Job opening: Foreign Affairs Officer - Direct Hire Authority
Salary: $132 368 - 172 075 per year
Published at: Dec 08 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The position is located in the Office of Counterproliferation Initiatives, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN/CPI). ISN/CPI leads State Department efforts in developing, implementing, and improving counterproliferation policy programs and operations, including efforts to disrupt and prevent proliferation activities and networks worldwide.
Duties
Confers with analysts and action officers to develop information, obtain clarification of divergent viewpoints, and build consensus for a course of action acceptable to the Bureau.
Assesses and integrates information for the development of nuclear policy-related strategies evolving situations and taking appropriate action regarding sensitive counterproliferation and interdiction operations to prevent and disrupt concern.
Recommends appropriate action of the vetting of nuclear visa cases with broader nuclear counterproliferation policy, preventing the illicit diversion of the appropriate application of broader visa, export licensing, and sanctions determinations.
Develops reports of findings and recommendations for decision makers in which are detailed the facts developed, analytical methods employed, conclusions reached, a range of policy choices.
Participate in or lead delegations in bilateral or multilateral fora with other counties to formulate and execute agreements that fulfill U.S. Government counterproliferation and nonproliferation objectives.
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
- 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 required qualification requirements, including education, and any selective placement factors 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.)
IN ADDITION to the basic requirements, this position requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least 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 developing and executing strategies and diplomatic operations directed towards creating a global environment that facilitates the interdiction of transfers of weapons of mass destruction.
Experience providing guidance on the formulation and implementation of policy aimed at disrupting transaction supporting nuclear programs of proliferation concern.
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.
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php.
Contacts
- Address U.S. Department of State
1999 Dyess Ave.
Charleston Reg. Ctr., E119B
Charleston, South Carolina 29405
United States
- Name: Amanda Lalla
- Phone: 000-000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
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