Supervisory International Relations Officer

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. This position has a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify Specialized Experience/Education Substitution Statement(s):

• Degree:

  major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling 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 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative methods.

• Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, in one or more of the social sciences, or in the humanities, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

• Experience: four 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

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position, you must also meet the specialized experience listed below. GS-15: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience. Your experience must demonstrate expert knowledge of international employment and labor issues in the private or public sector performing AT LEAST THREE of the following duties:

Specialized experience is defined as experience planning and distributing work, managing staff, AND TWO of the following areas of experience related to international labor or development issues:

• TEAM MANAGEMENT: Managing a team of 8 or more staff, including responsibility for strategy, budget, human resource development, operating program and administrative policy, and internal and external coordination with other teams/organizations.
• RESEARCH MANAGEMENT: Managing multiple research outputs related to child and forced labor or related subject areas, ensuring delivery to tight deadlines, quality control, and alignment with organizational policy and standards.
• REPRESENTATION: Representing an organization at high-level meetings with executive policy-making officials of governmental and non-governmental organizations where international child and forced labor or related issues are discussed.
• SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE: Expert level knowledge of child labor and forced labor or related areas - including 5 or more years' experience with developing policies and actions to reduce child labor, forced labor or related human rights violations in a developing world context.