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Senior Special Counsel
Securities and Exchange Commission · Posted 48 days ago
About the Role
The EDGAR Business Office is seeking an Attorney Adviser (Senior Special Counsel) in the Office of Chief Counsel. As a Senior Specialist Counsel, you will act as legal and policy experts for EDGAR, writing proposed rules concerning EDGAR, collaborating on division and office rulemaking to be implemented on EDGAR, and advising and assisting in EDGAR policy, filing issues, communications, technical and other matters.
What You'll Do
- →In this role as an Senior Special Counsel, you will be responsible for: Providing legal advice on matters that impact the operation and development of the EDGAR system.
- →Supporting and collaborating with divisions and offices on rulemaking efforts that create new or changed filing requirements to allow effective and timely implementation in EDGAR.
- →Preparing action memoranda and assisting with release documentation and other materials for Commission adoption of EDGAR Filer Manual changes or changes to EDGAR-related forms.
- →Researching and drafting rules for proposal by the EBO; collaborates with division and office staff, and members of the Chairman's and Commissioners' offices to achieve the rulemaking objectives of the EBO.
- →Supporting communication with external EDGAR stakeholders by drafting, reviewing and providing legal and other guidance on the content of communications, inter alia, on SEC.gov, by EDGAR Filer Support or directly to the filing community.
- →Assisting EBO's Filer Support team by resolving problematic legal and other issues that may arise; and Assisting with other EBO legal initiatives, including but not limited to monitoring of EDGAR trademarks, FOIA requests and other matters.
Requirements
- ✓You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.
- ✓Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course.
- ✓If you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, you must submit a copy of your unofficial transcripts or equivalent by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓Qualifying education must have been obtained from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Internal Applicants: OHR will verify education qualifications for internal applicants using documents in the Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF).
- ✓If required transcripts or certificates are not present in your eOPF, you will be required to provide them to OHR.
- ✓If selected, a start date will not be established until official transcripts are received.
- ✓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.
- ✓For more information, click here.
- ✓Applicants may also find the following helpful: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) is an association of 19 credential evaluation services with admission standards and an enforced code of good practice.
- ✓Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE) is an association of 10 credential evaluation services with a board of advisors and an enforced code of ethics.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 997efc59-cef0-4c40-b877-3f2762d385a9
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