Total 20 Senior Executive job vacancies in Spokane, Washington

As a Senior Staff Attorney/Senior Attorney (Legal Services), PA-0905-2/3 in Legal Services, your typical work assignments may include the following:

• Managing a docket of administrative litigation before the GAO Personnel Appeals Board (PAB) covering a wide range of personnel and labor matters (e.g., prohibited personnel practice and discrimination claims, bargaining impasses, negotiability petitions, and unfair labor practice charges). This includes the full range of motions practice, propounding and responding to discovery including taking and defending depositions, and acting as agency counsel at evidentiary hearings. The PAB is an independent entity that performs the combined functions of its executive branch counterparts: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; the Federal Labor Relations Authority; the Merit Systems Protection Board; and the Office of Special Counsel.
• Serving as the agency counsel and collaborating on litigation strategy with DOJ and USAO in Federal court litigation involving GAO and its employees.
• Coordinating and directing GAO's responses to internal investigations, by the PAB/Office of General Counsel, GAO's Office Opportunity and Inclusiveness, and GAO's Office of Inspector General, including preparing witnesses for investigatory interviews and responding to document and information requests.
• Providing innovative, timely, and solution-oriented advice and legal support to GAO management on a broad array of human capital matters, including but not limited to performance management, employee misconduct, hiring, compensation, and working in a hybrid environment.
• Advising management on matters related to information technology, cybersecurity, and data; providing research and sound legal advice on relevant authorities; and reviewing related agreements.
• Ensuring compliance with applicable human capital-related laws, rules, and regulations, including applicable provisions of titles 5 and 31 of the U.S. Code, the GAO Personnel Act of 1980, and anti-discrimination statutes such as Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
• Drafting clearly written, legally sound, and persuasive legal analyses for GAO management on all aspects of Legal Services' portfolio.
• Advising GAO's labor-management relations office and others concerning administration of GAO's labor-management relations program, and serving as management's legal representative in grievance proceedings under the negotiated grievance procedure, including representing management before third-party arbitrators.
• Performing other duties as necessary to respond to novel and complex questions concerning GAO's personnel system, and to support GAO's efforts in carrying out its mission.

• Performs a variety of recurring assignments associated with the management and oversight of the design, development, and implementation of energy sector programs and projects in MCC Compacts. As required, prepares or Assists in the development of plans for energy sector programs and projects in compact development and in implementation including overall power sector analysis, project scheduling, budgeting, change management, contract administration, and project controls.
• Provides support to or as the energy sector lead for the assigned multi-disciplinary country team consisting of a combination of MCC staff, consultants and contractors overseeing country programs involving energy projects. Works on multiple countries concurrently
• Participates in projects in context of political-economy, environmental, social, and health and safety contexts or other variables and unknowns affecting planning, design and operational criteria and often- present critical challenges with respect to costs and economics.
• Participates in the design and development of Compacts, including, but not limited to: sectoral assessment of constraints analyses, concept papers, and proposals; collection and analysis of data and information to finalize proposals; coordination with consultants on feasibility assessments and on project appraisal; drafting portions of the internal investment memorandum and other decision documents, supporting such inputs with appropriate analyses and supporting studies.
• Uses appropriate project management tools and tracks implementation progress, anticipating and identifying issues as they arise and concurrently developing optimal solutions with a view of sustainability.
• Prepares relevant documentation and reports, maintains the required databases during implementation of projects. Uses appropriate project management tools and tracks implementation progress, Develops, consolidates, and/or prepares briefing and background materials on energy sector projects, issues and topics.
• Provides analytical support on a variety of energy sector matters in support of EPG goals, preparation of conference presentations, briefers, and other such quick- turnaround activities.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Legislative Computer Systems, Office of the Clerk

Location: U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Closing Date: 12/06/24
Salary Range: $120,000 - $148,000. Grade level at the time of appointment is determined by experience and designated level of responsibility.

