National Enforcement Coordinator

National Enforcement Coordinator

Department: Department of Agriculture

Location(s): Fort Collins, Colorado, Raleigh, North Carolina

Salary Range: $111147 - $154280 Per Year

Job Summary: The incumbent is responsible for developing and implementing a wide range of enforcement and compliance activities that support Animal Care programs, providing essential centralized oversight for these efforts.

Major Duties:

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Provides technical oversight of the enforcement process to ensure that actions are appropriately adjudicated against violators of the Acts.
• Serves as a lead representative and technical expert, responsible for providing research, analysis, and technical assistance on issues related to enforcement and compliance
• Receives, processes, and tracks requests for testimony or production of documents pursuant to standard operating procedures.
• Coordinates with Investigative and Enforcement Services (IES) and other appropriate personnel to streamline enforcement operations and ensure consistency in application of enforcement actions.
• Monitors, tracks, reviews, and advises on legal documents and issues pertaining to federal and administrative litigation.
• Provides technical direction in the development of solutions to complex enforcement and compliance issues
• Serves as primary liaison with externally facing programs and units.
• Trains internal staff on specific issues relating to the enforcement and compliance of the AWA and HPA, and other regulatory support initiatives.
• Oversees and conducts analysis of enforcement data, including trends, to evaluate effectiveness and consistency of Animal Care's enforcement and regulatory support.

Qualifications: Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. FOR THE GS-13 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-12 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates: Conducting legal research and conducting in depth analysis as it relates to federal statutes and regulations. Review of reports and supporting documents to determine legal sufficiency of evidence. Analyzing and summarizing potential violations of the AWA and HPA and applying applicable laws to the underlying facts to develop enforcement solutions. Interpreting statutes, regulations, legal opinions or policies. Providing legal support for litigation cases, such as preparation of administrative records, review of legal pleadings, and communication of agency position. Note: There is no education substitution for this grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents. Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, your system failure, etc.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-09