This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS), Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce (IATC) with four vacancies located in Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number NMFS IATC-23-12133181-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As an International Trade Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Lead activities to support U.S. seafood exports that facilitate trade and ensure access to foreign markets in support of the U.S. seafood industry. Identify and seek opportunities to eliminate barriers through partnerships and collaboration with other U.S. Government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) and Commercial Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and U.S. Embassies to identify foreign trade opportunities for U.S. seafood exports. Perform complex data analysis of international trade and/or marketing data and information. Compile economic data and prepare reports for management and other officials on international trade markets and programs. Apply trade expertise and communication skills to represent the organization in internal, interagency, or external meetings and respond to constituent inquiries regarding trade of fisheries products domestically and internationally. Provide advice on international trade policies and programs concerning foreign trade opportunities, financing arrangements, export-import regulations, foreign government tax, tariff restrictions, and non-tariff trade barriers. Note: These duties are described at the full performance level of the ZA-4; The ZA-3 is developmental leading to such performance.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the ZA-3 or GS-11: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Performing research in two or more of the following areas: international trade dynamics, U.S. export facilitation, trade promotion, trade-policy analysis, the resolution of trade barriers, Free Trade Agreements, or seafood markets; and Coordinating program-specific activities and serving as a point-of-contact or liaison to internal and external stakeholders. -OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., with a major study in marketing, business administration, political science, public administration, history, business or commercial law, economics, finance, international trade, or international relations. -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience as described above. Note: Only graduate education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination. To qualify at the ZA-4 or GS-13: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-3 or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Identifying theories and evaluating dynamics or practices of international trade, economics markets, and geopolitical factors underlying such trade; Coordinating program-specific activities and serving as a point-of-contact or liaison to internal and external stakeholders; and Writing briefing papers and materials for higher level management.

Education

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website. You MUST provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation by the closing date of the announcement will result in lost consideration. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services OHCS 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Aniessa Chinn
• Email: [email protected]