Student Trainee (Program Assistant) - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Summary

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These are excepted service appointments in the CFPB Pathways Intern Program. These appointments may be eligible for conversion to a permanent position and may be extended past 12 weeks at agency and management discretion. The incumbent serves as a student trainee and receives on-the-job training in the technical aspects of the organization's work.

Responsibilities

As a Student Trainee (Program Assistant), you may:

• Collect data from prescribed sources that are used by more senior analysts for incorporation into studies, program analyses, and testimony. Assist higher level analysts in collecting and organizing information and data for reports and long-term projects.
• Assist senior analysts with research initiatives. As directed, conduct general or legal research on consumer financial trends and issues; or interpretive and compliance matters under the Dodd-Frank Act or other federal financial laws, for inclusion in memoranda and directives.
• Assist in conducting quality checks of information in CFPB databases.
• Draft written products on economic, social, and consumer financial topics.

The CFPB is looking for summer student interns in the following divisions (offices):

Office of Director: The Office of the Director is staffed with the Bureau's most senior leaders and is composed of the following units, which support the functions of the Director and Bureau as a whole: Director's Front Office (including the Executive Secretariat and Chief Technologist teams), Office of the Deputy Director, Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA), Office Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI), Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Office of Fair Lending & Equal Opportunity (OFLEO) and Office of Policy Planning and Strategy.

Operations Division: The operational support arm of CFPB, focuses on improving the Bureau's operational functions and foundational processes. The Division includes the following program offices supported by a central, divisional office: Administrative Operations, Human Capital, Technology and Innovation, Office of Finance and Procurement, and Office of the Chief Data Officer.

Research, Monitoring and Regulations Division: Responsible for monitoring consumer financial markets, conducting research, and writing rules. The Division includes the following program offices supported by a central front office: Research, Markets, Regulations, Competition and Innovation, and Consumer Populations.

Consumer Response and Education Division: Delivers scalable services and tools designed to empower consumers to share their experiences in the marketplace, respond to challenges, and make better informed financial decisions. The Division includes two program offices supported by a centralized front office: Consumer Response and Financial Education.

Supervision Division: Ensures compliance with federal consumer financial laws by supervising market participants. Supervision includes the Office of Supervision Examinations and the Office of Supervision Policy and Operations.

Enforcement Division: Responsible for investigating potential violations of Federal consumer financial laws and taking action to address violations when appropriate. Enforcement's work is critical to furthering the Bureau's mission to make consumer financial markets work, protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices, and take action against companies that break the law. Interns in the Enforcement Front Office assist in Enforcement's administrative and program operations in support of the mission.

Travel Required

• Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Supervisory Status

• No

Promotion Potential

• 30