About Us
Our team is mission-driven and works collaboratively across multiple teams and projects. Our systems are critical to the operations of the House, and we see the impact of our work in day-to-day operations and in the enduring capabilities we deliver. If you enjoy being in a fast-paced environment, making a difference, with new opportunities to grow your skills, we have an opportunity for you.

Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Business and Systems Analyst to join our QA team. This position is part of an enterprise engineering team that includes DevOps engineers, UX designers, business analysts, product managers, QA and peer software engineers with a range of specialized skills. We use the Agile methodology with frequent releases, continuous integration and deployment and respond to frequent feedback from customers.  This position will focus on developing, analyzing, and maintaining business requirements (and related material) across multiple systems. In addition, you will assist in project management related tasks. This position is full time onsite on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. Telework is available depending on Congressional schedules.

• Develop, analyze, and maintain business requirements and/or functional specifications for proposed and existing systems and solutions; Prioritize product features and capabilities to deliver value to the user
• Gather and prioritize user requirements and identify problems to solve user issues; work with UX/UI designers to create mockups and wireframes to illustrate new features and workflows
• Develop documentation and artifacts to support the SDLC, including feature requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, data dictionaries, workflows, prototypes, etc.
• Serve as a liaison between stakeholders, users and the team that is developing, testing, and implementing a given solution
• Learn and understand the federal legislative and law-making process and help others understand it as it pertains to specific project(s) and systems
• Perform system functionality testing and quality assurance as needed
• Work in a collaborative environment across multiple teams and multiple projects.

As a Senior Survival Factors Investigator, GS-1801-14, you will perform the following major duties:

Serves as Group Chair responsible for documenting, analyzing, and evaluating survival factors issues described in the position summary above. These include but are not limited to cabin safety and flight attendant training, occupant protection, airport operations, and airport and community emergency management factors that may arise during major aviation accident/incident investigations.

Organizes, supervises, and coordinates the activities of the representatives from the operators, manufactures, professional organizations, FAA, and other participating agencies, including experts in other fields in the course of a survival factors investigation.

Independently identifies and assesses the significance of survival factors found during on-scene accident investigations. Analyzes and interprets the data uncovered. The purpose of such analysis is to l) advance the knowledge of survival factors in the operation of aviation systems; 2) provide practical applications of theory in the survival factors for the purpose of publication and general education; and 3) form a basis for theapplication of practical solutions to the prevention of future accidents of similar nature.

Determines requirements for special tests, studies, and/or assistance that may be necessary in one or more aspects of a given investigation. Monitors these activities and evaluates findings in terms of relevancy to the probable cause and/or safety recommendations. Studies usually involve the novel and/or innovative application of research results in analyzing survival factors.

Develops and prepares documentation in the form of reports, photographs, pertinent records, and other appropriate material. Prepares timely and technically correct factual and analytical reports that accurately reflect the pertinent findings in the survival factors areas to be used in the subsequent analysis and probable cause determination.

Maintains currency in survival factors affecting aviation safety including emergent research and operational practices, accident investigation methodology.

As a Senior Survival Factors Investigator, GS-1801-14, you will perform the following major duties:

Serves as Group Chair responsible for documenting, analyzing, and evaluating survival factors issues described in the position summary above. These include but are not limited to cabin safety and flight attendant training, occupant protection, airport operations, and airport and community emergency management factors that may arise during major aviation accident/incident investigations.

Organizes, supervises, and coordinates the activities of the representatives from the operators, manufactures, professional organizations, FAA, and other participating agencies, including experts in other fields in the course of a survival factors investigation.

Independently identifies and assesses the significance of survival factors found during on-scene accident investigations. Analyzes and interprets the data uncovered. The purpose of such analysis is to l) advance the knowledge of survival factors in the operation of aviation systems; 2) provide practical applications of theory in the survival factors for the purpose of publication and general education; and 3) form a basis for the
application of practical solutions to the prevention of future accidents of similar nature.

