Foreign Affairs Officer

U.S. Department of State
  • Location
    Washington, D.C.
  • Sector
    Government
  • Experience
    Mid Career / Advanced
  • Apply by
    Mar-27-2023
  • Posted
    Mar 14

Position description

This position is located in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB), Office of Transportation Policy(EB/TRA/OTP). The Office ofTransportation Policy develops and coordinates policy on international civilaviation and international commercial maritime transport issues. 

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This job is open to 
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U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. 

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Duties 
Develops policy recommendations and proposes options and alternatives to current or proposed maritime security policies. 
Drafts, clears, and issues program directives, policies, procedures, and other materials for use by posts and other bureaus in programimplementation. 
Serves as principal action officer within the Bureau for substantive maritime security policy issues. 
Initiates and maintains effective liaison with governmental and non-governmental communities. 
Compiles and maintains reference databases on international shipping, land transport, and intermodal industry trends, finances, andoperating practices. 
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Requirements 
Conditions of Employment 
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 developing maritime policy recommendations. 
Experience analyzing the impact of foreign and domestic shipping policies or regulations on the maritime sector. 

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. 

Additional information 

For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or [email protected] 
If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. 
Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. 

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