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Job opening: Foreign Affairs Officer - Direct Hire Authority

Salary: $139 395 - 181 216 per year
Published at: Feb 21 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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. This position is located in the Office of Global Criminal Justice (GCJ). GCJ works to prevent atrocities, mitigate their effects, and end impunity for atrocities, including crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide.

Duties

Serves as one of the Office's senior action officers for the U .S. government's policy development on issues relating to international criminal law (ICL), including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Provides counsel and briefings to the Ambassador at Large (or Senior Official), the Office Director, overseas posts, and other colleagues on these and other matters that affect other regional and functional portfolio areas. Conducts overseas site visits and temporary duty assignments as needed to collect information on problems and possible solutions in policy and program implementation. Subject matter expert on U.S. foreign policy with respect to atrocities prevention, ICL, International Humanitarian Law (IHL), International Human Rights Law (IHRL), and accountability mechanisms at the national and international levels.

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 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-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 monitoring developing situations across numerous countries where domestic and hybrid accountability and transitional justice efforts are relevant;-Experience engaging with partner countries, international organizations, and NGOs to ensure a coordinated policy with respect to atrocity prevention;-Experience developing and proposing resolutions of policy and procedural issues and coordinating the implementation of policy decisions;-Experience providing briefings and drafting reports for Congress.

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 US Department of State 2201 C Street NW Attn: S/ES-HR, Suite 7507 Washington, District of Columbia 20520 United States
  • Name: Wanda Bright
  • Phone: 202-485-2731
  • Email: [email protected]

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