Summary This position is located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision, Chicago Region of the FDIC and is responsible for leading or conducting supervision and enforcement responsibilities related to trust and securities-related examinations, investigations, and other activities. The duty location is determined upon selection. Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement. Responsibilities At the full performance level, major duties include: Plans, leads and conducts supervision and enforcement responsibilities related to trust and securities-related examinations, investigations, and other activities, including activities at institutions that reflect highly-complex and/or highly sensitive trust and securities-related risk factors. Prepares written assessments of trust and securities related examinations and investigations. Provides advice, counsel, and on-the-job training in applicable trust and securities activities examination techniques. Directs and coordinates the work of Trust Examiners, Trust Subject Matter Experts, Risk Management Supervision (RMS) Examiners, and RMS Financial Institution Specialist performing trust and securities-related examinations or procedures; provides feedback regarding their work. Conducts or attends meetings with insured depository institution boards of directors to confer on supervisory problems pertaining to trust and securities activities. Represents the FDIC and participates in meetings, presentations, and educational forums with insured depository institutions and related trade associations. Requirements Conditions of Employment Completion Of Financial Disclosure May Be Required. Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs. Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required. Must be a commissioned examiner. Qualifications 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. Additional qualifications information can be found here. CG-13: To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 12 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing examinations of insured depository institutions, serving as Examiner in Charge and evaluating the safety, soundness, and risk posed to the insurance fund. CG-14: To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 13 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience conducting and/or serving as Examiner-in-Charge of complex and/or sensitive examinations, investigations, or other activities relating to trust and securities activity, supervision and enforcement responsibilities. Candidates must be a Commissioned Risk Examiner in the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria used by the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision. Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors – if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement. Education There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position. Additional Information Announcement amended to extend the closing date. The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 16.82% to a high of 30.41%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the position is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here. Selectees(s) for this position will be required to report in person to an FDIC office or financial institution. If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here. Financial Institution Examiners must maintain the highest personal ethical standards as provided in Part 336 of the FDIC's Rules and Regulations, (Employee Responsibilities and Conduct). Financial Institution Examiners must comply with Section 3201.102 of Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees (5 CFR Part 3201), which, in part, prohibits them and their immediate families from accepting certain credit from State nonmember banks. All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following: 1. Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner. Exceptions: a. Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined. b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment. 2. Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit. 3. Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith. 4. Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law. 5. Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position. You may select up to 2 locations as advertised in this vacancy announcement. You will be referred to the selecting official based on the locations selected, if among the best qualified.