Deputy Special Envoy

• Develops policies and provides analysis advice and assistance on a wide range of policy issues primarily dealing with hostage taking and wrongful detention.
• Serves as a technical authority and subject matter expert within the USG on policy issues related to diplomatic efforts to secure the release of Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.
• Represents S/SPEHA and the Department at National Security Council chaired interagency meetings on the full range of national security hostage and wrongful detention policy issues.
• Directs and oversees the work of a team of full-time federal Foreign and Civil Service professional and administrative employees.
• Gives advice guidance and instruction to employees on both technical and administrative matters.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
• Obtain/maintain eligibility to access Sensitive Compartmented Information

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education OR if there are mandatory education requirements listed below you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application.

NOTE:Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements:Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions per 5CFR 300 Subpart F.

Applicants must have the required experience or education as described below and meet any selective factors when specified.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:Have a bachelors or graduate degree from an accredited college or university in international law international relations political science economics history sociology geography social or cultural anthropology law statistics or in the humanities;

ORHave a bachelors or graduate degree from an accredited college or university that included a combination of courses with at least 24 semester hours in international law and international relations political science economics history sociology geography social or cultural anthropology law statistics or in the humanities;

ORHave 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics / quantitative methods.

ORHave a combination of education and experience where your coursework was equivalent to a major or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours (as shown above)PLUSappropriate relevant experience OR additional education.

ORHave completed at least 4 years of appropriate experience in one OR more of the fields listed above in work associated with international organizations problems or other aspects of foreign affairs.(NOTE:qualifying work experience may have been gained through residence study teaching business or commercial activities military service newspaper work military or civil government activities missionary or international relief work or other experience in foreign countries.)

Note: If you are qualifying based on education you MUST submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement by the closing date of this announcement. If you fail to provide requested information or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility you WILL lose consideration for this position.

IN ADDITIONto the basic requirements this position requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience developing policies and providing analysis advice and recommendations on complex national security hostage affairs and wrongful detention issues.
• Experience advising senior officials and coordinating with the Department of State the National Security Council the Intelligence Community and other U.S. Government agencies to develop and execute diplomatic policy.
• Experience representing an organization in senior-level interagency meetings bilateral consultations multilateral forums and negotiations with foreign governments on sensitive foreign policy issues.
• Experience serving as a technical authority and subject matter expert by evaluating policy options developing strategic recommendations and advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
• Experience supervising professional staff managing resources and directing mission-critical programs involving sensitive or classified information.

In addition applicants experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities:

• Ability to assign review and supervise the work of others;
• Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability and situations on the facts and circumstances;
• Ability to adjust to change work pressures or difficult situations without undue stress;
• Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and
• Capacity to see the job through.