U.S. Department of Commerce
Senior Policy Advisor
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Job Description
- Req#: 767704800
- U.S. citizenship
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
- Suitable for Federal employment
- Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure, Form OGE-450
- Bargaining Unit Position: No
This notice is issued under direct-hire authority in response to the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act of 2022 for which NIST has a critical hiring need.
This announcement will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the date the first 200 applications are received or 01/08/2024, whichever comes first.Duties
Serves as a senior advisor within the Integration and Policy Office in the CHIPS R&D organization. As senior advisor the applicant will:
- Builds and leads a team responsible for facilitating regular policy development and facilitates research and technology handoffs between the CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) and other Federal Organizations.
- Leads negotiation of memoranda of understanding, memoranda of agreement, and other partnership models with other Federal agencies and departments.
- Coordinates semiconductor R&D-relevant outreach campaigns as well as information and infrastructure sharing agreements among domestic Federal, state, local, and tribal partners, as well as academic institutions, potentially to include leading regional and national CRDO events and summits.
- Functions as a senior advisor to CHIPS R&D on interagency coordination and collaboration, to include supporting interactions with the Subcommittee on Microelectronics Leadership (SML).
- Tracks, provides input to, and informs CRDO leadership on current or developing U.S. Federal government policies, Executive Orders, strategies, and missions with the potential to impact the operation and success of CRDO research initiatives
- Convene stakeholders inside and outside the CHIPS R&D program, including academia, non-profits, industry associations, and small businesses to advance the CHIPS R&D Office strategy.
Requirements
Qualifications
Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level (ZA-IV at NIST) in the federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience serving as an expert on a full range of complex Interagency policy issues related to administrative and operational activities to include the following:
- Experience working to coordinate Federal interagency policy development and coordination, such as vision and strategy development, joint budgeting or financial reporting, and negotiation of interagency agreements, particularly as relevant to research and development
- Ability to manage interagency engagements, including with other federal agencies, and state and local governments.
- Knowledge in one or more national and economic security areas relative to the semiconductor industry which may be demonstrated through experience with semiconductor innovation, technology, supply chains, and other areas relevant to the goals of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application.
The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook.
If requesting reconsideration of your qualification determination, please refer to the following site: Applicant ReconsiderationAbout the company
The United States Department of Commerce is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with promoting economic growth. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, and helping to set industrial standards. This organization's main purpose is to create jobs, promote economic growth, encourage sustainable development and block harmful trade practices of other nations. The Department of Commerce is headquartered in the Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, DC.