JOB SUMMARY: This Senior Executive Service (SES) position is in the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Compliance. This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis. Partial work-from-home flexibilities may be authorized. About the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. MAJOR DUTIES: This is a Senior Executive Service (SES) position located in the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Office of Compliance reports to the Assistant Administrator of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. The Office of Compliance is responsible for the implementation and oversight of national activities related to five main areas of the U.S. EPA’s enforcement and compliance assurance program. The Office of Compliance: serves as the lead for the national compliance assistance program designed to help regulated entities comply with environmental laws and regulations; develops policy, training, and tools for the national compliance monitoring program, which includes targeting, inspections, and investigations; develops and maintains all core compliance and enforcement data for the national program, including the modernization and integration of legacy data management systems; leads the strategic and annual planning processes and priority setting for the national compliance assurance program; and trains Federal, state, and local compliance and enforcement personnel in the enforcement of the Nation’s environmental laws. The Deputy Director serves as the alter ego of the Director and shares fully in the planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and coordinating of the Office of Compliance programs. Specific duties may include, but are not limited to: - Assisting the Director with exercising technical and administrative direction and control by helping to establish overall administrative operating policies, priorities, and procedures. - Assisting the Director in evaluating the national compliance program and its activities, working collaboratively with the Director and other management to institute or eliminate policies or practices to achieve program goals. - Developing and implementing policies for the Office of Compliance and assisting the Director in developing policies for the national enforcement and compliance program. - Providing technical expertise and leadership to two national programs including regulation of the Wood Heaters Program under the Clean Air Act and the Good Laboratory Practices Program under the Toxics Substances Control Act. - Representing the Director, OECA’s Assistant Administrator, and Deputy Assistant Administrator to key officials from Congress, Office of Management and Budget, and other Federal agencies, state and local governments, public interest organizations, private industry, and other officials that are concerned with EPA and other government enforcement and compliance programs and activities. - Providing oversight to the planning and execution of systems integration and modernization of all civil compliance and enforcement data systems. - Assuring the OC is operating in compliance with Agency and regulatory requirements. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.