Job opening: Foreign Affairs Officer - Direct Hire Authority
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Aug 16 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; Office of Missile, Biological, and Chemical Nonproliferation (ISN/MBC).
ISN/MBC leads working-level U.S. government efforts to impede, roll back, and eliminate the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons (CBW), missile delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction, and related equipment, materials, and technology.
Duties
Advises on cross-cutting policy development and implementation for CBW-, missile-, and/or space-related nonproliferation and export control issues within an assigned portfolio.
Monitors political, military, economic, and other developments, trends, and events to understand the implications for U.S. interests.
Develops policy options and strategies concerning relevant missile/CBW-related issues.
Participates in Departmental and interagency working groups related to missile/CBW nonproliferation policy issues.
Supports, and on occasion leads, bilateral and multilateral negotiations with other countries to formulate or advance agreements.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
- 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/
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
- Obtain/maintain eligibility to access Sensitive Compartmented Information
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-12 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 implementing policies or strategies concerning nonproliferation or export control of missiles or chemical and biological weapons (CBW).
Experience evaluating and analyzing information from a variety of sources to inform decision-making/policy development.
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
1999 Dyess Ave.
Charleston Reg. Ctr., E119B
Charleston, South Carolina 29405
United States
- Name: Eunice Prikhodko
- Phone: 000-000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
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