This vacancy is for an International Trade Specialist in the International Trade Administration within the Department of Commerce (DOC), International Trade Administration (ITA), Global Markets (GM), Office of Asia.

Duties

The DOC's Global Markets Office of Asia (GM Asia) manages International Trade Administration (ITA) policy and programmatic work that expands U.S. jobs by promoting commerce across the Indo-Pacific Region with overall direction from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia. The Office of South Asia covers India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan. As an International Trade Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Effective administration of the office and its functions, including coordinating strategic direction to Desk Officers on GM Asia's engagement with the U.S. interagency and officials from countries in their portfolio. Primary day-to-day responsibility for coordinating GM Asia and Department participation in key bilateral cooperation mechanisms and providing ongoing direction to the Office of South Asia's Desk Officers responsible for each respective mechanism. On-boarding of all new Office of South Asia permanent staff, detailees, and interns in coordination with GM Asia Operations, ITA human resources and IT, and Department security offices. Other duties as assigned by the Office Director and GM Asia leadership. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other International Trade Specialist GS-1140-14 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience. This position is also advertised under ITA-GM-DE-25-12594964, which is open to Delegated Examining eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

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/ 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-14 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience formulating policies on at least two of the following: national security, international trade, economic and commercial issues in one of the major economies in Asia; and working with or on major Asian multilateral cooperation mechanisms. Experience advising senior officials on Asia-related policy issues on one or more of the following: commercial, economic, political and business affairs. Experience advocating commercial, economic, political or business affairs-related policies and programs with U.S. government departments and agencies. Experience researching and drafting written documents related to policy or decision memoranda, position papers, briefing materials, talking points, and speeches for senior officials for high-level external engagements.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address International Trade Administration 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Johnetta Young
• Email: [email protected]