This is a non-status, non-permanent Personal Service Contract (PSC) position. You do not acquire competitive or excepted service status from this position. You are encouraged to read the entire announcement before you submit your application package. Your application may not get full consideration if you do not follow the instructions as outlined.
Conditions of Employment:
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
Obtain/maintain eligibility to access Sensitive Compartmented Information.
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/
Travel Requirements:
Occasional travel may be required.
Telework:
Position is telework eligible, but must be approved at managerial discretion.
Duration of Appointment:
Temporary Non-Status Contractor Position: 1 year renewable for up to 4 years.
Job Responsibilities
This position is assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security (DS). You will report to the Chief of Staff (CoS) and serves as a Management Analyst within the DS Front Office (DS/FO). In this position you will:
Independently review, analyze, prioritize, and distribute all incoming taskings and correspondence. Compile and review Bureau input on legislative matters; assist in preparing expert advice and recommendations for senior leadership.
Build and maintain effective working relationships with a broad spectrum of individuals in the Department by providing information about operations, determining clients' needs, and advising them how DS can assist with delivering solutions.
Play a vital role in optimizing senior leaders' time to ensure they can efficiently accomplish key tasks and initiatives. Conducts special and confidential assignments requiring comprehensive knowledge of Department bureaus, programs, and policies.
Compile data and prepare administrative reports for DS leadership and other Department officials. Identify challenges facing the Bureau and formulate potential courses of action for resolving them.
Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.
Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.
Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
Experience managing and developing strategies for consistent communication and controlling information flow with internal and external stakeholders;
Experience serving as a liaison and point of contact for senior officials, building and maintaining effective working relationships across organizational levels;
Experience conducting confidential assignments requiring tact and diplomacy.
There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position.
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit a detailed resume. Applications must be received electronically by 11:59 pm on the closing date of this announcement, 10/20/2026.
Your resume or application must clearly reflect the requirements of this position. If your resume does not meet these requirements, your application may not be considered.
Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, education and training. Include the start and end dates (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Resumes longer than two pages will be deemed ineligible and will not be considered further.
Applications which are incomplete, not received by the deadline stated above will not be considered.
All materials submitted will become property of the Department of State.
For any questions, please contact DS HRM at DSPSC@state.gov.
As the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) is responsible for leading worldwide security and law enforcement efforts to advance U.S. foreign policy and safeguard national security interests. DS fulfills its mission through the hard work of its committed and highly trained security professionals-special agents, engineers, technical specialists, diplomatic couriers, Civil Service specialists, and contractors-who work together to ensure that their State Department colleagues can carry out their foreign policy missions safely and securely.
AGENCY BENEFITS:
Personal Service Contracts are eligible to participate in the PSC Health Insurance Reimbursement Program which allows for a contribution of 72 percent against the contractor’s health insurance premium costs toward either an individual or family policy, provided that such costs may not exceed the maximum U.S. Government contribution for personnel as announced annually by the Office of Personnel Management. Supplemental insurance, such as dental and vision, is not eligible for this reimbursement under this program. The Department’s PSC Life Insurance Reimbursement Program allows for PSC’s to be provided a contribution of 50 percent against the actual costs of an individual annual life insurance policy not to exceed $500.00 per year.
Personal Service Contractors entering on duty with prior qualifying service, as defined by OPM, may have their service computation dates updated to credit their years of applicable prior service for higher annual leave accrual rates. PSC leave accrual rates are explained in 3 FAM 9116.1
Benefits for PSC’s in the Department of State are outlined in 3 FAM 9116.
OTHER INFORMATION:
For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, pleasecontact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or OAA@state.gov.
If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisoryapproval.
Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
Skills
Ability to plan, initiate and organize activities to accomplish assigned responsibilities.
Ability to effectively set priorities and organize work.
Skill in establishing liaison with individuals throughout the interagency and within Congress
Skills
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Security Clearanceunmatched
Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)unmatched
Top Secret Clearanceunmatched
United States Citizenunmatched
Willing to Travelunmatched
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