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Foreign Affair Officer
Department of State - Agency Wide · Posted 46 days ago
About the Role
You can make a difference in the world with a career at the Department of State! We are hiring many experienced Civil Service Foreign Affairs Officers (FAO's) across the Bureaus within the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs (E) in various regional and functional Bureaus and/or offices. Please refer to the “Education Requirement” section for a list of the regional and functional bureaus and/or offices covered.
What You'll Do
- →Monitors political situations or issues of administrative management.
- →Analyzes political, economic, and other reporting from a wide variety of sources.
- →Serves as an initial point of contact for all incoming actions regarding the assignment from Departmental offices , U.S. embassies/posts, other U.S. government agencies, international organizations, foreign governments, non-governmental organization.
- →Participates in meetings with agencies of foreign governments and multilateral organizations to contribute detailed technical analyses and assessments of complex issues and alternatives to decision makers.
- →Advocates and defends policy interests in dealing with specific Foreign Assistance program proposals and other USG activities focused on or affecting countries assigned to the incumbent .
Requirements
- ✓See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.
- ✓When an applicant has less than one year of specialized experience as described in the announcement, he or she may combine successfully completed graduate-level education with experience to meet the total qualification requirements.
- ✓Generally, 18 graduate semester hours is equivalent to 1 full-time year of graduate study (your school and department determine what constitutes 1 full time year of graduate study).
- ✓The percentage of specialized work experience (for example, 6 months equals 50%) and the percentage of graduate study (for example, 9 graduate hours for a GS-07 equals 50% where 18 graduate hours constitute a full time year) must total at least 100%.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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