This position is located in the Office of Global Women’s Issues, Office of the Secretary of State (S/GWI).  You will serve as a Foreign Affairs Officer responsible for the design, development, and implementation of grants and other programs, projects, and policies to support international efforts addressing the rights and empowerment of women and girls.

Duties

Serves as a program officer and/or Grant Officer Representative, with responsibility for the announcement, review, and selection of assistance recipients, and for ensuring that the Department exercises prudent management and oversight of awards. Facilitates high-level strategic program planning efforts in support of foreign assistance grants and programming supporting women’s rights and empowerment. Manages assigned programs, maintaining currency on legislative and policy developments affecting the administration of these programs. Assesses existing activities to determine and make recommendations to Bureau leadership. Provides expert advice, recommendations and resolves complex issues at every phase of programming; and coordinates implementation of management decisions related to programming. Evaluates program effectiveness in relation to the funding expended. Provides expert analysis of current policies and programs dealing with the rights and empowerment of women and girls.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the required 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.   NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. 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-13 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 providing program planning, development, implementation and/or analysis of programs related to women and gender policy issues.   -Experience providing support in the planning, development, and execution of programming and grants related to women and /or gender policies.  -Experience developing, and/or implementing global, regional or country-specific strategies, policies and/or programs on women's economic, empowerment, women peace and security and various forms of gender based violence.    -Experience with program management and organizational skills, including the application of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods, in order to assess the adequacy and consistency of program plans, program performance, and to provide periodic assessment reports, pertaining to the foreign assistance process.

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 US Department of State 2201 C Street NW Attn: S/ES-HR, Suite 7507 Washington, District of Columbia 20520 United States
• Name: J. MICHELLE MASON
• Phone: 202 485 2740
• Email: [email protected]