Special Assistant

The Special Assistant works in the Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT), Front Office (FO). The Coordinator for CT is the principal counterterrorism official within senior management of the Department and reports directly to the Secretary of State. The incumbent reports to the CT leadership (Principal Deputy Coordinator and the Coordinator) and acts as the "Chief of Staff" for the Coordinator and the bureau's Front Office activities and operations. For more details about the bureau, please visit CT.

Manages Counterterrorism (CT) Front Office operations, liaises with principals, and improves task management to enhance and maintain the quality and timeliness of CT output products.

Manages information flow to CT principals and reviews decision memos for options and analysis.

Briefs CT principals, coordinates policy decisions across interagency, and reviews decision memos for options.

Prioritizes and assigns CT taskings from senior principals with the Executive Branch departments and tracks responses to closure.

Communicates team's work requirements, sets short-term priorities, helps schedule work, monitors and reports on team's work status, and identifies ways to improve quality and output.

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.