POLICY ANALYST
What you'd do
This position serves as a Policy Analyst in the Office of Investment Security (OIS). The Office of Investment Security (OIS) fulfills the Department of the Treasury's statutory responsibilities as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and administers the Outbound Investment Security Program (OISP). OIS leads and coordinates the national security reviews of transactions notified to CFIUS and outbound investments covered under OISP.
Major duties
The following are the duties of this position at the GS-11. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Policy Analysts assist in the coordination of the interagency process and analysis of transactions under the supervision of the Senior Policy Advisor/Policy Advisor and perform a variety of functions. Research strategies to ensure foreign inward and outbound investment policies are consistent with international norms. Handle lower level cases and examine the cases in order to identify and address, as appropriate, any national security concerns that arise as a result of the information provided. Engage with parties to the transaction to ensure that CFIUS and/or OISP has the information that it needs to reach a determination and, if necessary, negotiation of agreements between the U.S. Government and the parties to mitigate any national security risks posed by the transaction. Provide support for meetings hosted or attended by the office, including drafting agendas, serving as point of contact for attendees, and where appropriate providing support for development of policy materials related to meetings, as well as readouts and economic policy issues.
What you need to qualify
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: -Experience conducting legal, market, financial, economic, or policy research and analysis; OR -Experience analyzing and evaluating international financial or national security policy issues; AND -Experience presenting research findings, analytical conclusions, and recommendations to supervisors or senior officials. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, if related; OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, if related; or LL.M., if related OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: -Experience gathering, organizing, and summarizing information related to legal, market, financial, economic, or public policy issues; OR -Experience gathering, researching, and compiling information to support analysis of international financial or national security policy issues; AND -Experience preparing summaries, briefings, or reports to communicate research findings to supervisors. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: Master's 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., if related. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.
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