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Summary As a Supervisory International Relations Officer for ILAB, you will serve as a Division Chief in OTLA under the supervision of the Deputy Director with the primary responsibility of supporting the management of a division and policy activities across the bureau. This position is outside the bargaining unit. Responsibilities Major duties include the following but are not limited to: Assists the Director or Deputy Director in ensuring that the office effectively administers the labor provisions of bilateral and multilateral trade, investment, and development finance agreements and programs. Serves as a senior staff advisor on such matters to the Director, Deputy Director, and ILAB's Office of the Deputy Undersecretary. Overseas a dynamic team of international relations officers to monitor beneficiary countries' compliance with labor provisions of trade preference programs, investment agreements, and development finance programs. Leads the preparation of remediation or engagement plans to bring countries into compliance with labor provisions of these agreements. Formulates, with inputs from the team and in line with Office and Bureau policy, negotiating objectives and/or positions, including coordinating and developing official positions on assigned areas of work. Develops and coordinates policies, directives, negotiating objectives, positions, plans, and strategies with other offices in ILAB, DOL, other U.S. Government agencies, and other stakeholders. Ensures coherence between policy objectives, technical assistance, and research, using evidence to inform decisions and supporting efforts to strengthen monitoring and evaluation linked to decision-making. Systematically evaluates the performance of technical assistance, engagement, remediation, negotiating, and other strategies and plans and using evaluation findings and recommendations to make appropriate adjustments to plans to ensure achievement of the office's intended objectives. Represents the interests of DOL/ILAB/OTLA to others in formal negotiations and at international, interagency, and intra-agency working groups, committees, international meetings and conferences, and meetings with other USG agencies, foreign governments, employers and management organizations, and workers' organizations, especially on issues related to his or her own work areas. Presents and clarifies U.S., DOL, and ILAB policies and positions; ensures that principals have the support they need for handling logistics for meetings, preparing documentation for meetings, preparing them to represent the organization, taking minutes at meetings, reporting out on meeting proceedings and decisions made, etc. Takes responsibility for Division personnel matters such as the recruitment and selection of staff, performance and conduct issues. Ensures the timely delivery of high-quality technical outputs of the Division. Monitors achievement of milestones, performance indicators, and workplans to ensure successful completion of deliverables and achievement of intended objectives. Advises the Deputy Director or Director on the organization, structure, and work groups within the Division. Coordinates work within and outside the division and with other entities outside the division, promoting cooperation and effective teamwork. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. This position has a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify Specialized Experience/Education Substitution Statement(s): Degree: major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in international law and international relations, political science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; or 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative methods. or Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, in one or more of the social sciences, or in the humanities, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. or Experience: four years of appropriate experience in one or more of the fields listed above in work associated with international organizations, problems, or other aspects of foreign affairs In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position, you must also meet the specialized experience listed below. GS-15: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing ALL the following duties: Managing and leading teams, including day-to-day supervision of staff, and responsibility for business operations. Monitoring compliance with international labor rights. Building and maintaining relationships with domestic and international stakeholders/organizations. Formulating policy recommendations on labor or trade. Education Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service. If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information. Additional Information Applicants must meet all legal and regulatory requirements. Reference the Required Documents section for additional requirements. GS-15 You may not be aware, but in the regulations for agency ethics programs, there are requirements for supervisors. Section 2638.103 of Title 5 of the CFR states: Every supervisor in the executive branch has a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. It is imperative that supervisors serve as models of ethical behavior for subordinates. Supervisors have a responsibility to help ensure that subordinates are aware of their ethical obligations under the Standards of Conduct and that subordinates know how to contact agency ethics officials. Supervisors are also responsible for working with agency ethics officials to help resolve conflicts of interest and enforce government ethics laws and regulations, including those requiring certain employees to file financial disclosure reports. In addition, supervisors are responsible, when requested, for assisting agency ethics officials in evaluating potential conflicts of interest and identifying positions subject to financial disclosure requirements. The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers, improve working conditions, expand high-quality employment opportunities, and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers. As such, the Department is committed to fostering a workplace and workforce that promote equal employment opportunity, reflects the diversity of the people we seek to serve, and models a culture of respect, equity, inclusion, and accessibility where every employee feels heard, supported, and empowered. Refer to these links for more information: GENERAL INFORMATION, REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION, FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES As a condition of employment, all personnel must undergo a background investigation for access to DOL facilities, systems, information and/or classified materials before they can enter on duty: BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION Click here for Telework Position Information Based on agency needs, additional positions may be filled using this vacancy. 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