Foreign Affairs Officer
What you'd do
Located in the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, under the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and Critical Minerals, Office of Critical Minerals (EEB/ECM/EM). Provides strategic and tactical advice on issues relating to critical mineral mining, processing, refining, and recycling; supply chain security and diversification; market dynamics; and international partnerships to secure access to minerals essential for energy, defense, and advanced technologies.
Major duties
Supports the development of EEB/ECM/CM's critical minerals policy work through analysis of supply chain vulnerabilities, market dynamics, and strategic partnership opportunities. Leads identification, research, and development of critical minerals policy, including supply chain diversification, responsible sourcing, and strategic partnerships involving complex security and investment considerations. Serves as Department and interagency point person on critical minerals initiatives, advancing supply chain security, responsible sourcing standards, and strategic partnerships with allies and partners. Builds and maintains close liaisons with senior USG officials, ensuring all entities addressing critical minerals supply chain security understand, engage in, and fulfill their roles within EEB/ECM/CM's mission. Analyzes, develops, and makes policy recommendations to senior leadership and provides background information, tactics, and proposed approaches for achieving policy positions as it relates to critical minerals supply chains.
What you need to qualify
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 bachelor's 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; OR Have a bachelor's 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; OR Have 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics / quantitative methods. OR Have 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), PLUS appropriate relevant experience OR additional education. OR Have 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 ADDITION to the basic requirements, this position requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 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 planning, developing, and the execution of foreign policy related to critical mineral supply chains. Experience developing plans, goals and objectives for long-range implementation and administration of critical mineral strategies. 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.
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