification process does not apply to corporate and executive manager positions. Failure to provide your application documentation (i.e. up-to-date resume) in support of your qualifications for this position by the closing date will limit your ability to receive maximum consideration. Take a moment to ensure that your resume and assessment questionnaire responses reflect the qualifications and eligibility requirements of this position by the closing date.

To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.

This position is in the Excepted Service.

Evidence of current bar membership in good standing will be confirmed prior to appointment.

If selected, you may be required to serve a supervisory/managerial probationary period.

If selected, you may be required to serve a trial period.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

FDIC Executive Managers (EM) are in the Federal competitive service and not the Senior Executive Service (SES). As an EM at the FDIC, you will provide executive leadership and managerial direction over substantive activities related to planning, developing, executing, and coordinating the Corporation's programs and policies.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office.

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 contains sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. 

If you are found minimally qualified, a Management Rating Panel (MRP) will review your qualifications and experience against pre-established benchmarks. The rating panel will place applications in one of three quality categories, i.e., Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies listed below. Candidates eligible for veterans’ preference will be considered in accordance with law, rule, and regulation.

Top ranked (Best Qualified) candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.

The competencies/KSAs you will be assessed on are listed below.

  • External Awareness
  • Influencing Others
  • Advising 
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Change Management 
  • Leveraging Diversity
  • Oral/Non Written Communication
  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Planning and Organizing 
  • Knowledge of diversity policies and practices of FDIC-regulated financial institutions.
  • Knowledge of practices for promoting diversity in management, employment, and business activities to include procurement and contracting for goods and services supporting minority and women-owned business programs.
  • Knowledge of the application and interpretation of Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Act, FIRREA, FDICIA, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, as amended, and other applicable law and regulations.
  • Knowledge of general law, Federal and State laws, administrative law and procedure, and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and other procedural statues; and, legal principles and processes, legal precedents, and legal research methods.

Applicants must provide details of the duties performed as they relate to the qualifying experience and competencies/KSAs. Experience must be explicitly stated in the resume as experience not specifically described in the resume cannot be assumed. Resumes that are vague or don't address specific requirements will not receive maximum consideration.


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