Job opening: Program Specialist
Salary: $68 405 - 88 926 per year
Published at: Oct 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-Time
This position is located in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division (ECA/PE/C/PY). This position ensures the smooth functioning of the Office by supporting the program officers, setting-up and maintaining administrative mechanisms and systems, coordinating operational program procedures for exchange programs and the grants and cooperative agreements processes.
Duties
Organizes solicitation and grant packages for clearance processes and tracks these packages.
Maintains current and complete records of all cooperative agreements, grants and special projects in the office database.
Makes logistical arrangements for conferences and meetings, escorting Department of State visitors and exchange participants.
Monitors program activities, solicits weekly highlights, and prepares report materials.
Assists in compiling information, statistics and reports on exchange programs.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- 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/
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 applying for the GS-09 grade level must meet one of the following requirements:
A. Have at least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.
Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
Experience compiling data and reporting on exchange programs.
Experience planning exchange program activities and events.
Experience organizing and tracking paper and electronic files.
OR
B. Have a master's or equivalent graduate degree, OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, OR LL.B or J.D. from an accredited college or university. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities to do the work of the position to be filled;
OR
C. Have a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience (as described above), which is equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal Service. This experience and education together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.
Combination of Experience and Education: When an applicant has less than one year of specialized experience as described in the announcement, he or she may combine successfully completed graduate-level education with experience to meet the total qualification requirements. Generally, 18 graduate semester hours is equivalent to 1 full-time year of graduate study (your school and department determine what constitutes 1 full time year of graduate study). The percentage of specialized work experience and the percentage of graduate study must total at least 100%.
Note: All applicants WILL BE required to submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement. If you fail to provide requested information, or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you may lose consideration for this position.
Education
Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.
Contacts
- Address U.S. Department of State
2200 C Street
SA-5, Room C101
Attn: ECA/EX
Washington, District of Columbia 20007
United States
- Name: Yvonda Price
- Phone: 202-571-7239
- Email: [email protected]
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