The position is located in the Office of Multilateral Strategy and Personnel, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO/MSP).  The Bureau’s mission is to advance U.S. national interests through multilateral diplomacy, while ensuring that the international organizations with which IO works are effective, efficient, and accountable.

Duties

Provides authoritative policy assessments regarding strategic competition across international organizations and the advancement of an affirmative agenda to uphold the founding values, norms, and principles of the UN and multilateral system. Develops, implements, and measures the impact of U.S. and other nations’ actions to influence international organizations’ leadership, efforts to counter actions by member states to subvert the ideals upon which those organizations were established. Represents the Bureau and Office in meetings with foreign officials in Washington or overseas, and participates as a Bureau/Office representative in interagency groups examining strategic competition across international organizations. Monitors developing world events, political situations, and various nations’ reactions to them; identifies actual or potential problems; coordinates with subject matter experts throughout the USG and international partners. Confers with policy officials, analysts, and action officers to develop policy recommendations on controversial and politically sensitive U.S. positions; anticipates potential policy problems and assesses domestic impact and Congressional reactions.

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.
• 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 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 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 in providing policy assessments regarding strategic competition. Experience in monitoring and reporting on world events and political situations. Experience in the development of negotiating strategies and tactics.

Education

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

Contacts

• Address U.S. Department of State Not accepting applications by mail Washington, District of Columbia 20520 United States
• Name: Gwendolyn Maye
• Phone: 202-735-7266
• Email: [email protected]