[Oppslist] Exciting Global Change position at U.S. State Department

[Rosseel.Kevin at epamail.epa.gov]

The U.S. State Department's Office of Global Change has an opening for a
senior-level GS-13/14 position to help manage activities under the
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. The position
is open to all sources including those outside the US government. The
vacancy is now open on USAJOBS at http://www.usajobs.gov/ and closes on
April 2nd. The announcement number is OES-2007-0023.

To see the announcement:
   1. Go to: www.usajobs.gov
   2. Search Jobs
   3. Agency Search
   4. In the second box, select "State, Department of":
   5. Select "DC" in the location
   6. Search.

>>> See URL at
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/jobsearch.asp?q=OES-2007-0023&salmin=&salmax=&paygrademin=&paygrademax=&FedEmp=N&tm=&sort=rv&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y&SUBMIT1.x=0&SUBMIT1.y=0

Please distribute this announcement to any who might be interested.

Summary of major duties:

-- Serves as principal adviser to senior bureau management on program
planning and budget policy; advises on implementation, financial, and
performance of programs and initiatives; and ensures that resources are
allocated efficiently and in conformance with established policies and
procedures.

-- Analyzes a variety of issues that are critical to the development and
implementation of policy and the operational support of initiatives;
develops policy recommendations on highly controversial and politically
sensitive U.S. positions; and assesses or supervises the assessment of
procedural and technical performance problem areas and recommends
changes to effect improvements.

-- Serves as a senior participant in bilateral and multilateral
negotiations and provides authoritative policy advice and related
information to delegation heads and senior officials; and participates
as a recognized expert in professional conferences and meetings on APP
issues.

-- Provides briefings and written proposals to top management officials
that present, defend and/or justify programs and policies, including
regular reports to Congress; drafts and/or oversees drafting of
documents, defining the scope of project activities, or describing
grants that will be competed; and develops financial and performance
tracking systems.

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