This position is in the Excepted Service under U.S.C. 50 § 3024(v) and appointments are made without regard to the requirements of the Competitive Service by laws, Executive order, or OPM regulations. This position is in the Office of Economic Analysis (EC), Sanctions Division, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR). INR’s mission is to ensure policymakers have access to all-source, independent analysis on the issues of concern, and intelligence and counterintelligence activities. 

Duties

Responsible for organizing and delivering all-source intelligence support Department- wide to officials working on sanctions and related issues. Responsible for drafting, presenting, and defending policy-relevant intelligence analyses on sanctions for Departmental and other Federal officials. Represents the Department in interagency meetings, provides guidance to Department policymakers, briefs key stakeholders in the U.S. Congress, and serves as an expert in various intergovernmental and non-governmental fora. Advises on and performs intelligence research bearing on U.S. relations with foreign governments and international organizations.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Obtain/maintain eligibility to access Sensitive Compartmented Information

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.  NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience with international sanctions programs and authorities to include the U.S. and United Nations global sanctions landscape as it pertains to the sanctions policymaking process within the Department of State and the U.S. government more broadly. Experience with international affairs worldwide, including conflicts, key players and interests, U.S. national security implications, Department of State policy goals, and – when relevant – the role of sanctions in supporting policy goals. Experience evaluating and/or editing bureau and Intelligence Community products to produce timely and effective all-source analysis on sanctions and related issues. Experience preparing and delivering substantive, intelligence-based briefings on sanctions-specific issues to senior Department officials. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address U.S. Department of State 1999 Dyess Ave. Charleston Reg. Ctr., E119B Charleston, South Carolina 29450 United States
• Name: Tracey Leath
• Phone: 000-00-0000
• Email: [email protected]