Job opening: Foreign Affairs Officer - Direct Hire Authority
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Dec 05 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology (S/TECH).
S/TECH is established within the Office of the Secretary to elevate critical and emerging technologies as a central feature of U.S. diplomacy and serves as the Department’s focal point for strategic technology competition and technology partnerships.
For more information about this office, visit: S/TECH.
Duties
Develops policies and strategies to advance critical and emerging technology partnerships in multilateral organizations within the European and Western Hemisphere regions.
Implements policies and strategies addressing emerging technology partnerships and alliances focused on artificial intelligence (AI).
Analyzes emerging technology issues to develop policy recommendations.
Liaises with governmental and non-governmental communities to promote U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives.
Participates in interagency working groups to support technology partnerships and AI alliance goals.
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 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.
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-12 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 analyzing foreign policy issues related to critical and emerging technologies.
Experience implementing policies or programs related to technology partnerships.
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, South Carolina 29405
United States
- Name: Eunice Prikhodko
- Phone: 000-000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
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