Recent Graduate - Regulatory Specialist

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For more information, click Pathways Programs, State Apprenticeship Programs, Other Apprenticeship Programs or Career One Stop. This is an appointment under the DOL Recent Graduates program. The program duration is one year. Upon successful completion of the program and at the agency's discretion, the appointee may be converted to a term or permanent position in the competitive service. Applicants must have graduated, within the past two years, (with an associate, bachelor, master, professional, doctorate, diploma, vocational, technical degree, or certificate, etc.) from a qualifying educational institution or career or technical educational program including registered Apprenticeship Programs, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Job Corps, Climate Corps). Veterans unable to apply within two years of receiving their degree or certificate due to military service obligation have up to six years after degree or certificate completion. To qualify for the Recent Graduate - Regulatory Specialist, you must meet one of the options as described by grade level below. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. For the GS-09 level: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-07, in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience for the GS-09 level is defined as 3 of the following: Supporting the formulation and writing of rulemaking documents. Reviewing and interpreting regulations, executive orders, or legislation. Analyzing the impacts of regulations on industry or stakeholder groups. Interpreting and applying industry consensus standards. Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with representatives of trade associations, worker unions, industry groups, and/or regulatory bodies. OR Education: Possess a master's or equivalent graduate degree, or two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B or J.D, if related, that provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position; OR Combination of experience and education: Possess a combination of specialized experience as described above AND graduate education as described above, which when combined would equate to at least 100%. For the GS-11 level: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-09, in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience for the GS-11 level is defined as 4 of the following: Interpreting new regulations, executive orders, or legislation and delivering conclusions/recommendations. Preparing reports and analyses required by law, executive order, or regulation. Developing rulemaking content and performing complex regulatory analysis that require input from subject matter experts, including solicitors, economists, technology experts, and/or field staff. Analyzing and modeling the impacts of regulations on industry or stakeholder groups. Drafting external communications that accurately reflect government agency policies, regulations, and positions. Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with high-level officials at trade associations, unions, industry groups, and/or regulatory bodies. OR Education: Possess a Ph.D or equivalent graduate degree, or three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M, if related, that provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position; OR Combination of experience and education: Possess a combination of specialized experience as described above AND graduate education as described above, which when combined would equate to at least 100%.

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