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Policy Advisor
Department of State - Agency Wide · Posted 64 days ago
About the Role
This serves as public notice for the use of OPM's Direct Hire Authority. Applicants who meet the qualification requirements will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. This position is located in the Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division, Office of Domestic Operations, Visa Services Directorate(CA/VO/DO/I). The incumbent analyzes policy issues impacting immigrant visa allocation.
What You'll Do
- →Researches and analyzes visa legislation and regulations, as well as procedural and policy proposals as they pertain to the management, collection, dissemination of statistical data on visa activities, and the allocation and control of visa numbers.
- →Responds to a broad range of complex inquiries and requests for information- including those received from Bureau and Department officials, Congress, attorneys, and the public.
- →Exercises accountability for the preparation of special purpose reports on visa statistics as requested by the Visa Office, the Bureau, overseas posts, Department, Congress, and other parties interested in or affected by visa statistics and trends.
- →Research and implements best practices for collecting, maintaining, and publishing statistics in accordance with office and Department mission goals
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%.
- ✓See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.
- ✓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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