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Senior Policy Advisor

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Domestic Finance - Financial Stability Oversight Council

Washington, DC (In Person)

$183,239 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 1 week ago (Updated 5 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/15/2026

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Senior Policy Advisor Department of the Treasury Treasury, Departmental Offices Summary This position is loced Departmental Offices,Domestic Finance - Financial Stability Oversight Council(FSOC). As a Senior Policy Advisor, you supporting the stutory missions of the Council and serve as a Senior Policy Advisor in analyzing the economic, financial, and policy implicions of mters before the Council. Such mters may include legislive and policy proposals or emerging risks th impact the financial system, financial markets, and/or financial institutions. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced Departmental Offices,Domestic Finance - Financial Stability Oversight Council(FSOC). As a Senior Policy Advisor, you supporting the stutory missions of the Council and serve as a Senior Policy Advisor in analyzing the economic, financial, and policy implicions of mters before the Council. Such mters may include legislive and policy proposals or emerging risks th impact the financial system, financial markets, and/or financial institutions. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/13/2026 to 05/27/2026 Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) 0301 Miscellaneous Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number 26-DO-12955990-P Control number 868923300 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency 1. U.S. citizens or U.S. Nionals; no prior Federal experience is required. 2.
CTAP/ICTAP
eligibles. Duties Help •
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ
•This announcement contains a two-phase process. Upon completion of Phase 1, you must click on the exclusive link to complete the manual assessment. The next phase it will take one hour, a minimum, to complete. As a Senior Policy Advisor, you will: Develop, produce, and prepare policy stements, briefing merials, Congressional testimonies, Congressional reports, official correspondence, and other official documents for the Secretary, and other senior officials Treasury in their role as supporting the Chairperson of the Council and member agencies of the Council. Participe in and often coordine interagency committees and working groups of the Council member agencies, developing research and analytical merials on mters of interest to the Council. Review and comment on research and policy documents from other Federal agencies. Advise the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of The Financial Stability Oversight Council of emerging issues and problems involving financial institutions, financial markets or macro trends th could impact financial stability or other mters before the Council. Requirements Help Conditions of employment
Key Requirements:
Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. Nional. All newly appointed employees to the competitive (or excepted) service are subject to a probionary (or trial) period. During this time, your performance, conduct, and suitability for continued employment evalued. You will not automically convert to permanent stus the end of the probionary (or trial) period. Your supervisor must affirmively determine th continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service. If no certificion is made before the probionary (or trial) period ends, your appointment termined. You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor, seek feedback, and understand role expections. Additional guidance and support provided during onboarding. Must successfully complete a background investigion. All new hires required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they cree any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties. Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, 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 th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Go through a Personal Identity Verificion (PIV) process th requires two forms of identificion from the Form I-9 . Federal law requires verificion of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-reled travel. File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. Undergo an income tax verificion, if required. Please refer to the " Additional Informion " section for additional Conditions of Employment. Qualificions You must meet the following requirements by the closing de of this announcement.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
For the GS - 15 , you must have one year of specialized experience a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS - 14 grade level in the Federal service . Specialized Experience for this position includes: A) Experience independently researching, analyzing da, or providing advice to firms or regulors in least ONE of the following markets or sectors: 1. Banking sector 2. Insurance sector, investment funds, or other segments of the nonbank financial sector 3. U.S. Treasury markets 4. Equity markets 5. Credit markets 6. Mortgage markets or other segments of the household finance sector 7. Derivives markets AND B) Experience in least TWO of the following three activities: 1. Developing written analyses or summaries (such as memoranda, reports, briefs, or articles) regarding risks to U.S. or internional financial stability 2. Analyzing research, informion, or da reled to U.S. or internional financial stability 3. Analyzing, advising on, or otherwise using laws and regulions reling to the U.S. financial system, financial institutions, or financial markets The experience may have been gained in either the public, prive sector or volunteer service . One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prored basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indice des of employment by month/day/year, and indice number of hours worked per week on your resumé. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion
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. Relocion expenses will not be paid. We offer opportunities for telework. We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules. This position requires th the successful candide undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigion and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automed record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candide will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notificion from the FBI of criminal mters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. For more informion about individual rights, Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights - FBI , FD-258 Privacy Act Stement - 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 vacion time each year. Access to insurance programs th 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-mching contributions. Learn more about Federal benefits programs : USAJOBS Help Center - Benefits Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your applicion includes your resumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure th your resumé includes detailed informion to support your qualificions for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resumé may result in a "not qualified" determinion.
THIS IS A TWO-PHASED PROCESS.
Phase 1 : Your applicion evalued in the following areas:

