Editor
What you'd do
This position is open to CTAP/ICTAP candidates, and that if they are found well-qualified, will be afforded selection priority. This is a TEMPORARY, INTERMITTENT position located in The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL). This announcement may be used to fill multiple offices within this bureau.
Major duties
Reviews and often significantly rewrites draft human rights reports from posts to ensure their accuracy, uniformity, and comprehensive coverage as required by law. Serves as a point of contact on these reports with geographic bureaus and other State Department Officers as well as other U.S. governmental agency officials and representatives of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Advises geographic desks in their efforts to obtain comments/clearances on each of the reports and form a multiplicity of other functional bureaus and ensures requested changes are factually accurate and compatible with overall human rights policy. Conducts sensitive and often delicate negotiations with other key Department officials, up to and including Offices Directors and Ambassadors on the content of the reports.
What you need to qualify
Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. 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 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to 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 compiling human rights reports. - Experience writing and editing, plus command of sources and research methods to develop information on programs, policies and functions relating to human rights. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-14 position.
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