Determines requirements for special tests, studies, and/or assistance that may be necessary in one or more aspects of a given investigation. Monitors these activities and evaluates findings in terms of relevancy to the probable cause and/or safety recommendations. Studies usually involve the novel and/or innovative application of research results in analyzing survival factors.

Develops and prepares documentation in the form of reports, photographs, pertinent records, and other appropriate material. Prepares timely and technically correct factual and analytical reports that accurately reflect the pertinent findings in the survival factors areas to be used in the subsequent analysis and probable cause determination.

Maintains currency in survival factors affecting aviation safety including emergent research and operational practices, accident investigation methodology.

• Performs a variety of recurring assignments associated with the management and oversight of the design, development, and implementation of energy sector programs and projects in MCC Compacts. As required, prepares or Assists in the development of plans for energy sector programs and projects in compact development and in implementation including overall power sector analysis, project scheduling, budgeting, change management, contract administration, and project controls.
• Provides support to or as the energy sector lead for the assigned multi-disciplinary country team consisting of a combination of MCC staff, consultants and contractors overseeing country programs involving energy projects. Works on multiple countries concurrently
• Participates in projects in context of political-economy, environmental, social, and health and safety contexts or other variables and unknowns affecting planning, design and operational criteria and often- present critical challenges with respect to costs and economics.
• Participates in the design and development of Compacts, including, but not limited to: sectoral assessment of constraints analyses, concept papers, and proposals; collection and analysis of data and information to finalize proposals; coordination with consultants on feasibility assessments and on project appraisal; drafting portions of the internal investment memorandum and other decision documents, supporting such inputs with appropriate analyses and supporting studies.
• Uses appropriate project management tools and tracks implementation progress, anticipating and identifying issues as they arise and concurrently developing optimal solutions with a view of sustainability.
• Prepares relevant documentation and reports, maintains the required databases during implementation of projects. Uses appropriate project management tools and tracks implementation progress, Develops, consolidates, and/or prepares briefing and background materials on energy sector projects, issues and topics.
• Provides analytical support on a variety of energy sector matters in support of EPG goals, preparation of conference presentations, briefers, and other such quick- turnaround activities.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Performs as a Senior Guest Services Representative in support of the front desk/office operations for Lodging. Responsible for relaying work instructions from supervisor; provides on the job training for new employees; observes work in progress of new team members. Shares learned best practices of front desk operations. Assists in correcting clerical and system errors. Exhibits work standards while following operational procedures and policies. Ensures adherence of established quality and safety standards. Balances workload of team members during shift ensuring efficient output of work. May be asked to provide input to supervisor on employee's performance of assigned work and/or identify training needs. Maintains log of incidents and reports. Reports all violations of safety to immediate supervisor. Ensures adequate stock supplies and equipment are available to do the work. Resolves straightforward guest complaints and documents situation with outcome. Elevates guest/employee complaints that are unresolvable at his/her level. Reports incidents to proper authority. Ensures customer service is the first priority.

Receives and confirms room reservations by letter, telephone, email, or personal contact. Registers and assigns rooms to guests, makes and issues room keys, and may escort guests to rooms as needed. Ensures that only authorized patrons use government-sponsored quarters. Calculates and posts charges to patrons' accounts and balances totals with control records. Accepts payment, makes change, and presents departing guests' checkout statements. Prepares and safeguards cash receipts, prepares daily cashier's report, daily activity report, and may prepare consolidated daily activity report. Updates automated data base on occupancy and checkouts. Maintains current checkout list. Maintains and sells sundry sales items to patrons. Ensures required information is received from guest and entered into guest folio. Prints backup reports from property management system. Ensures housekeeping status of rooms is updated. Records and notifies appropriate person/organization of maintenance problems reported by guests. Ensures front desk area and lobby remains clean. Process Night Audit procedures and close credit card machines nightly. Maintains the lost and found program. Performs other related duties as assigned.

