This vacancy is for a Supervisory International Trade Specialist in the International Trade Administration within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As a Supervisory International Trade Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Lead efforts to coordinate with U.S. and foreign government agencies and the business community to develop and implement U.S. trade policies, strategies, or programs. Supervise and Manage a Team assigned to trade or investment barrier cases, including reviewing and assessing for relevance to specific trade or investment agreement(s). Make recommendations to refer compliance cases for enforcement and ensure coordination at the interagency level. Guide and direct collaboration efforts with U.S. and foreign embassies, other USG agencies and U.S. industry to oversee and help shape U.S. trade, economic and foreign policy. Create advanced written communications and messaging regarding international trade agreements negotiations and compliance work and related trade policy and investment issues. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory International Trade Specialist GS-1140-15 positions within the International Trade Administration in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

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-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ 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 GS-15 the below specialized experience requirement must be met: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Implementing trade policy goals, strategies, programs, and new initiatives, including leading staff in this effort. Managing workload allocations in the completion of assigned trade barrier cases. Oversight of staff responsible for minimizing trade barriers identified via outreach to stakeholders and clients. Supervising staff in the identification U.S. export objectives/equities for each accession, questions, and drafts of specific desired commitments by acceding countries.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

See Qualifications Above.

Contacts

• Address International Trade Administration 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Deborah Melton
• Phone: 202-316-6054
• Email: [email protected]