FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPECIALIST

Basic Requirement: Degree: Major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling 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 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative methods. OR Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OR Experience: Four 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. Time in Grade: For entry at the GS-15 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-14 or higher grade in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience: For the GS-15, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-14 if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: advising senior U.S. Government civilian leadership on complex political-military matters affecting U.S. national security interests; conducting far-reaching analyses which significantly impact the effective development, interpretation, and/or implementation of U.S. Government, national security, and U.S. foreign policies; preparing and providing papers, memoranda, verbal and written briefings, and/or messaging for senior U.S. Government civilian leadership; developing policy options and recommendations for senior U.S. Government civilian leadership to support the U.S. National Security Council-led interagency decision – making process; preparing senior U.S. Government civilian leadership for bilateral and/or multilateral engagements with their foreign counterparts; representing the U.S. Government in engagements with foreign partners; crafting and successfully negotiating consensus policy positions with other U.S. Government, and foreign entities to advance national security objectives; shaping Congressional engagement through the preparation of Advance Policy Questions, responses to Questions for the Record, written and oral testimony, and/or Member and staff briefings; participating in the review and adjustment of the programs and budgets needed to support U.S. Government national security objectives; taking a lead role in managing team projects and serving as a mentor for junior team members. In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, qualified applicants must also possess the quality of experience as it relates to how closely or to what extent an applicant’s background, recency of experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Candidates must clearly demonstrate the possession of competencies necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate level to be qualified for the position. Applicants must describe how their experience meets the competencies within the body of the resume. No separate statements addressing competencies are required. Competencies: International Engagement Action Planning, International Engagement Assessment & Analysis, International Engagement Implementation, International Engagement Policy Development, Oral Communication, and Writing Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met at the closing date of this announcement.
This position is located in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (OUSDP). The USDP serves as the principal advisor and assistant to the Secretary of Defense for all matters concerned with the formulation of national security and defense policy with particular emphasis on the integration and oversight of DoD policy and plans to achieve national security objectives. This is a readvertisement of ST-12564198-24-ADD. Applicants who have previously applied, NEED to reapply.