Anticrime Rewards Advisor

Anticrime Rewards Advisor

Location: Washington, DC

Remote Work: No

Clearance: Top Secret (TS)

Work Status: Full-Time

Travel Requirements: This position is not expected to travel on a regular basis.

ATSG is actively seeking candidates for a potential upcoming contract. This position is contingent upon award, and hiring decisions will be finalized once the contract is granted.

The U.S. Department of State is the lead institution for the conduct of American diplomacy and the Secretary of State is the President’s principal foreign policy advisor. The Department of State’s mission is to advance U.S. national security interests, fight terrorism, protect U.S. interests abroad, and implement foreign policy initiatives that build a freer, prosperous and secure world.

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) keeps Americans safe at home by countering international crime, illegal drugs, and instability abroad. INL helps countries deliver justice and fairness by strengthening their police, courts, and corrections systems. These efforts reduce the amount of crime and illegal drugs reaching U.S. shores.

INL’s Office of Results and Criminal Deterrence (INL/RCD) plays a leadership role in INL, the Department, and the interagency in foreign assistance programs and policy initiatives to combat drug trafficking and transnational organized crime internationally. The Anticrime Sanctions and Deterrence Tools Branch includes eleven professional staff dedicated to implementing several sanctions, rewards, and visa restriction authorities to help disrupt and deter transnational criminal networks, drug trafficking, and corruption.

The Branch manages two anticrime rewards programs – the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) and the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) - which give the Secretary of State statutory authority to offer rewards of up to $25 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of major narcotics traffickers and other transnational criminals who operate outside of the United States.

INL/RCD also works closely with the Department of the Treasury to designate serious drug traffickers and other transnational criminals pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, E.O. 14059 (Global Illicit Drug Trade) and E.O. 13581 (Transnational Organized Crime).

The Anticrime Rewards Advisor serves within a several-person branch, managed by a Branch Chief. The Anticrime Rewards Advisor, under the direction of the Branch Chief, will support implementation of the NRP and TOCRP, as well as related sanctions tasks. The primary focus will be on developing cases and coordinating review by the Department and interagency, including the Department of Justice, of reward proposals submitted from overseas posts and the interagency.

The position will also include raising awareness about these authorities through engagement with other Department offices, embassies abroad, the interagency, and the Hill and conducting research on significant drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations for potential designation.

• Coordinates review by the Department and interagency, including the Department of Justice, of narcotics and TOC reward proposals and payment requests submitted from overseas posts, law enforcement partners, and other agencies and bureaus.
• Manages communication with and organizes the Interagency Rewards Committee, which makes specific reward offer and payment recommendations. Prepares INL participation in this meeting, including by drafting any substantive briefing materials and conducting any in-person briefings that are required.
• Drafts case papers, in coordination with law enforcement partners and relevant State Department bureaus, which contain critical details of the reward proposal, such as the issues for decision and the requested payment amount, and facilitates the review of the reward proposals by the Rewards Committee.
• Drafts action memos, information memos, briefing memos, cables, letters, as well as any follow-up documentation subsequent to decisions/meetings of the Rewards Committee. Should…