Foreign Affairs Specialist Security Clearance

Position: FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPECIALIST with Security Clearance
Duties The purpose of this position is :
To serve as a Country Director in the Regional Affairs Directorate (Foreign Affairs Specialist). Reviews, analyzes, and makes recommendations on the political-military economic, and security assistance aspect of the United States Air Force relations with and interests across various areas of responsibility. Duties:
* Responsible for recommending and implementing policy guidance for direction, integration, management and supervision of international programs and activities affiliated with the Department of the Air Force concerning country and/or regional responsibility.
* Areas of direct responsibility include implementation of US and USAF policy, military contacts and cooperative activities, country and regional reviews, USAF security assistance, disclosure policy and related activities, technology transfer, and other USAF international. programs with foreign countries, coordination of senior AF official's international travel and visits of senior foreign officials to the United States.
* Reviews and establishes policy on current developments in their country portfolio.
* Representee of USAF at weekly, monthly, and annual interagency and departmental conferences and meetings. Requirements Conditions of employment
* U.S. Citizenship Required
* Males must be registered for Selective Service, see (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).
* If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at:  
* This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
* Disclosure of Political Appointments
* Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
* Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
* Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
* Employee must be comfortable in dealing with high-ranking foreign representatives and able to utilize tact and diplomacy on all occasions.
* Majority of work is performed in an office setting; however, the position does require extensive travel (as much as 25% of time), both within CONUS and overseas, often on short notice and for extended (1-2 week) periods of time.
* Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft/vehicle to conferences, meetings, or functions away from the duty office/location. Travel may include overnight stays.
* Mobility is a condition of employment. The employee must sign an Air Force-wide mobility agreement
* A bachelor's degree in international politics, International Affairs, or Education is highly desired. Language competency and regional experience highly desired.
* Completion of an Intermediate Service School, (i.e. ACSC, AFLEP, ELDP, AFIT, etc.), within six years accepting position is highly desired.
* This is a Security Cooperation Workforce job; employees will be required to complete Security Cooperation Workforce Development (SCWD) 2.0 certification within two years of accepting this position.
* Employee should be able to sustain periods of high stress without danger to the individual's health. Work is primarily sedentary in nature, and no special physical ability is required to do the work.
* This is a Centrally Managed Position in the International Affairs Career Field. Qualifications Conditions of Employment (cont) :
This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing. Illegal drug use by employees in sensitive positions presents a clear threat to the mission of the Air Force, national security, and public safety. In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions, Foreign Affairs Series, 0130.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPECIALIST 0130 SERIES: A Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) or a degree with a 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.

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You must submit a copy of your transcripts. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND

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A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the…