This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorist and Financial Intelligence - Office of Foreign Assets Control. As an International Economist, you will conduct macroeconomic and financial policy analysis, provide firm- and industry-specific analysis of potential collateral effects of proposed sanctions, identify issues, and conduct after-action financial and economic policy analysis of collateral effects.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-14. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position. - Initiate projects that conduct in-depth analysis of macroeconomic performance - Conduct in-depth analyses of the drivers of performance of various financial asset classes - Independently initiate and draft sophisticated, in-depth financial market reports on labor markets, commodities markets, financial instruments, currencies, and broader financial and economic conditions

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Specialized experience for the GS-14: You must have one year of experience at the GS-13 level in Federal service, or equivalent experience in the public and/or private sector, directly related to the position that has equipped the candidate with the particular experience to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: -Conducting independent research into questions of economic significance and using advanced statistical and econometric techniques; AND -Publishing independent research in peer-reviewed journal articles, doctoral dissertation chapters, or equivalent publications; AND -Planning and implementing applied macroeconomic and/or economic policy-driven modeling; AND -Leading intra-office or interagency work groups to study questions of macroeconomic and/or economic policy significance; AND -Developing and advancing applied economic and/or policy ideas through the use of economic research. 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 independent research into questions of economic significance and using advanced statistical and econometric techniques; AND -Publishing independent research in peer-reviewed journal articles, doctoral dissertation chapters, or equivalent publications; AND -Planning and implementing macroeconomic and/or economic policy-driven modeling; AND -Participating in intra-office or interagency work groups to study questions of macroeconomic and/or economic policy significance. Specialized experience for the GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: -Conducting independent research into questions of economic significance and using advanced statistical and econometric techniques; AND -Publishing independent research in peer-reviewed journal articles, doctoral dissertation chapters, or equivalent publications. 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.

Applicants for this position must meet the following 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:
1. Individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation;
2. Supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; or
3. 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, direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.

Experience in related fields that did not involve the use and understanding of economic principles and theories may not be used as qualifying experience for these positions. Special attention on this point should be given to certain types of work that may or may not have provided professional economic experience. The following examples of work require special care in such determinations:

1. economic statistics;
2. industrial surveys;
3. management of individual business enterprises, including farms;
4. industrial planning;
5. writing or editorial work in economic subjects; and
6. financial market analysis.

Contacts

• Address Terrorist and Financial Intelligence - Office of Foreign Assets Control Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]