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Director - Strategic Policy

Department of the Treasury
Treasury, Departmental Offices
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Summary

This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Terrorist Financing. As a Director - Strategic Policy, you will be responsible for all aspects of Treasury's anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) programs, sanctions efforts, and special projects such as anti-kleptocracy, counter-proliferation financing and counter-insurgency financing initiatives.

Overview

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Open & closing dates
09/19/2025 to 09/26/2025
Salary
$167,603 to - $195,200 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 15
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Washington, DC
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
15
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Sensitive Compartmented Information
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
Yes
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
25-DO-12803626-DH
Control number
846476800

Duties

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As a Director - Strategic Policy, you will:

  • Represent TFFC on various U.S. government working groups, task forces, and interagency committees relating to AML/CFT, and work closely with the U.S. interagency community, including the State Department, Justice Department, Defense Department, National Security Council, and various elements of the law enforcement, regulatory, and intelligence communities.
  • Review and draft policy and position papers, briefing materials and testimony for senior Treasury officials, and documents for use in support of international initiatives.
  • Manage TFFC team members and coordinate specific projects and taskings. Lead or serve on special project teams as assigned by supervisor.
  • Collect, review, and analyze reports that impact policy or programmatic issues, including determining their quality and overall effectiveness and recognizing sensitive policy issues and apprising supervisor.
  • Prepares and presents briefing papers, reports, statistical backup, and other information that provide solid and logical justification on major program initiatives to Department and Departmental officials, various Federal, State, local and international agencies, industry officials and other organizations.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

Key Requirements:

  • Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
  • A one-year probationary period may be required. Continued employment is contingent upon supervisory certification that continued employment will benefit the Federal Service; the certification will occur no less than 30 days before the end of the probationary/trial period.
  • A one-year supervisory or managerial probationary period may be required.
  • Must successfully complete a background investigation.
  • All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties.
  • Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
  • Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
  • If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
  • Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
  • Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
  • File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on, if required.
  • Undergo an income tax verification, if required.
  • Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by 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-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes demonstrated, working experience in ALL of the following:
-Identifying illicit finance threats to the U.S. and international financial system; AND
-Developing counter-illicit finance policy, including typologies and risk/threat assessments; AND
-Providing advice to leadership regarding counter-illicit finance policy; AND
-Experience with the international framework to combat money laundering, terrorism finance, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation financing; AND
-Representing an organization within foreign governments, multilateral bodies, Congress, or other US Government departments or agencies; AND
-Managing projects and leading formal or informal teams and mentoring new or more junior staff.

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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

OTHER INFORMATION:

  • We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
  • This is a non-bargaining unit position.
  • A recruitment incentive may be offered.
  • Relocation expenses will not be paid.
  • We offer opportunities for telework.
  • We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.
  • This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. For more information about individual rights, Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights - FBI, FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI, and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov).

Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes:

  • Challenging work, opportunities for advancement, competitive salaries, bonuses and incentive awards.
  • Eleven paid holidays, 13 days of sick leave, and 13 to 26 days of vacation time each year.
  • Access to insurance programs that may be continued after you retire.
  • A wide choice of health insurance plans, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and no waiting periods. We pay a substantial amount (up to 75%) of the health insurance premiums.
  • A retirement program which includes employer-matching contributions.
  • Learn more about Federal benefits programs at: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Pay_and_Benefits

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.

This announcement is issued under the "direct-hire" authority. Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3) and OPM regulations (5 CFR 337 Subpart B) on direct-hire: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

Your application includes your resumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resumé may result in a "not qualified" determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Communication, Leadership, and Technical

Referral: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must have a score of 85 or better to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority.

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