Job opening: Foreign Affairs Officer
Salary: $139 395 - 181 216 per year
Published at: Nov 26 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization (CSO), Office of Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation (DME) which has a mission to anticipate, prevent, and respond to conflict that undermines U.S. national interests. This position is the subject matter expert on design, monitoaring, evaluation, and learning (DMEL) and planning functions for CSO that are focused on on utilization of DMEL and conflict analysis methodologies to support vital conflict prevention activities.
Duties
Leads design and monitoring of conflict prevention and stabilization strategic plans, diplomacy, and programs reflecting conflict analysis and relevant foreign affairs policies and specialized best practices.
Establishes and maintains standard operating procedures (SOPs) for bureau, including templates, in compliance with Department policies and regulations.
Leads analysis, planning, and implementation for CSO’s programming and budgetary processes in accordance with Department requirements.
Leads development and delivery of training, designed to develop capacity to effectively design, monitor, and evaluate programs and strategies consistent with relevant policies and best practices.
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 advising others on the design, monitoring, and evaluation of conflict prevention and stabilization programs.
Experience managing foreign assistance decision-making processes.
Experience building the capacity of others to design and implement effective conflict prevention and stabilization programs.
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.)
Charleston, South Carolina 29405
United States
- Name: Emily Markley
- Phone: 000-000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
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