Associate Regional Director – Los Angeles, CA (Deadline: November 10, 2015)

Overview

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking for the best and brightest to join our team. Our mission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. A career with the SEC offers work that is exciting, challenging and rewarding. You can contribute to securities regulation and enforcement while making a positive difference for the American investing public. 

Duties

• Participating with appropriate divisions in the headquarters office in planning and evaluating the overall program of the Region with respect to enforcement matters.
• Managing investigations and litigation of alleged violations of the federal securities laws within the LARO’s jurisdiction.
• Identifying and evaluating the types of practices engaged in, their significance under the laws and regulations administered by the Commission, and determining of appropriate procedures or remedies to be applied.
• Managing resources, overseeing investigative strategies, approving prospective recommendations to the Commission, reviewing Commission memoranda and court pleadings, and training of staff attorneys.
• Managing and participating in certain significant and complex investigations and litigation.
• Representing the Commission in dealings with the public and the news media.
• Performing the full range of supervisory duties, including evaluating employee performance; making recommendations for appointment and promotion; hearing and resolving complaints; identifying development and training needs of employees; and other related supervisory tasks.
• Supervising the activities of staff members in connection with administrative proceedings before agency Administrative Law Judges, before the Commission and in connection with actions filed in federal district court on matters under the jurisdiction of the regional office.
• Contacting and collaborating with high-ranking officials from other federal agencies and departments of government, congressional staff officials, state officials and/or executives of comparable private sector organizations.

Qualifications

• D. or LL.B. degree
• Applicant must have four year(s) of post J.D. work experience as a practicing attorney, three year(s) of which includes: applying knowledge and experience interpreting federal securities laws and/or conducting securities investigations and enforcement activities under the Federal Securities Acts; specialized experience providing legal advice, responding to complex and difficult questions related to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; researching and providing legal interpretation of statutes and implementing regulations; developing and preparing guidance on a variety of complex legal issues arising from interpretation and application of statutes.

To Apply

To learn a more about this employment opportunity, please visit http://go.usa.gov/c3PvB and apply online at https://sec.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/419689100. For assistance, please contact the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at (202) 551-6046 or omwi@sec.gov.

The SEC is an equal opportunity employer