Leadership, Oral Communicion, Qualificions, Technical Competence, and Written Communicion Phase 2 : You given an exclusive link in the last question of this applicion to complete a manual assessment for Phase 2. Please be sure to allow sufficient time to complete the questions before the close de of the second announcement. Failure to complete the narrive questions will result in an incomplete applicion and no further considerion given. Your narrive responses red and ranked by a Subject Mter Expert (SME) to determine your level of proficiency. This announcement uses the Rule of Many , a numerical ranking process under which eligible applicants receive a numeric score based on the assessment process for the position. Only applicants who are eligible for veterans' preference receive 5- or 10-point veterans' preference points, which are added to passing scores, as applicable. Applicants are then listed on the certifice in score order, and preference-eligible applicants are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles with the same score. Qualified preference eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more are listed the top of the certifice in ring order This announcement uses the cut-off score referral method under 5 CFR 332.402(b)(1). Applicants who achieve or exceed the established cut-off score of 85 referred for considerion. If fewer than three eligible and available candides per vacancy are available, we may lower the cut score in accordance with our pre-announced supplement stregy and applicable policy until a minimum of three candides per vacancy are eligible to be referred. When a new cut score is established, all applicants tied th cut score will also be referred. If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) , achieve a well-qualified score of 85 or higher to receive priority considerion.
Optional Essay Questions:
Applicants may choose to respond to four short essay questions (200 words max each) to help us better understand your alignment with the agency's mission. These responses are optional and will not affect the applicant's eligibility. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help A complete applicion includes: 1.
A resume:
All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/de/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. It is suggested th you preview the online questionnaire, to ensure th your resume thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the "Qualificions" section of this announcement and support your responses to the online questionnaire. For resume writing guidance, please How do I write a resume for a federal job? 2.
Vacancy question responses:
All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement. 3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).
VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION
If you are claiming veterans preference, please see applicant guide for required documention . In order to be considered for veterans preference, you must submit all required documention as outlined in the applicant guide.
CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN
(CTAP)
OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN
(ICTAP)
DOCUMENTATION
: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click
CTAP/ICTAP
for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible. How to Apply Help The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing de. Are you unsure how to write your federal resume? We are here to help. The Treasury Recruitment Service regularly offers Writing Your Federal Resume training sessions, and other career-reled informion sessions, to assist you in your career search journey. To register for a session, click here to go to our Career Informion Sessions webpage. Departmental Offices provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the applicion and hiring process. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion.
IN ORDER TO COMPLETE BOTH PHASES, YOU WILLNEED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION IN BOTH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
To do this: 1. Click on the link provided in the last question of announcement number 1 (this announcement). This will open a new window to the second announcement. 2. Before completing the applicion in the new window, click back to announcement number 1 (this announcement) and finish the remaining steps through submitting your applicion. 3. Click back on the second (new) window for announcement number 2. You will need to click on the APPLY button on the second announcement and go through the 5 steps in USA Jobs to get to the narrive questions. 4. Review and submit your second announcement applicion. Once completed, BOTH announcements should show the Applicion Stus as Applicion Submitted. Please do not share the link with anyone else, as the exclusive link is for you to complete your applicion. There is a 2,500 character limit on each response. Please allow sufficient time to complete before midnight on the close de of the announcement. The narrive responses are expected to take one hour, a minimum. Non-detailed and answers such as N/A, see resumé, etc. deemed ineligible. To verify the stus of your applicion: -Log into your USAJOBS account ( USAJOBS Login ). A list of announcements in which you have applied is the Welcome screen. -Under "applicion stus," click "Track this applicion" and you taken to the agency website where you can check your applicion stus. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to USAJOBS Help Center - How to see your applicion and job stus If you wish to make changes/updes to your applicion and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and "Upde Applicion" to be taken back to your applicion. No updes can be made once the announcement has closed. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. For additional informion on how to apply, please the Partnership for Public Service's Go Government website.
To preview the questionnaire:
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12955990 Agency contact informion Applicant Call Center Phone 304-480-7300 doinquiries@fiscal.treasury.gov Address Domestic Finance - Financial Stability Oversight Council Treasury Common Services Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful.
YOU MUST COMPLETE THE PHASE 2 QUESTIONS.
