Supervisory Democracy Specialist - Washington, United States - U.S. Agency for International Development

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Description

Duties:


  • Supervises a group of employees performing work at the GS 0915 level and Foreign Service equivalent level as the Deputy Director of the Justice, Rights, and Security Office.
  • Serves as an agency expert and coordinator for the development and implementation of evidence based DRG policies, strategies, and budgets at the global, regional and country level.
  • Supports the JRS Director in the budget formulation and execution process, conducting analysis and advocacy to make strategic priorities within the JRS Office to support DRG priorities and goals in the Agency, DRG Bureau, and Missions.
  • Enhances and coordinates effective working relationships across sectorial lines, identifying important areas of interaction.
  • Serves as a liaison with persons and groups both inside and outside of the Agency, including the interagency, National Security Council (NSC), donors, multilateral organizations, and external partners in the Justice, Rights, and Security sectors.
  • Develops DRG policy/programming options, and recommends appropriate choices based on a comprehensive analysis of development problems, alternative actions, objectives, and consistency with overall U.S. domestic and international policy and law.

Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:


  • United States Citizenship is required.
  • Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security clearance.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
  • You may be required to serve a oneyear probationary period.
  • You may be required to serve a oneyear supervisory probationary period

Qualifications:


ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
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Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration.

Specialized Experience:


GS-15: You must have seven years of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the
GS-14 level in the Federal service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience at the next lower level for this position includes
:
a)
Designing, implementing, and/or evaluating international development programming and policy related to rule of law and/or human rights;
b) Supervising a team to develop, implement, and evaluate strategies, policy, work plans, programming, and overall long and short-term priorities;
c) Collaborating with diverse individuals and organizations to develop partnerships around action-oriented goals;
AND d) Mentoring and/or preparing professional development and team building approaches to achieve organizational cross-sector goals.


Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, relevant to the duties of the position to be filled, including volunteer experience.


Education:

This position does not have a positive education requirement. Therefore,
no transcripts are required.

Additional information:

This vacancy may be used to fill multiple vacancies depending on the needs of the Agency.

Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer
is required.

Moving and relocation expenses
are not authorized.


EEO Policy:
EEO Policy Statement.


Veterans' Information:
Veterans Information.


Reasonable Accommodation Policy:


  • Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.

As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.


How You Will Be Evaluated:

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

The scored occupational questionnaire will evaluate you on the following competencies:

  • Communication
  • Influencing/Negotiating
  • Leadership
  • Planning and Evaluating
  • Political Savvy
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Benefits

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