This position is located at Departmental Offices,International Affairs. As a/an International Economist, you will monitor and assess international economic developments; analyze international economic developments and policies; provide briefings and policy recommendations on international economic or financial developments; and comment on and ensure that policy materials are of a consistently high quality.

Duties

As a/an International Economist, you will: Prepare international economic background and briefing material for senior executive branch officials to use in intergovernmental and international meetings. Coordinate briefing material and negotiating positions with other offices and agencies in the executive branch to ensure accuracy, currency, coherence, and completeness. Participate in substantive aspects of formulating and implementing Department of the Treasury and U.S. Government policies pertaining to international economic organizations. Draft international economic policy papers defining and supporting U.S. government and Department of the Treasury macroeconomic policy positions. Represent the Department, as necessary, at interdepartmental and international meetings.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Conducting financial analysis on macroeconomics, financial markets, international trade, investment, development finance, climate finance, or multilateral development issues; AND Making policy or strategy recommendations to senior officials/executives; AND Building consensus positions through negotiation and/or collaboration. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

Education

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Basic education requirement:

A. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus. OR
B. Combination of education and experience- courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Examples of qualifying experience include: (a) individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation; (b) supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; or (c) teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1) personal research that produced evidence of results, (2) direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.

Contacts

• Address International Affairs Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]