OEC oversees compliance with Federal ethics law, Government Wide Standards of Conduct, related federal statutes, Office of Government Ethics regulations and SEC requirements. OEC provides advice and policy guidance to present and former SEC employees on a variety of issues; personal and financial conflicts of interest, securities holdings and transactions by SEC employees and their immediate families, gifts, seeking and negotiating other employment, outside activities, and financial disclosure.
Responsibilities

Serves as a senior management compliance attorney providing direction and oversight for a staff serving as the legal counsel for the area of business and personal ethics.
Oversees and supervises the agency's Personal Trading Compliance System (PTCS).
Addresses questions of law concerning the SEC's supplemental regulations.
Makes policy decisions so that legal advice, opinions, and determinations ensure the propriety of SEC actions, policies, practices, and positions under pertinent ethics statutory and regulatory provisions.
Supervises and leads the agency's compliance testing program to ensure agency employees are complying with applicable SEC ethics regulations.
Audits and evaluates compliance of SEC personnel through review of brokerage statements, financial disclosure forms and PTCS data.
Maintains a high profile throughout the SEC in practicing and promoting preventive law by exercising exceptional initiative, ingenuity, and resourcefulness in foreseeing legal impediments and develops solutions to those impediments.
Ensures that SEC executive management is made aware of existing and potential legal issues and other legislation and regulations impacting the SEC ethics program and agency operations.
Ensures the fulfillment of requirements for a quality legal product and the continued development of subordinates to meet changing legal requirements and contingencies.

 
Qualifications
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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. Qualifying education must have been obtained from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
BASIC REQUIREMENT: All applicants must possess the following
J.D. or LL.B. degree --AND--
Active membership of the bar in good standing in any state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (Note: proof of bar membership will be required before entry on duty.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, applicants must also meet the minimum qualification requirement.
SK-17: Applicant must have 4 year(s) of post J.D. work experience as a practicing attorney, 3 year(s) of which includes the following:
Providing advice and oversight of a formal ethics compliance program for a financial-industry organization;
Developing policy guidance for the interpretation, and application of ethical and regulatory compliance requirements relative to a financial-industry organization's personnel;
Analyzing, interpreting, and applying ethics and compliance regulations and policies to resolve issues; and
Preparing reports and briefing papers to senior management officials on ethics and compliance matters.
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-v...