Foreign Disclosure Specialist

Time in Grade: For entry at the GS-14 level, status applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-13 or higher grade in the Federal Service. 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-14, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-13 if outside the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as (1) Evaluating and making recommendations concerning overall plans and proposals for major agency and interagency security cooperation and assistance activities and programs; and (2) Negotiating consensus positions for controversial and contentious concerns; and (3) Communicating with internal and external stakeholder to relay foreign disclosure policy. 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 (1) Executing U.S. policy in Executive Orders, security of information, special treaties, and NATO policy and requirements to support security cooperation and programs; and (2) Developing and implementing disclosure guidelines to accommodate any differences; and (3) Analyzing and applying foreign disclosure policies. 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: Administration and Management, Attention to Detail, Oral Communication, and Project/Program Management Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met at the closing date of this announcement.
This position is located in Defense Technology Security Administration, International Engagement Directorate. The Directorate is the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) staff element responsible to the USD(P) for all matters concerning the formulation, implementation, and oversight of national and Department of Defense foreign disclosure and security policy; and the foreign disclosure and security aspects of all international bilateral and multilateral cooperative programs and activities.