The White House announced Tuesday that Ivanka Trump will be taking on a larger advisory role within her father's administration but will not have an official position.

Press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Tuesday that while she will not have a formal job title, President Trump's eldest daughter will be voluntarily following restrictions on federal employees.

"Ivanka has taken on several measures to promote high standards of ethical conduct," Spicer said. "She's taken these steps with the advice of counsel and in consultation with the office of government ethics.”

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The comment comes after a handful of reports that Ivanka Trump will receive office space and security clearance in the West Wing despite not being appointed or nominated to a specific job. That said, she has long served as a vital confidante to her father and been expected to play some sort of role. Her husband, Jared Kushner, serves as a senior aide to Trump.

While Trump's critics had initially challenged Kushner's appointment by pointing to anti-nepotism laws, the Justice Department said those rules do not apply to the White House.

Days after his election, reports said that the president had requested that his children receive security clearance to possibly join his administration. But Trump quickly pushed back.

"I am not trying to get 'top level security clearance' for my children," he wrote . "This was a typically false news story."

Ivanka Trump's role within the White House has not sat well with ethics experts, who express concerns about her ability to separate from the Trump Organization's brand. Ivanka stepped down from the Trump Organization and her eponymous fashion line when her father took office. Her two oldest brothers, Donald Jr. and Eric, now run the real estate business; she still owns the Ivanka Trump brand but is not involved in the management or operations of either company.