Foreign Affairs Officer
Department of State - Agency Wide
Posted: March 24, 2026 (3 days ago)
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United States Fleet Forces Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$90,838 - $118,092
per year
Type
Full-Time
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Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves managing the careful sharing of sensitive military information with foreign partners, ensuring everything follows strict U.S. rules and policies to protect national security.
You'll review requests, train team members on disclosure processes, and help update naval guidelines and doctrines.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in security or international affairs who enjoys detail-oriented work in a military setting.
You will serve as a Foreign Disclosure Specialist in the Doctrine and Innovation Directorate (D&I/N5) of NAVINFOWARDEVCEN NORFOLK.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience working with and ensuring the release of classified and controlled unclassified information to foreign recipients is consistent with the National Disclosure Policy, disclosure laws, and other pertinent directives.
Experience supporting requests to release information, advising command leadership, as required on the validity of requests and reviewing documents, pictures, equipment, and data proposed for release.
Experience with the foreign disclosure program, ensuring the command's security program philosophy, techniques and regulatory requirements are used to resolve routine to complex security policy and procedure problems related to the foreign disclosure program.
Experience identifying and supporting training opportunities for the command's Foreign Disclosure Representatives to ensure they are knowledgeable in the process of releasing information to foreign recipients.
Provide guidance to them during review of information to appropriately manage its release to foreign recipients.
Experience collaborating with foreign disclosure personnel across the domain to develop foreign disclosure guidance.
Experience assisting in the management, development, revision, preservation, and maintenance of naval information warfare doctrine and doctrinal publications.
Experience conducting research, data collecting and analyzing to support that release of information, the development and validation of doctrinal publications, and to capture lessons learned and best practices.
Experience preparing command correspondence and conducting briefs reflecting efforts.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:
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