If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12613767

As the Senior Advisor to the Treasurer, you will perform the following duties:

- Advising Treasurer on strategic and operational issues regarding US currency (notes and coins) and provides institutional memory for past decisions and justifications related to currency production.
- Developing and maintaining external relationships key to effectively addressing counterfeiting threats and other currency policy issues (e.g., DOJ, Interpol).
- Building and maintaining stable, trusted relationships within the Treasury Department (including BEP, the Mint, the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Management, TFI, IA).
- Coordinating Main Treasury input in key currency program decisions, serving as primary point of contact within Main Treasury for BEP and Mint advocacy and issue resolution.
- Consulting with the Mint and BEP Directors on which risks and issues should be escalated to Main Treasury stakeholders, advising the principles and coordinating among stakeholders to reach agreement.
- Supporting the ACD chair and Treasurer in their roles as voting members of the interagency ACD committee and prepares them for productive engagement in ACD meetings/initiatives, representing either member as needed if unavailable.
- Advising principles on key decisions related to currency design (coins and notes), especially those related to image selection. Helping achieve design decisions and keep design timelines on track by coordinating decision-making and documentation among key stakeholders.
- Coordinating ACD follow-ups assigned to Main Treasury, including those related to identification, information sharing, and responses to counterfeiting threats that impact the US currency program.
- Helping BEP, Mint, and ACD clarify new Administration priorities on overall strategy and discrete direction on key projects.
- Ramping up new appointees and provides continuity of issue expertise, organizational knowledge, and relationship management during times of transition.

The selected candidate will work closely with the Chief Acquisition Officer and agency staff to effectively and efficiently meet the agency's needs. The selected candidate will also be expected to develop new supply sources and to negotiate effectively with vendors.
The ideal candidate will be familiar with acquisition policies and procedures generally applicable to federal agencies. (Most procurements by CBO are conducted using simplified procedures, although more formal procedures may be used when estimated costs and complexity call for doing so.)

Legislative Computer Systems, Office of the Clerk

Location: U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Closing Date: 12/06/24
Salary Range: $120,000 - $148,000. Grade level at the time of appointment is determined by experience and designated level of responsibility.

About Us
Our team is mission-driven and works collaboratively across multiple teams and projects. Our systems are critical to the operations of the House, and we see the impact of our work in day-to-day operations and in the enduring capabilities we deliver. If you enjoy being in a fast-paced environment, making a difference, with new opportunities to grow your skills, we have an opportunity for you.

Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Business and Systems Analyst to join our QA team. This position is part of an enterprise engineering team that includes DevOps engineers, UX designers, business analysts, product managers, QA and peer software engineers with a range of specialized skills. We use the Agile methodology with frequent releases, continuous integration and deployment and respond to frequent feedback from customers.  This position will focus on developing, analyzing, and maintaining business requirements (and related material) across multiple systems. In addition, you will assist in project management related tasks. This position is full time onsite on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. Telework is available depending on Congressional schedules.

• Develop, analyze, and maintain business requirements and/or functional specifications for proposed and existing systems and solutions; Prioritize product features and capabilities to deliver value to the user
• Gather and prioritize user requirements and identify problems to solve user issues; work with UX/UI designers to create mockups and wireframes to illustrate new features and workflows
• Develop documentation and artifacts to support the SDLC, including feature requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, data dictionaries, workflows, prototypes, etc.
• Serve as a liaison between stakeholders, users and the team that is developing, testing, and implementing a given solution
• Learn and understand the federal legislative and law-making process and help others understand it as it pertains to specific project(s) and systems
• Perform system functionality testing and quality assurance as needed
• Work in a collaborative environment across multiple teams and multiple projects.

