Regulatory Specialist

This position is located with Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.

MSHA works to prevent death, illness and injury from mining; promote safe and healthful workplaces for U.S. miners. MSHA carries out the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) as amended by the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act of 2006.

Qualifications

To qualify for the Regulatory Specialist, you must meet one of the options as described by grade level below.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

For the GS-09 level: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-07, in the Federal Service.

Qualifying specialized experience for the GS-09 level is defined as 3 of the following:

• Supporting the formulation and writing of rulemaking documents.
• Reviewing and interpreting regulations, executive orders, or legislation.
• Analyzing the impacts of regulations on industry or stakeholder groups.
• Interpreting and applying industry consensus standards.
• Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with representatives of trade associations, worker unions, industry groups, and/or regulatory bodies.

OR

Education: Possess a master's or equivalent graduate degree, or two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B or J.D, if related, that provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position;

OR

Combination of experience and education: Possess a combination of specialized experience as described above AND graduate education as described above, which when combined would equate to at least 100%.

For the GS-11 level: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-09, in the Federal Service.

Qualifying specialized experience for the GS-11 level is defined as 4 of the following:

• Interpreting new regulations, executive orders, or legislation and delivering conclusions/recommendations.
• Preparing reports and analyses required by law, executive order, or regulation.
• Developing rulemaking content and performing complex regulatory analysis that require input from subject matter experts, including solicitors, economists, technology experts, and/or field staff.
• Analyzing and modeling the impacts of regulations on industry or stakeholder groups.
• Drafting external communications that accurately reflect government agency policies, regulations, and positions.
• Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with high-level officials at trade associations, unions, industry groups, and/or regulatory bodies.

OR

Education: Possess a Ph.D or equivalent graduate degree, or three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M, if related, that provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position;

OR

Combination of experience and education: Possess a combination of specialized experience as described above AND graduate education as described above, which when combined would equate to at least 100%.

For the GS-12 level: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-11, in the Federal Service.

Qualifying specialized experience for the GS-12 level is defined as the following:

• Interpreting new regulations, executive orders, or legislation and delivering conclusions/recommendations.
• Preparing reports and analysis required by law, executive order, or regulation.
• Formulating regulatory narrative that incorporates nuanced legal rationale, technical grounding, and economic details.
• Leading working groups that include solicitors, economists, technology experts, and enforcement personnel.
• Analyzing and modeling the impacts of regulations on industry or stakeholder groups.
• Draft external communications that accurately reflect government agency policies, regulations, and positions. Preparing responses to complex questions and/or other correspondence received as a result of rulemaking.
• Interpreting and applying industry consensus standards.
• Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with high-level officials both within and outside the Agency.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Employment Type: OTHER