Regional Affairs Specialist

About this role

To qualify for the GS-14 you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level, OR equivalent public or private sector experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: Leading complex international affairs or homeland security initiatives involving Indo-Pacific and Five Eyes (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom) partners, international organizations, and Federal interagency partners; providing expert analysis and strategic advice to senior leaders on international political and security developments; coordinating Department-wide policy positions across multiple stakeholders; planning and executing bilateral and multilateral engagements; preparing executive-level briefing materials and recommendations; and independently managing high-visibility projects involving sensitive homeland security issues.

This position has a Selective Placement Factor (SPF). If your resume doesn't demonstrate possession of the SPF, you will be rated ineligible. The SPF for this position is: Applying limited working proficiency (Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Level 2 or higher) in one or more foreign languages relevant to the Indo-Pacific portfolio to communicate with foreign counterparts, review routine foreign-language materials, gather information from foreign-language sources, and support international engagements in further of homeland security objectives.

Relevant languages include Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai, or Vietnamese. Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement.

Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job).