International Trade Analyst (Investigator)

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The U.S.

International Trade Commission is an independent Federal agency that provides the President and Congress with high-quality analysis and technical support on international trade, tariff and competitiveness issues; investigates and makes determinations in proceedings involving imports claimed to injure a domestic industry or violate U.S.

intellectual property rights; and maintains the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

You must meet all the requirements below by the closing date of the announcement and they must be clearly identified in your application, resume, or supporting documents.

This includes any general and specialized experience, education, and/or selective placement factors mentioned.

These are used to determine if you possess the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities to successfully perform in this position.

BASIC REQUIREMENT NOTE: A writing assessment may be requested by the hiring manager prior to or during the interview process.

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements, including education, and any selective placement factors described below by the closing date of this announcement.

Education may only be substituted in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order to be credited towards qualifications.

Applicants must have the general and specialized experience outlined below which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

To meet the basic requirement for an International Trade Analyst, you must meet one of the following basic requirements for the position: A.

Undergraduate and Graduate Education that included or was supplemented by major study in business administration, economics, business or international law, finance, industrial management, international trade/relations, or other fields directly related to the position.

OR B.

Experience that demonstrated the ability to perform the functions of the position to be filled and that provided requisite knowledge of: · The production of goods and services in international trade; · The technical and economic factors influencing international trade and competitiveness; · Commodity and trade data collection methods and analytical techniques; and · U.S.

trade laws, agreements, and policies regulating international commerce.

IN ADDITION to meeting the basic requirement above, you must possess the necessary specialized experience or education listed below.

To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-9 level obtained in the federal or private sector which demonstrates: conducting studies containing trade, economic, financial, and marketing data; applying fact-finding and investigative techniques to gather trade data from various sources; using qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques to present data and findings; and preparing and delivering briefings to managers on study findings and recommendations and collaborating as a member of a team on a research project.

OR You can use your education to qualify if you possess a Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree an LL.M., if related. Your education must be in a degree program related to the job.

Examples of related degree programs include business administration, economics, business or international law, finance, industrial management, and international trade/relations.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A percentage of the experience and a percentage of the education that when added together total at least 100 percent.

To combine your experience and education, you must convert the figures to a percentage and add them together.

The combined total percentages of your education and experience must equal at least 100% in order to qualify.

To calculate your percentage of undergraduate education, divide the number of undergraduate hours you've completed by 120.

To calculate your percentage of graduate education, divide the number of graduate semester hours you've completed by 18.

If your education is currently described in quarter hours, convert the quarter hours into semester hours by multiplying the quarter hours by the fraction 2/3.

To determine your percentage of qualifying experience, you must divide your total number of months of qualifying experience by the required number of months of experience.

Finally, add your experience and education percentages. The two percentages must total at least 100% to be considered qualified.

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, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

This position is located in the Office of Operations division, Office of Investigations.

As an International Trade Analyst, you will be responsible for the collection, compilation, analysis, and presentation of data related to international trade in products subject to import injury investigations, working collaboratively with teams of Economists, Industry Analysts, Auditors, and Attorneys and sharing technical knowledge regarding U.S.

and foreign industry data and U.S. import data. You will coordinate the collection of information through questionnaires issued to U.S.

producers, importers, and purchasers, and to foreign manufacturers and exporters; thoroughly analyze and carefully compile data from questionnaires and from secondary sources; and present the data in a manner that accurately, succinctly, and objectively summarizes the record compiled in the Commission's proceedings.

The selected individual will interact frequently with company officials and legal counsel regarding questionnaire responses and other information obtained during the course of investigating complaints of injury to industries in the United States from import competition.

The ideal candidate is inquisitive and possesses the ability to obtain, analyze, and report on a broad range of trade and industry information from domestic and foreign market participants, from a variety of U.S.

and foreign government sources, and from other published material. Such a candidate

demonstrates an ability and desire to design surveys and analyze primary data, along with secondary research, on a wide range of products and industries;

is skilled at resolving trade and industry data issues;

has excellent interpersonal skills;

is comfortable working in a team environment and communicating with high level industry and government officials;

excels in both written and oral communication;

possesses a firm grasp of microeconomic, macroeconomic, industrial organization concepts;

demonstrates practical knowledge of data and quantitative methods of analysis and advanced skills in the use of spreadsheets and analytical tools; and

has a knowledge of international trade remedy laws.