The position is located in the Office of Multilateral Strategy and Personnel, Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO/MSP). The Bureau’s mission is to advance U.S. national interests through multilateral diplomacy, while ensuring that the international organizations with which IO works are effective, efficient, and accountable. IO/MSP is responsible for leading IO’s work to strategize and implement efforts to address strategic competition across the United Nations (UB) system.

Duties

Analyzes incoming actions from Department offices, Embassies/posts abroad, and other USG agencies; confers with analysts and action officers to develop information, obtain divergent viewpoints, and build consensus for a course of action. Serves as an action officer, providing reporting and assessments regarding strategic competition across international organizations and advancement of affirmative agenda to uphold the founding values, and principles of the UN and multilateral system. Monitors developing world events, political situations, and various nations’ reactions to them; coordinates with subject matters experts throughout the USG and international partners. Participates in drafting policy and strategy papers, formal statements, assessments, talking points, and memos for interagency discussion, and participates in the development of negotiating strategies and tactics. Serves as a point of contact with foreign partners on assigned strategic competition and related international organizations issues. Liaises with U.S. Missions; and departmental, interagency, and nongovernmental stakeholders to identify issues.

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.) IN ADDITION to meeting one of the basic entry qualifications requirements listed above, applicants applying for the GS-11 MUST also meet one of the requirements listed below: Have at least 1 year of specialized experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience must be related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal service. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience providing written and oral policy assessments pertaining to strategic competition. Experience monitoring and reporting on world events, political situations, and/or multilateral organizations. Experience developing and coordinating U.S. policy positions with other subject matter experts, including interagency and foreign interlocutors. OR Have 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities to do the work of the position to be filled. OR Have a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience which is equivalent to the work of the position and equivalent to the GS0-9 level in the Federal service. This education and experience must meet 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. 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 Not accepting applications by mail Washington, District of Columbia 20520 United States
• Name: Gwendolyn Maye
• Phone: 202-735-7266
• Email: [email protected]