The Senior Technician Reviewer (STR), is responsible for some of the most complicated, difficult, and unusual assignments and projects in the Branch. In consultation with the Branch Chief, the incumbent is responsible for the assignment of selected cases and projects to the attorneys within the Branch and for review of the work products. The primary work of the Branch involves the development and drafting of Internal Revenue regulations and considering recommendations for enactment of legislation and the promulgation of regulations, preparation of private letter rulings, revenue rulings, technical advice memoranda, General Counsel memoranda, and other advice memoranda addressing tax problems submitted by taxpayers and their representatives, state and federal agencies, and other Chief Counsel and IRS offices. In addition, the Branch provides legal assistance and advice to trial attorneys in the field in connection with actions on decisions, preparation of briefs, handling of unusual technical problems, preparation for the trial of cases involving complicated technical issues, and problems related to appeal recommendations in Tax Court and refund cases. Many of the issues presented for decision are submitted after extensive consideration in the field and elsewhere. Problems presented cover a broad range involving numerous questions requiring interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code, tax regulations, published rulings, court cases and other technical materials.

As a General Attorney (Tax) - Senior Technician Reviewer, you will:

• Act as a legal and technical consultant to the Branch Chief, Deputy Associate Chief Counsel, Associate Chief Counsel, and, as assigned, to other officials in the Office of Chief Counsel on some of the most difficult, important, and complex professional legal and policy matters concerned with the work of the Branch, or which may affect the work of other Branches of the office, or other components of the Chief Counsel's Office. Matters involve detailed and extensive research on complicated legal problems and the development of recommendations as to the positions to be taken by the Branch and the Office. Considers questions that have broad legal ramifications and renders appropriate decisions. As necessary, participate in the resolution of some of the most complex technical problems presented by taxpayers or their representatives and performs other professional legal activities.
• Act as a reviewer, and in some cases as the initiating attorney, for highly complicated, difficult, and unusual assignments and projects involving the development and drafting of Internal Revenue regulations, considering recommendations for enactment of legislation and the promulgation of regulations, private letter rulings, revenue rulings, technical advice memoranda, General Counsel memoranda, and other advice memoranda dealing with tax problems submitted by taxpayers and their representatives, state and federal agencies, and other Chief Counsel and IRS offices.
• Act as principal attorney in charge of recommending the policies and developing the procedures and regulations implementing new or amended legislation for specific areas of tax law and is responsible for ensuring that these policies, procedures, and regulations are consistent with the intent of the law and are administratively sound, efficient, and economical in operation.
• Perform activities in the Branch including legal assistance, document review, appellate recommendations, and litigation support. Many of the issues presented for decision are submitted after extensive consideration in the field and elsewhere. Problems presented cover a broad range of tax law issues involving numerous questions requiring interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code, tax regulations, published rulings, court cases and other technical materials.
• Make recommendations on the need for initiating, consolidating, or eliminating programs and projects. Act as project manager, assign (in consultation with the Branch Chief) work to the attorneys within the Branch, advise them on approach to take, review work product, provide guidance in researching and analyze novel and uncertain points of law, and provide the Branch Chief with performance feedback of work performed.

As a/an Human Resources Specialist (Executive Resources), you will:

• Coordinate with Treasury bureaus, senior Treasury officials, and OPM to place individuals in Senior Executive Service (SES) and Senior-Level (SL) positions, and effect political appointments (e.g., non-career SES, Schedule C and PAS) in accordance with statute, OPM regulations, and Departmental policy.
• Oversee Department's SES Candidate Development Program, providing guidance on requirements and processes to executive resources contacts and monitoring bureau activity for compliance with OPM rules and Treasury's approved policy.
• Manage Department's allocation of Federal Executive Institute (FEI) training slots, coordinating with bureaus on training needs, available sessions, and scheduling. Serve as point of contact for FEI and as liaison with bureaus.
• Maintain awareness of regulatory, legislative and OPM policy changes, analyze proposals and issuances, and evaluate potential impact on executive resource programs.
• Provide advice to high-level Treasury management officials and bureau executive resources contacts on executive resources problems and matters. Brief bureau executive resources contacts, senior managers and Departmental officials on key issues.

