Export Compliance Specialist

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards.

This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify at the GS-12 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: Collecting, reviewing, or analyzing data related to export control, regulatory compliance, intelligence, investigations, or national security programs. Reviewing, editing, or correcting the analysis of others. Communicating/Briefing analytical results to management officials, investigators, industry representatives or other stakeholders.

Drafting reports, case summaries, memoranda, briefings, or official correspondence that document research results, compliance findings, investigative information, or recommendations for management review. To qualify at the GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as Collecting, reviewing, or analyzing data related to export control, regulatory compliance, intelligence, investigations, or national security Programs. Communication/Briefing your own results and the results of others within your organization to management officials, investigators, industry representatives, or other stakeholders.

Developing final written reports, case summaries, memoranda, briefings, standard operating procedures, or official correspondence that documents research results, compliance findings, investigative information, or recommendations for management and policy review. To qualify at the GS-14 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: Conducting independent analyses of export transactions, intelligence, compliance, or investigative cases to identify potential regulatory violations, evaluate national security risks, or develop findings or recommendations supporting export control, licensing, or enforcement decisions.

Interpreting and applying export control laws, regulations, policies, or procedures to evaluate compliance, identify regulatory or operational deficiencies, and recommend corrective actions or improvements to export control programs and processes.

Coordinating complex export control, compliance, or national security matters with senior management, Federal agencies, intelligence or law enforcement organizations, or other stakeholders to exchange information, provide technical or regulatory guidance, and resolve substantive program or enforcement issues.

Preparing analytical reports, policy recommendations, investigative findings, or management briefings that evaluate complex export control, compliance, or national security issues and provide recommendations supporting senior management decisions, regulatory actions, or program improvements.

As a Export Compliance Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Conducts highly complex and sensitive compliance data analysis and assessments involving export transactions and all-source information - including trade data, intelligence sources, foreign-government data, privileged government information, and public data - to determine adherence to the Export Administration Regulations, and related laws.

Provides technical guidance on export control laws, policy recommendations, analytical methodologies, and compliance/investigative frameworks used across the Division and broader interagency processes. Serves as a Bureau representative and liaison with corporate leaders, interagency officials, enforcement officers, and BIS Policy makers on sensitive, high-impact export control issues.

Reviews, curates, analyzes, and extracts data to produce authoritative analytical reports, policy documents, and high-level briefings that support licensing, investigative, compliance, and interagency decision-making. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Export Compliance Specialist GS-1801-12/13/14, GS-14 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location or local commuting area with the same qualifications and specialized experience.