The position is located in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Knowledge Management (INL/KM). The incumbent serves as a Foreign Affairs Officer in INL’s Office of Knowledge Management, which has responsibility to make and keep INL a “learning organization” that produces more effective programming across the global work of INL.

Duties

Serves as a chief action officer for rule of law programming and is the initial point of contact for all incoming actions from Departmental offices, US embassies/posts, other USG agencies, or other sources. Proposes and designs specific policy responses to efforts to push back against authoritarianism, including deterring and promoting accountability for acts that counter rule of law. Advises policy makers and programming officers to support bureau goals and ensure alignment to broader democracy, human rights, and efforts and strengthens access to justice to promote accountability and trust. Performs outreach to U.S. agencies (including law enforcement and intelligence), universities, nongovernmental experts, the private sector, and other stakeholders to develop relationships and gain a deep understanding of their policy issue. Advises on foreign assistance program issues and problems relating to rule of law; develops and proposes resolutions of program policy and procedural issues and coordinates implementation of management decisions on assigned program.

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.
• 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 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.) 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 advising on foreign assistance program issues and problems relating to rule of law. Experience supporting Department goals to ensure alignment to democracy, human rights, and efforts to promote accountability and trust.  Experience analyzing budget proposals, and recommending budget and/or program adjustments, in support of US Policy.  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.

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: S. Butler
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]