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Foreign Affairs Officer
Department of State Headquarters · Posted 52 days ago
Hybrid District of Columbia, DC $85K – $158K Apply by Aug 24, 2026 Foreign Affairs ENFJENTJESFJESTP SalesOperations
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This position is located in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM), Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy (DTCP), Regional Affairs and Analysis Division (RAA). PM provides policy direction in the areas of international security, defense trade, defense trade controls, foreign military sales, defense strategy and policy, security assistance, and military operations.
What You'll Do
- →Develop, coordinate, and manage commercial defense trade controls policy related to assigned country, regional, and functional portfolios.
- →Identify, gather, monitor, analyze, and report on developing political, military, national security, economic, legislative, and policy developments and issues which affect the USG policy stance and actions.
- →Draft referrals to Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance of unfavorable Blue Lantern results and other potential civil and criminal violations of U.S. export control laws and regulations.
- →Interpret and assess significance of developments for U.S. foreign policy and national security interests, applying broad and in-depth knowledge of assigned country, regional, and functional portfolios.
- →Advise office management, directorate leadership, and senior PM Bureau officials on regional and functional commercial defense trade control issues, accompanying them on overseas missions as appropriate.
- →At the GS-12 & GS-11 level, the incumbent performs duties as outlined above; however, the scope and complexity of assignments are of less responsibility and independence.
- →The incumbent receives closer than normal supervision than at the GS-13 level.
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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