This vacancy is for an International Program Specialist Recent Graduate in the Office of the Secretary, Office of the General Counsel, Commercial Law Development Program within the US Department of Commerce. Under the provisions of Public Law 115.232, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019. Section 1108 of the NDAA allows agencies to appoint college graduates in the competitive service positions without regard to rating, ranking, and veterans' preference provisions."

Duties

As an International Program Specialist Recent Graduate, you will perform the following duties: Liaising with government officials, regulators, judges and other high-level diplomatic, community, and business leaders in foreign countries; Assisting attorneys with the design and implementation of technical assistance programs; Analyzing the impact of programs and writing reports to other government agencies identifying CLDP's activities and achievements; Identifying and securing the logistical support needed to execute technical assistance programs through multiple procurement mechanisms; Developing, planning and preparing overall program budgets based on CLDP interagency agreements including tracking budgets as expenditures occur, notifying funding agencies of spending rates, and sending regular bills for CLDP programs; Traveling overseas to prepare and implement trainings, workshops and consultations; Monitoring federal regulations and departmental policies to ensure that all CLDP plans and expenditures comply with the relevant requirements. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other International Program Specialist Recent Graduate GS-0301-9 GS-12 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/ Students with a transcript with a degree confer date on or before the closing date of this announcement will be considered for the Recent Graduate Program. Graduation / expect graduation date MUST be indicated on your resume. 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-9 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with peers and high-level U.S. and foreign officials; Manage program budgets, complex logistics, and complete procurement requests; and Proficiency in a foreign language is required. -OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: You may substitute education for experience as follows: A related Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree; or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of experience and graduate level education is qualifying, as described above. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

Education

See Qualifications Above.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Secretary 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Anna Belton
• Email: [email protected]