This position is located in the DHS Office of Policy, Strategy, and Plans-TES. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a policy analyst supporting the Office's mission in all work related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States (Team Telecom), including coordination of the interagency processes and analysis of transactions.. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a Policy Analyst, GS-0301-9/11/12, your typical work assignments may include: Analyzing unclassified and proprietary business information and classified intelligence products to assess whether a foreign investment in a U.S. business poses national security risks. Developing consequence and vulnerability assessments incorporating open source data, intelligence reporting, subject matter expert inputs, and feedback from interagency and leadership feedback in support of analyses on risks posed by individual foreign investments under the authorities of CFIUS and Team Telecom. Draft memoranda and briefing documents for senior officials outlining issues pertaining to foreign investment risk analysis that synthesize in-depth analysis and risk-based recommendations. Maintain and manage relationships with interagency partners and DHS Component agencies. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must submit to a pre-employment drug test.
• You may be required to serve a one year probationary period.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.

Qualifications

You qualify at the GS-09 grade level if you possess one of the following: At least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in Federal service, OR equivalent public or private sector experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: (1) preparing others to identify foreign investment national security risks; (2) ability to help develop short-range program goals, plans, objectives, and policies (3) development, administration, and control of assigned projects; (4) ability to gather data and information to help advise managers and leaders. OR Master's (or equivalent graduate degree such as LL.B. or J.D. as specified in qualification standards or individual occupational requirements) in a course of study that directly reflects the job-related KSAs/competencies necessary to satisfy the minimum qualifications and perform the duties of the position, OR 2 academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education in a course of study that directly reflects the job-related KSAs/competencies necessary to satisfy the minimum qualifications and perform the duties of the position. You qualify at the GS-11 grade level if you possess one of the following: At least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in Federal service, OR equivalent public or private sector experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: (1) Identifying foreign investment national security risks; (2) helping to develop short-range program goals, plans, objectives, and policies; (3) assisting with the development of risk mitigation strategies and initiatives; and (4) supporting policy development and decision making for managers and leaders. ; OR A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related ; OR A combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience as described above that, when combined, equal 100% of the total requirement. This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application. You qualify at the GS-12 grade level if you possess one of the following: At least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in Federal service, OR equivalent public or private sector experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: (1) Identifying national security risk analysis applicable to the assessment of risk arising from foreign investments in the United States or other functional areas; (2) helping to develop long-range and short-range program goals, plans, objectives, and policies; (3) assisting with the development of risk mitigation strategies and compliance monitoring strategies; and (4) supporting policy development and decision making for managers and leaders. NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of the first two years may be used to qualify for the GS-11 level. All requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. 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, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: Julian Torres
• Phone: 2028052854
• Email: [email protected]