Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division

This Senior Executive Service (SES) position is in Region 2, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division. About Region 2.

This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis.

Overview

Reviewing applications

Duties

The incumbent serves as the Director of the Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division (ECAD), which is responsible for developing and implementing the Region’s enforcement and compliance assurance programs and statutes that EPA administers in the Region, states, and/or territories. The Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division works closely with the other Regional Divisions, Office of Regional Counsel, Criminal Investigations Division, and Department of Justice to deliver a comprehensive enforcement and compliance assurance program utilizing the entire spectrum of compliance assurance tools available to the Region.

Responsibilities include:

• Serving as a key participant in the Region’s strategic and operational planning activities, making determinations regarding priority areas, investments and disinvestments, and ensuring completion of assigned projects or priorities.
• Providing overall direction and management for ECAD.
• Accomplishing or directing the actions involved in coordinating the program with internal and external organizations, particularly with state and tribal partners.
• Accomplishing or directing actions to determine the effects of proposed or enacted federal or state legislation, new or proposed program requirements, new or improved technology, emergency situations, court decisions, etc.
• Ensuring that extramural resources, both procurement (contracts) and assistance (grants, cooperative agreements, and interagency agreements), are efficiently and appropriately managed in maximize use of the Agency’s resources.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen.
• You must submit a resume and required documents--see How to Apply section.
• Pre-employment drug testing is required and random testing thereafter.

If you are selected, you must complete a 1-year SES probationary period, if not previously completed.

The Ethics in Government Act, P.L. 95-521, requires the applicant selected for this position to submit a financial disclosure statement, OGE-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually, and upon termination of employment.

The work of this position is classified in the Program Management, 0340 series where the qualifications include both general management skills and characteristics that are applicable to all SES positions and technical or program responsibilities specific to this position. Applicants must have substantive general experience which provides a good basic or general knowledge of the principles of organization, management and administration; and substantive specialized (operating administrative or managerial) experience in a type of work or a combination of functions directly related to this position.