Staff Assistant

• Manages various operational support activities for the Director of the Office of Foreign Missions.
• Conducts analysis of organizational participation in inter-Bureau and inter-Agency meetings/products and applies knowledge to develop work methods to track the organizations timely and substantive input.
• Serves in a liaison capacity between the Director or Deputy Director(s) for various Department offices the White House Congressional Staffs and other US Government agencies.
• Prepares reports background and briefing papers and correspondence requiring analysis and interpretation of written and other data requested from other offices or staff for meetings within and outside the Department .

• 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.

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 applying for the GS-09 grade level must meet one of the following requirements:

A. Have at least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience providing administrative and operational support for an organization or office.
• Experience coordinating assignments meetings taskings and information among multiple offices or organizations.
• Experience conducting research and analysis and preparing reports briefings and correspondence.

OR

B. Have a masters or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B or J.D. from an accredited college or university. This education must demonstrate the knowledge skills and abilities to do the work of the position to be filled;

OR

C. Have a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience (as described above) which is equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal Service. This experience and education together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.

Combination of Experience and Education: 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 and the percentage of graduate study must total at least 100%.

Note: All applicants WILL BE required to submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement. If you fail to provide requested information or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility you may lose consideration for this position.