Job Summary

This position Associate Privacy Officer (APO) is within the Office of Management, at Peace Corps headquarters, Washington, D.C. The primary responsibility of the APO is to provide privacy program advocacy, oversight, strategic and operational leadership, and guidance for the Agency in coordination with the Supervisory Government Information Specialist and in alignment with the PC Privacy Program.

Job Description

All qualification requirements must be met by 12/05/2024 (the closing date of the announcement). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To ensure full credit for your experience, please indicate the start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and the location of employment in your resume. Qualification claims will be subject to verification. Specialized Experience: This vacancy is being announced at two grade levels: Specialized Experience at the FP-02 (GS-14): To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-02 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-03 or GS-equivalent GS-13 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: experience in managing or independently conducting privacy risk assessments of complex information systems, programs, and operations that require analysis of interrelated issues such as technology, law, policy, and regulatory compliance; developing policies and procedures to support privacy programs; ensuring departmental compliance with and protection of individual privacy as mandated by the Privacy Act and other Federal legislation, regulations, and policy; applying a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment of a variety of privacy-related activities and presenting well-considered and sound findings; providing privacy guidance to agency program and project managers; developing training, briefings, internal documentation, advisories, and technical documents to support reporting and evaluations of technology, programs, systems and processes; and developing written materials to ensure quality and suitability for Executive leaders, internal audiences, and public viewing. Education cannot be substituted for experience at this level. ~OR~ Specialized Experience at the FP-03 (GS-13): To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-03 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-04 or GS-12 equivalent GS grade level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: experience developing policies and procedures to support privacy programs; expertise and practical application in privacy laws, regulations, and legal precedents; ensuring departmental compliance with and protection of individual privacy as mandated by the Privacy Act and other Federal legislation, regulations, and policy; applying a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment of a variety of privacy-related activities and presenting well-considered and sound findings; providing privacy guidance to agency program and project managers; developing training, internal documentation, advisories, and technical documents to support reporting and evaluations of technology, programs, systems and processes; and developing and providing briefings and training in privacy program-related functions. Education cannot be substituted for experience at this level. Please note: Past experience that satisfies the Specialized Experience MUST be well documented within your resume. Failure to provide this information in your resume with corresponding start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and location of employment may result in disqualification from further consideration. Specialized Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector, or through volunteer work done with National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) or other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site. Peace Corps employees are employed using the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale. The FP pay plan does not follow the same structure as the GS pay plan. In the FP pay plan, as the grade-level numbers decrease the level/pay for the position increases. The FP-09 is the lowest entry-level grade and the FP-01 is the highest senior-level grade.