Senior Program Advisor

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary advisory resource for the INL/AME West Bank Team ensuring that the Director and Team Lead are apprised of all matters relating to INL programs in the Palestinian territories.
• Provides senior-level advisory support for INLs West Bank program including navigating the complexities of politics and programming in an insecure volatile and politically charged environment; takes lessons learned from previous INL programming and helps develop strategies to support INL engagement.
• Provides senior-level advisory support for establishing new medium to large-scale programs for INL that includes a variety of complex INL mechanisms.
• Utilizing subject matter expertise aids in drafting a variety of technical programmatic policy funding and informational memoranda and letters; provides input to the Team Lead as a subject matter expert regarding Congressional testimony inquiries or reports; press guidance; and interagency bilateral and multilateral agreements in accordance with
• Department policies and regulations and relevant legislation.
• Provides expert guidance to assist in implementing monitoring and evaluating U.S. foreign policy directives related to INL projects being carried out in the Palestinian territories.
• Conducts research and makes recommendations to Team Lead regarding the management of programs.
• Reviews and analyzes policy intelligence and programmatic documents and makes recommendations based on findings.
• Aids in conducting program reviews and assessments of new and ongoing programs and makes recommendations based on findings.
• Aids in reviewing budgets and providing program estimates to determine funding requirements and whether funding is warranted and available.
• Supports liaison efforts within organization and with other government agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
• Travels occasionally to the U.S. Embassies in Jerusalem and Amman for site visits and hands on mentoring/training.
• Prepares background materials and reports to be used by senior Department officials INL/Front Office INL/AME leadership and relevant embassy staff in preparing speeches briefings and testimony to articulate INL engagement on relevant issues in the Palestinian territories.
• Supports vetting responsibilities for INL/AME to mitigate risks to INL programs in both human-rights (Leahy vetting) and anti-terrorism areas to
• include researching and developing vetting procedures and guidelines for the bureau.
• Liaise with Department and interagency counterparts including the Terrorist Screening Center on Foreign Terrorist Affiliation vetting matters including preparing vetting requests and reporting results to INL/AME.
• Supports programmatic assessments for the Middle East region.
• Provides support for developing policies including drafting documents and conducting analyses feasibility studies and strategy options.
• Assists in the evaluation of implementers performance (e.g. by collecting information performing an analysis or making recommendations).

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship
• A Bachelors degree from an accredited institution;
• Demonstrated experience working in the Department of State including INL;
• A minimum of ten years experience in relevant field;
• Demonstrated knowledge of specific regional issues including specialized knowledge of international narcotics and law enforcement programs sufficient to ensure project work is in compliance with management policies and procedures and in conformance with the
• Foreign Assistance Act and other regulatory procedures and guidelines;
• Proven knowledge of Federal policies and procedures including methods of providing assistance and the Federal budget process;
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with a wide range of players;
• Demonstrated ability to provide advice guidance and consultation with regard to the interpretation and application of analysis;
• Experience drafting State Department reports and documents embassy cables and other documents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in International Affairs.
• At least ten years experience working in the development of law enforcement criminal justice transnational organized crime illicit financing terrorism counter-narcotics and anti-corruption programming in an international environment preferably in the Palestinian Territories and with INL.
• Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. policies geopolitical issues history and current events relating to the Palestinian Territories.
• Experience working or coordinating with other relevant U.S. government agencies (e.g. Department of Justice Department of Defense Intelligence Community etc.).
• Experience in conducting large-scale program assessments for INL especially in the Middle East.
• At least ten years experience working in the State Department at a senior level to provide high-level programmatic and policy advice within the Department and INL context.
• At least ten years experience with developing and implementing U.S. foreign assistance in INL.
• Experience with U.S. government human-rights and anti-terrorism vetting procedures.
• Experience working on contracts and other INL implementing mechanisms.
• Experience starting new large-scale programs for INL.
• Experience closing or realigning large-scale programs for INL.
• Experience working with senior host-government officials and senior U.S. government officials including senior U.S. embassy personnel.
• Demonstrated leadership experience as high levels and ability to lead a group of experts.

About ATSG

Application Requirements

• All applications must be submitted in .pdf .doc or .docx format.
• Applications and resumes for this position are only accepted via electronic submission through ATSG Corporations Consolidated Applicant Tracking System (CATS).
• Mailed emailed faxed or hand-delivered applications and resumes will not be accepted.
• The decision to interview an applicant is based solely on the information received for this position from their electronic application and/or resume.