The selectee will serve as an Executive Advisor in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Typical work assignments include:

• Participating fully with the Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and financial management staff in the formulation and implementation of policies, plans, systems, and procedures to manage and continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the overall financial management program.
• Ensuring compliance with DHS policy through close interaction with key DHS leadership officials at both Headquarters and the field.
• Providing strategic and tactical advice to executive officials on policy initiatives; identifying management issues, conceptualizing innovative solutions, reconciling diverse viewpoints; conducting studies and evaluating program goals and objectives, and developing resource estimates necessary to carry out program functions.
• Developing and presenting briefs, position papers, and memoranda and determining appropriate communication and market strategies.

• Provides the Coordinator for Sanctions Policy (PC) and Deputy Coordinator (DC) with independent, strategic analysis and recommendations to leverage sanctions to achieve long-term foreign policy goals.
• Liaising and collaborating with senior officials in the interagency and intel communities to secure consensus on sanctions policy approaches; representing the Coordinator and Deputy in interagency discussions.
• Prepares Department Principals for handling sanctions issues at DC and PC meetings, ensuring that State has sound positions; teeing up issues for decisions when State bureaus disagree.
• Works closely with the lead State bureaus to provide appropriate briefings, recommendations and prepare decision memos, to ensure that sanctions policies are pursued in the context of broader U.S. policy.
• Teeing up issues for decisions when State bureaus disagree, and tasking and coordinating appropriate briefing materials for senior interagency meetings.

The Senior Level Counsel (SLC) serves as a national expert and confidential advisor, to the Associate Chief Counsel, Procedure and Administration (P&A); and represents the Associate Chief Counsel (P&A) on a variety of legal, technical, and tax matters. The SLC serves as an advisor, program manager and technical expert to the Associate on a broad array of activities designed to fulfill the Associate's role in providing support to the Office of Chief Counsel (Office) regarding rulemaking and the interaction of the Internal Revenue Code with other provisions of law affecting agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act; to provide comprehensive legal and programmatic advise to field of functions in both advisory and litigation settings; and to provide legal support to the Internal Revenue Service. The SLC provides trusted advice and guidance to the Chief Counsel, the Commissioner and to executives and professionals within both the IRS and Treasury and performs special assignments of the highest complexity and impact.

Major duties of the Senior Level Counsel include, but are not limited to the following:

• Acts as legal and technical expert to the Office executives on the most difficult, important, and complex professional legal matters arising in the administration of the Internal Revenue laws and in related litigation.
• Serves as the legal expert/point of contact and coordinator on published guidance and primary liaison to other Division and Associate Chief Counsel offices in the coordination and direction of activities to support IRS needs and objectives.
• Handles highly complex issues arising in relation to the defense of litigation involving novel challenges to rulemaking issues by IRS and Treasury issues related to EO 12866, and the interaction of the Internal Revenue Code with other provisions of law affecting agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act, such as the Congressional Review Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
• Reviews and advises on the impact of pending litigation, proposed legislation or public guidance and legal issues facing the IRS on tax areas covered by P&A and its foreseeable effect on the Office of Chief Counsel, Counsel's method of operation, and on existing legislation.
• Manages highly complex and significant special projects, including rulemaking. Selects and reviews project proposals, monitors work group needs and progress, and facilitates and expedites recommendations regarding these matters through the decision-making process.
• Coordinates the participation of the Office of Chief Counsel in the development of high-level reports and studies for use by Treasury and/or Congress.
• Personally, represents the Office of Chief Counsel and the Associate Chief Counsel (P&A) at top level IRS, DOJ and Treasury meetings and conferences, and in meetings with executives from other agencies where legal policy is developed and determined.
• Performs exhaustive and detailed research on complicated legal problems and prepares recommendations as to the position to be taken by the Office. Signs such recommendations for the Associate Chief Counsel without review as appropriate, referring cases to the Associate Chief Counsel for review as specifically directed.
• As the Associate Chief Counsel (PA)'s technical expert, makes presentations on technical and procedural matters to Chief Counsel staff, IRS staff, and outside bar activities to enhance their knowledge and understanding of the Associate's role in providing legal support, and to improve coordination within Counsel and with the IRS. Works with appropriate Counsel personnel to plan and deliver such training.