Supervisory International Relations Officer - Washington, United States - US Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Description

Duties:

Major duties include the following but are not limited to:

• Assists the Director or Deputy Director in ensuring that the office effectively administers the labor provisions of bilateral and multilateral trade, investment, and development finance agreements and programs. Serves as a senior staff advisor on such matters to the Director, Deputy Director, and ILAB's Office of the Deputy Undersecretary.
• Overseas a dynamic team of international relations officers to monitor beneficiary countries' compliance with labor provisions of trade preference programs, investment agreements, and development finance programs.
• Leads the preparation of remediation or engagement plans to bring countries into compliance with labor provisions of these agreements.
• Formulates, with inputs from the team and in line with Office and Bureau policy, negotiating objectives and/or positions, including coordinating and developing official positions on assigned areas of work.
• Develops and coordinates policies, directives, negotiating objectives, positions, plans, and strategies with other offices in ILAB, DOL, other U.S. Government agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Ensures coherence between policy objectives, technical assistance, and research, using evidence to inform decisions and supporting efforts to strengthen monitoring and evaluation linked to decisionmaking.
• Systematically evaluates the performance of technical assistance, engagement, remediation, negotiating, and other strategies and plans and using evaluation findings and recommendations to make appropriate adjustments to plans to ensure achievement of the office's intended objectives.
• Represents the interests of DOL/ILAB/OTLA to others in formal negotiations and at international, interagency, and intraagency working groups, committees, international meetings and conferences, and meetings with other USG agencies, foreign governments, employers and management organizations, and workers' organizations, especially on issues related to his or her own work areas.
• Presents and clarifies U.S., DOL, and ILAB policies and positions; ensures that principals have the support they need for handling logistics for meetings, preparing documentation for meetings, preparing them to represent the organization, taking minutes at meetings, reporting out on meeting proceedings and decisions made, etc.
• Takes responsibility for Division personnel matters such as the recruitment and selection of staff, performance and conduct issues. Ensures the timely delivery of highquality technical outputs of the Division.
• Monitors achievement of milestones, performance indicators, and workplans to ensure successful completion of deliverables and achievement of intended objectives.
• Advises the Deputy Director or Director on the organization, structure, and work groups within the Division.
• Coordinates work within and outside the division and with other entities outside the division, promoting cooperation and effective teamwork.

Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Subject to preemployment and random drug tests.
• Subject to a drug test prior to appointment.
• Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications:

• Degree:

major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in international law and international relations, political science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; or 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative methods.

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Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, in one or more of the social sciences, or in the humanities, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

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Experience: four years of appropriate experience in one or more of the fields listed above in work associated with international organizations, problems, or other aspects of foreign affairs


In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position, you must also meet the specialized experience listed below.

GS-15: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing ALL the following duties:

• Managing and leading teams, including day-to-day supervision of staff, and responsibility for business operations.
• Monitoring compliance with international labor rights.
• Building and maintaining relationships with domestic and international stakeholders/organizations.
• Formulating policy recommendations on labor or trad