The position is within the Department of State's, Bureau of Counterterrorism, Office of Programs (CT/P).  This serves as public notice for the use of an Agency-specific Direct Hire Authority. Applicants will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.

Duties

Serves as Foreign Affairs Specialist, providing Counterterrorism (CT) program planning, implementation, and performance oversight of CT-funded foreign assistance activities. Develops, plans, coordinates (within the Bureau and with partners), implements agreements, while monitoring and evaluating portions of CT's programs to build foreign partner capacity in the prevention and response to terrorism. As the Bureau's chief CT programs officer, monitors developing political situations or issues of administrative management that may impact upon the ability of the United States Government to implement CT-assistance and/or capacity building programs. Performs duties as Contracts/Grants/Agreements Officer Representative for contracts, grants and interagency agreements on behalf of CT for an assigned country or geographic region portfolio . Serves as the expert within the Department on U.S. foreign policy gauging the effectiveness of, and facilitates efforts to achieve U.S. foreign policy objectives in the assigned country or countries. Advises on country or region-specific issues and problems, developing and/or proposing resolutions of issues relating to counterterrorism programmatic-related activities to coordinate implementation of policy decisions.

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.
• Requires a financial disclosure statement, OGE-450.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education OR if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. Applicants must have the required experience or education as described below and meet any selective factors, when specified. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Have a bachelor's or graduate degree from an accredited college or university in international law, international relations, political science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; OR Have a bachelor's or graduate degree from an accredited college or university that included a combination of courses, with at least 24 semester hours in international law and international relations, political science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; OR Have 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics / quantitative methods. OR Have a combination of education and experience where your coursework was equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, (as shown above), PLUS appropriate relevant experience OR additional education. OR Have completed at least 4 years of appropriate experience in one OR more of the fields listed above in work associated with international organizations, problems, or other aspects of foreign affairs. (NOTE: qualifying work experience may have been gained through residence, study, teaching, business or commercial activities, military service, newspaper work, military or civil government activities, missionary or international relief work, or other experience in foreign countries.) Note: If you are qualifying based on education, you MUST submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement by the closing date of this announcement. If you fail to provide requested information, or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you WILL lose consideration for this position. IN ADDITION to the basic requirements, this position requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 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 developing or implementing programs in multiple countries to build the foreign partner capacity to prevent and respond to terrorism. Experience planning, analyzing, and/or evaluating different aspects of procurement policies and programs. Experience with agencies of foreign governments and multilateral organizations to contribute detailed technical analyses and assessments of complex programmatic–related issues. Note: If you are qualifying based on education, you MUST submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement by the closing date of this announcement. If you fail to provide requested information, or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you WILL lose consideration for this position.

Education

See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.

Contacts

• Address U.S. Department of State 1999 Dyess Ave. (Charleston Reg. Ctr.) Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United States
• Name: Tracey A. Leath
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]