Failure to complete the narrive questions will result in an incomplete applicion and no further considerion given. After the Phase 2 announcement closes, we will review your resumé and transcript(s) (if approprie) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements and your applicion reviewed by a SME and red to determine your level of proficiency. We may interview the best-qualified applicants. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and/or security background investigion. Please note, you will only receive stus updes in the first announcement. The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Treasury and its bureaus from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Treasury by email , FairChanceAct@treasury.gov . To learn more, please our page : Treasury.gov/fairchanceact . Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help A complete applicion includes: 1.
A resume:
All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) Please limit your resume to two-pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/de/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. It is suggested th you preview the online questionnaire, to ensure th your resume thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the "Qualificions" section of this announcement and support your responses to the online questionnaire. For resume writing guidance, please How do I write a resume for a federal job? 2.
Vacancy question responses:
All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement. 3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible).
VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION
If you are claiming veterans preference, please see applicant guide for required documention . In order to be considered for veterans preference, you must submit all required documention as outlined in the applicant guide.
CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN
(CTAP)
OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN
(ICTAP)
DOCUMENTATION
: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click
CTAP/ICTAP
for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible. How to Apply Help The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement's closing de. Are you unsure how to write your federal resume? We are here to help. The Treasury Recruitment Service regularly offers Writing Your Federal Resume training sessions, and other career-reled informion sessions, to assist you in your career search journey. To register for a session, click here to go to our Career Informion Sessions webpage. Departmental Offices provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you require this for any part of the applicion and hiring process. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion.
IN ORDER TO COMPLETE BOTH PHASES, YOU WILLNEED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION IN BOTH ANNOUNCEMENTS.
To do this: 1. Click on the link provided in the last question of announcement number 1 (this announcement). This will open a new window to the second announcement. 2. Before completing the applicion in the new window, click back to announcement number 1 (this announcement) and finish the remaining steps through submitting your applicion. 3. Click back on the second (new) window for announcement number 2. You will need to click on the APPLY button on the second announcement and go through the 5 steps in USA Jobs to get to the narrive questions. 4. Review and submit your second announcement applicion. Once completed, BOTH announcements should show the Applicion Stus as Applicion Submitted. Please do not share the link with anyone else, as the exclusive link is for you to complete your applicion. There is a 2,500 character limit on each response. Please allow sufficient time to complete before midnight on the close de of the announcement. The narrive responses are expected to take one hour, a minimum. Non-detailed and answers such as N/A, see resumé, etc. deemed ineligible. To verify the stus of your applicion: -Log into your USAJOBS account ( USAJOBS Login ). A list of announcements in which you have applied is the Welcome screen. -Under "applicion stus," click "Track this applicion" and you taken to the agency website where you can check your applicion stus. For more informion regarding the job and applicant stus, please refer to USAJOBS Help Center - How to see your applicion and job stus If you wish to make changes/updes to your applicion and the vacancy is still open, you can click on the job announcement and "Upde Applicion" to be taken back to your applicion. No updes can be made once the announcement has closed. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. For additional informion on how to apply, please the Partnership for Public Service's Go Government website.
To preview the questionnaire:
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12955990 Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Applicant Call Center Phone 304-480-7300 doinquiries@fiscal.treasury.gov Address Domestic Finance - Financial Stability Oversight Council Treasury Common Services Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US Next steps Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful.
YOU MUST COMPLETE THE PHASE 2 QUESTIONS.
Failure to complete the narrive questions will result in an incomplete applicion and no further considerion given. After the Phase 2 announcement closes, we will review your resumé and transcript(s) (if approprie) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements and your applicion reviewed by a SME and red to determine your level of proficiency. We may interview the best-qualified applicants. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct any required suitability and/or security background investigion. Please note, you will only receive stus updes in the first announcement. The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Treasury and its bureaus from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Treasury by email , FairChanceAct@treasury.gov . To learn more, please our page : Treasury.gov/fairchanceact . Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/13/2026 to 05/27/2026 Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 26-DO-12955990-P Control number 868923300

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