Supervisory Foreign Affairs Officer

The mission of the Bureau of Political Military Affairs (PM) is to build enduring security partnerships worldwide to advance U.S. national security objectives. The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) serves to strengthen U.S. national security by preventing illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons and reducing the impact of explosive hazards globally.

Plan and coordinate work to be accomplished in accordance with staff capability and work requirements, determines and establishes priorities, develops schedules for completion of work, and approves resource allocation.

Find and implement ways to eliminate or reduce bottlenecks, promote team building, and improve business practices and assigned personnel's expertise in policy formulation and implementation.

Support WRA management, bureau leadership, and other senior Department personnel on CWD issues with formal memoranda, background papers, briefings, and other formal and informal written products and in-person communications.

Work with embassies, regional bureaus, and host governments to achieve buy-in and political support for CWD assistance activities in the host country.

Develop CWD policy analysis, program plans, and desired end states, goals, and objectives that align with integrated country strategies, joint regional strategies, functional bureau strategies, and WRA's overarching strategic plan.

See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php.