Quality Assurance Specialist

** RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE PAID FOR THIS POSITION **

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Audits and Evaluations Division (AED) performs audits and evaluation work and reporting of NRC and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) programs and operations. As the Quality Assurance Specialist you will carry out the day-to-day quality assurance functions to ensure audit and evaluation work and reporting adhere to appropriate professional standards (I.e. Yellow Book and Blue Book). You will advise AED staff on results of quality assurance reviews and edits as appropriate. You will work with agency officials to coordinate resolution on OIG audit recommendations and appropriate closure of corrective actions. You will draft new and revise existing policies and procedures outlined in the Audit and Evaluations Manual to ensure operations comply with Yellow Book and Blue Book standards. You will collaborate with AED staff in the preparation of the annual plan management and performance challenges and Semiannual Report to Congress. You will ensure that the quality assurance system is suitably designed to provide reasonable assurance for compliance with Government auditing and peer review standards. Finally during the course of each project you will work in close coordination with the responsible AED team other appropriate OIG staff appropriate agency personnel and other stakeholders.

• The Quality Assurance Specialist (QAS) is responsible for establishing policies and procedures for monitoring the system of quality control. The QAS performs monitoring to assess compliance with professional standards and quality control policies and procedures. At least annually the QAS analyzes and summarizes the results of its monitoring to identify any systemic or repetitive issues needing improvement and makes recommendations to management for corrective action.
• The QAS gathers and analyzes data to identify systemic trends and conditions. The QAS collaborates with management to identify opportunities for process improvements and to implement an enhanced quality control system.
• Demonstrates thought leadership and an inquisitive mind to bring value-added insights to analyses and solutions related to audits and evaluations.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to AED staff on best practices and quality assurance processes.
• Monitors AED annual training requirements ensuring staff compliance with standards and prepares annual CPE certification reports.
• Assists with preparing various quality reports to senior leadership and the NRC and DNFSB.
• Reviews existing and proposed legislation regulations and standard operating procedures in terms of their impact on economy efficiency and effectiveness and their prevention of fraud and abuse.
• Provides detailed feedback to AED staff on quality deficiencies and areas for improvement.
• Remains current on industry trends professional standards and best practices for quality assurance in audit and evaluation work.
• Leads the development of annual audit plans and management challenges reports by collaborating with teams for content creation and synthesizing the final product.
• Leads the response to peer reviews of AED work by addressing findings coordinating input from relevant teams and ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
• Evaluates and assists in the response to requests inquiries and complaints which may be from Congress OMB other Federal agencies OIG or NRC management and the general public.
• Maintains the AED Manual to comply with current Yellow Book and Blue Book requirements and revisions as well as OIG policies procedures and audit software product platforms.
• Other duties as required.

Applicants for this vacancy may be considered for other essentially identical vacancies that arise within the Office of the Inspector General.

Conditions of employment

• Background investigation leading to a Q clearance is required.
• This position is covered and subject to prohibited securities rules.
• This is a Drug Testing position.

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GG-12 grade level (or equivalent) in the Federal service performing audits.

Specialized experience is experience which demonstrates thorough knowledge of the Government Accountability Offices Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) applicableto audit techniques and procedures and skill in training conducting and reporting on audits and evaluations that promote economy efficiency and effectiveness.

The ideal candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Knowledge of Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) to ensure that a system of quality control provides reasonable assurance that an organizations audit function complies with professional standards.
2. Demonstrated ability to review analyze and edit audit/evaluation reports to ensure compliance with professional standards.
3. Demonstrated ability to maintain effective working relationships with agency officials to coordinate resolution on audit recommendations and appropriate closure of corrective actions.
4. Ability to write policies and procedures to ensure audit and evaluation operations comply with professional standards.
5. Superior written and verbal communications skills.
6. Solid understanding and proficiency of auditing standards and reporting requirements.