This vacancy is for a Senior International Trade Specialist in the International Trade Administration within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As a Senior International Trade Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Lead the Department's efforts to enhance U.S. competitiveness in winning contracts for overseas defense projects; Advise Senior officials on strategies to build U.S. Competitiveness in the defense sector; Develop and launch an effort aimed at evaluating the challenges U.S. firms face when competing for global defense projects; Lead interagency efforts to approve defense advocacy cases and carry out coordinated Advocacy campaigns through the Defense Advocacy Working Group (DAWG); Manage the operations of the defense program and act as the administrator of the DAWG interagency IT platform for case approvals; Establish and maintain relationships with USG defense stakeholders across the USG and Combatant Commands and the U.S. industrial base; Pro-actively monitor global defense trends and challenges that may affect U.S. defense exporters; Ensure defense advocacy request are reviewed by the interagency for approval; and Provide guidance on policy development and implementation for national security efforts that affect export promotion activities. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Senior International Trade Specialist GS-1140-14 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify at the GS-14 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Developing and launching efforts aimed at evaluating the challenges U.S. firms face when competing for global defense projects. Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with defense stakeholders across the USG and the U.S. industrial base. And knowledge of and experience working on defense export sales.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address International Trade Administration 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Johnetta Young
• Email: [email protected]