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Ombudsman, EM-0301-00

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Summary

This position is located in the Office of the Ombudsman (OO) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C.

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

Overview

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Open & closing dates
09/02/2025 to 09/08/2025
Salary
$275,000 to - $310,000 per year
Pay scale & grade
EM 00
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Washington, DC
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—Relocation benefits may be authorized according to FDIC policy.
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
EM - 00
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
2025-EM-0117
Control number
844745400

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Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to current FDIC permanent employees with competitive status eligibility.

Duties

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  • Serves as the principal liaison between the agency and any person/entity with respect to problems they have in dealing with the agency resulting from its regulatory activities and ensures that safeguards exist to encourage complainants to come forward, while preserving confidentiality, building trust, enhancing relationships, and improving communications.
  • Develops, implements, evaluates, and improves an independent, confidential, neutral problem resolution function for FDIC-regulated financial institutions and complaint resolution function for the general public. Provides strategic direction; continually monitors and evaluates the program for effective and efficient accomplishment of objectives, maximum utilization of resources, and successful interaction with related programs or operations within the agency.
  • Performs and/or coordinates the investigation of complaints, and reviews Reports of Examinations and other supervisory materials to identify options for the resolution of complaints relating to FDIC regulatory and financial institution supervision, examination, and resolution activities. 
  • Operates and responds independently to questions and complaints received from the industry; shares data, trends, and reports in a manner that protects confidential information and maintains the office as an independent, impartial, and unbiased resource. Meets with insured depository institution senior officials and/or boards of directors, and FDIC and other federal and state government regulators to discuss and resolve complaints brought to the attention of the OO.
  • Actively promotes awareness of the OO's mission and services to industry stakeholders, federal and state regulatory counterparts, and trade associations through the development and implementation of an effective nationwide outreach program. Regularly visits with financial institution presidents and CEOs; participates in various industry events (e.g., annual state banker trade conferences) and fosters and maintains collaborative working relationships with other financial regulators, state banking authorities, trade associations, and FDIC stakeholders.
  • Serves as a change agent for the FDIC by identifying systemic challenges and recommending a range of options to address them. This may include identifying emerging trends, policy gaps, and patterns of problematic areas in agency policies, procedures, or regulations pertaining to financial institution examination, supervision, and resolution matters.
  • Resolves conflict, facilitates communication, assists with surfacing issues, and provides feedback on emerging or systemic concerns related to financial institution supervision and examination policies and principles; works to resolve issues or concerns on complex regulatory and financial institution supervisory policy and examination matters affecting FDIC-supervised institutions and their customers.
  • Serves as a non-voting member of the Supervision Appeals Review Committee (SARC), advocating for a fair process, validating that both parties to each appeal receive all materials considered by the SARC, and monitoring the supervision of the appealing financial institutions for signs of retaliation. Periodically reports to the FDIC’s Board of Directors on the post-appeal monitoring process.
  • Performs the full range of supervisory duties to include planning, assigning, and reviewing work products of subordinates; establishing guidelines and performance expectations; and evaluating work performance and providing feedback to others on their performance. Identifies training and developmental needs for staff and provides regular recognition. 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.
  • Shares in the agency-wide commitment to employee development, employee performance, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), and other personnel processes in compliance with agency policy, legal requirements, and the mission of the office; leads efforts to mature the OO and the management of work within the area of responsibility; leads professional groups of employees to: direct work, review outcomes/effectiveness, develop and assess subordinate managers.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

Employment Conditions.

High Risk Position – Background Investigation (BI) required.

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, 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.

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 overseeing and coordinating the work of organizational units directly and indirectly through subordinate supervisors, including assigning work; directing changes to programs and priorities; and evaluating performance against goals; AND

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

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

Technical Experience 1: Experience conducting reviews of supervisory materials to identify solutions to inquiries and complaints relating to financial supervision, examination, or resolution activities; AND

Technical Experience 2: Experience applying a variety of dispute resolution techniques to lead the resolution of complex and sensitive disputes in a financial industry regulatory context.

Education

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

Additional information

FDIC Employees: The five-day notification process does not apply to corporate and executive manager positions. Failure to provide your 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 reflects the qualification requirements of this position by the closing date.

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If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary period as applicable to appointment type.

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

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

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.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your resume 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 Screening Panel (MSP) will review your qualifications and experience against pre-established benchmarks. The rating panel will place applications in one of two categories, Pass or Fail. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies listed below. 

Top ranked (Pass) 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
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Organizational Performance
  • Influencing Others
  • Conflict Management
  • Knowledge of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) facilitation techniques and methods, and skill in their use to successfully resolve highly complex and sensitive matters.
  • Knowledge of the examination, supervision, resolution, and receivership of financial institutions, including policies, procedures, guidance, laws, and regulations.
  • Knowledge of the financial industry, including innovation and nascent risks.

You do not need to respond separately to these competencies/KSAs. Your resume will serve as responses to the competencies/KSAs.

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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