Program Analyst

Summary

This position is in the Department of State's Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, Office of Macroeconomic Affairs (EEB/OMA). The office is part of the International Finance and Development (IFD) Division. OMA leads on macroeconomic and sovereign debt issues, serves as liaison to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Federal Reserve Board, and advances U.S. leadership in digital assets.

Duties

• •Designs, develops, implements, and monitors grant projects for the Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund (FTIF), including developing plans and objectives, and conducting program analyses.
• •Analyzes political, economic, and other reporting from a wide variety of global sources.
• •Measures, audits, and evaluates the effectiveness of fiscal transparency programs, their interrelationships, and effects on other programs and functions.
• •Ensures the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of foreign assistance funds/grants, serving as a Grants Officer Representative (GOR), monitoring the usage of foreign assistance funds to ensure efficient and effective program management.
• •Drafts and reviews responses to inquiries made by Congress, other Bureaus, and other federal agencies.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience providing analytical and advisory support in the planning, development, and execution of U.S. foreign assistance funds and grants at the office and bureau levels. Experience analyzing and developing methods to improve the accuracy, adequacy, and timeliness of information about foreign government fiscal transparency concerns. Experience and background analyzing and developing methods to address transparency issues associated with sovereign lending practices and extractive industries. Experience analyzing and drafting information memos and briefings on macroeconomic, sovereign debt, and/or payment systems issues and developments in the East Asia and Pacific Bureau region. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.