Employee Benefits Law Specialist

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EBSA plays a vital role in protecting the retirement, health, and other job-based benefits of America's workers, retirees, and their families. We issue effective regulations, offer comprehensive education and assistance to workers, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers, and rigorously enforce the law. We serve workers, families, and the broader employee benefits community by protecting the security and integrity of the nation's benefit systems. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Position titles alone cannot be used to determine if you are qualified. Please list dates in MM/DD/YY format. This is imperative in determining if whether you have at least one year of creditable specialized experience. Dates will not be assumed. You must meet the Basic Requirements listed in the Education Requirements section and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Employee Benefits Law Specialist, as described below. Basic Requirements: Education: Undergraduate and graduate education: Major study in one or a combination of the following fields- finance, banking, business administration, economics, mathematics, accounting or auditing, pension plan administration, law, industrial relations, public administration, or other related fields. OR Specialized Experience: Progressively responsible experience that demonstrated the ability to perform work in the field of pension and welfare plans. Such experience may have been gained in (1) management, administration, development, analysis, audit, financial management, or termination of such plans or their funds; or (2) in closely related work such as taxation, securities, and investments. Specialized experience may have been gained in government, a welfare and pension plan administration or consulting firm, law firm, actuarial or accounting firm, labor union, welfare and pension association or research service, banking trust department, or investment firm. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Analysis and application of fiduciary, reporting and disclosure, bonding, funding, vesting, administration, and termination provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and related laws, regulations, court decisions, and precedent rulings. Development of proposals for new or revised pension or welfare plans, petitions for exemptions, or requests for rulings under governing law. Legal work, a substantial portion of which required interpretation of Federal laws and legal requirements concerning welfare and pension plans, or in such related fields as taxation, securities, real estate, corporations, trusts, bankruptcy, and investments. Auditing or accounting work that involved determining compliance with Federal and State laws governing welfare and pension plans, securities, banking, insurance, or corporations. Analysis of Federal laws or regulations, development of policy, and drafting of proposed changes in an employee welfare and benefit plan or a related function. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, candidates must demonstrate specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing at least 2 of the following 3 duties: Experience providing authoritative technical advice and guidance on complex exemption, fiduciary, and prohibited transaction issues arising under ERISA, FERSA, and related laws and regulations to senior officials, agency staff, other Federal agencies, regulated entities, and other stakeholders, including explaining legal and policy positions, addressing sensitive or controversial matters, and participating in meetings, consultations, hearings, or interagency discussions. Experience conducting extensive legal, regulatory, and policy research and analysis involving ERISA, FERSA, the Internal Revenue Code, judicial decisions, published exemptions, rulings, and related precedents to evaluate complex employee benefit plan transactions or exemption requests, resolve difficult legal and policy issues, and develop recommendations supporting exemption, interpretive, policy, or legislative responsibilities. Experience drafting, reviewing, or developing complex exemption, regulatory, and interpretive documents-such as proposed or final class or individual exemptions, advisory opinions, information letters, technical memoranda, briefing materials, or other policy guidance-that apply statutory and regulatory requirements governing employee benefit plans and must be technically sound, legally sufficient, and consistent with agency precedent and policy. Note: Specialized experience must be clearly documented in your resume; merely copying this statement into your application does not demonstrate that you possess the required experience. Reference the Education Section for College Transcript and Evaluation of Forei

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