The U.S. State Department's Office of Global Change has an opening for a senior-level GS-13/14 position to help manage activities under the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. The position is open to all sources including those outside the US government. The vacancy is now open on USAJOBS at http://www.usajobs.gov/ and closes on April 2nd. The announcement number is OES-2007-0023.
To see the announcement: 1. Go to: www.usajobs.gov 2. Search Jobs 3. Agency Search 4. In the second box, select "State, Department of": 5. Select "DC" in the location 6. Search. >>> See URL at http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/jobsearch.asp?q=OES-2007-0023&salmin=&salmax=&paygrademin=&paygrademax=&FedEmp=N&tm=&sort=rv&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y&SUBMIT1.x=0&SUBMIT1.y=0 Please distribute this announcement to any who might be interested. Summary of major duties: -- Serves as principal adviser to senior bureau management on program planning and budget policy; advises on implementation, financial, and performance of programs and initiatives; and ensures that resources are allocated efficiently and in conformance with established policies and procedures. -- Analyzes a variety of issues that are critical to the development and implementation of policy and the operational support of initiatives; develops policy recommendations on highly controversial and politically sensitive U.S. positions; and assesses or supervises the assessment of procedural and technical performance problem areas and recommends changes to effect improvements. -- Serves as a senior participant in bilateral and multilateral negotiations and provides authoritative policy advice and related information to delegation heads and senior officials; and participates as a recognized expert in professional conferences and meetings on APP issues. -- Provides briefings and written proposals to top management officials that present, defend and/or justify programs and policies, including regular reports to Congress; drafts and/or oversees drafting of documents, defining the scope of project activities, or describing grants that will be competed; and develops financial and performance tracking systems. .......................
