International Trade Specialist

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management’s website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify at the GS-14 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Experience formulating policies on at least two of the following: national security, international trade, economic and commercial issues in one of the major economies in Asia; and working with or on major Asian multilateral cooperation mechanisms. Experience advising senior officials on Asia-related policy issues on one or more of the following: commercial, economic, political and business affairs. Experience advocating commercial, economic, political or business affairs-related policies and programs with U.S. government departments and agencies. Experience researching and drafting written documents related to policy or decision memoranda, position papers, briefing materials, talking points, and speeches for senior officials for high-level external engagements.
This vacancy is for an International Trade Specialist in the International Trade Administration within the Department of Commerce (DOC), International Trade Administration (ITA), Global Markets (GM), Office of Asia.