Staff Assistant

This position is located in the Bureau of African Affairs, Front Office (AF/FO). The Front Office provides overall direction to all policy and management activities for the Bureau and for Foreign Service posts in the region and enacts policy decisions; maintains liaison and coordinates with the Department and other U.S. agencies; and coordinates policy guidance with the Department's functional Bureaus and serves as the lead interagency clearing house for Africa foreign policy matters .

Coordinates and manages the production of information and materials (e.g., S/ES written guidance, Information and Action Memoranda, Congressional Correspondence, Congressional testimony, Questions for the Record (QFRs).

Ensures that accurate, appropriately concise, and timely information is available to executive management and policy officials.

Provides advice, analysis, information, oversight, assistance, and support to the Assistant Secretary and other senior officials in the planning, management, and administration of the Bureau.

Receives and manages disposition of a high volume of incoming tasking documents from regional offices in the Department and outside of the Department for high-level meetings, binational forums, speaking engagements.

Performs administrative work in personnel management/administration, budgeting and financial management, procurement and contracting, property management, and/or supply.

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.