Supervisory International Economist

Full Job Description

This position is located at Departmental Offices,Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Office of Foreign Assets Control.

As a/an Supervisory International Economist, you will serve as the Chief Sanctions Economist of the Sanctions Economic Analysis Unit.

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-15 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes: Independently planning and conducting economic research and analysis used by senior officials to help develop policies or strategies for economic development in various countries or regions of the world; AND Developing policy or strategy recommendations for senior officials regarding macroeconomic, financial market, international trade or development; AND Building consensus positions through international negotiations with U.S.

interagency or international bodies; AND Communicating information, both orally and written, regarding relevant economic issues or legislation to senior or high ranking officials inside and outside the government.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

TIME-IN-GRADE: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-15, you must have been at the GS-14 level for 52 weeks.

TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

Major Duties:

As a/an Supervisory International Economist, you will: Build and be responsible for leading a staff of economics, trade, and finance experts, ensuring in-depth understanding of a wide range of foreign and domestic markets, including foreign exchange, commodities, and securities.

Responsible for the development of economic and financial policy analysis to inform the design and implementation of sanctions policy and targeting options, provide firm- and industry-specific analysis of potential collateral effects of proposed sanctions, identify issues that may be appropriate to mitigate, and conduct after-action financial and economic policy analysis of collateral effects and work with sanctions regulatory and policy practitioners to recommend additional mitigation or program adjustments, as necessary.

Provide a globally consistent approach to economic and financial policy analysis that better informs Treasury's sanctions design and implementation work and develop a center of excellence for analyses on the effectiveness of sanctions policy.