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This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Office of Foreign Assets Control. As an International Economist in the Sanctions Economic Analysis Division, you will work with many stakeholders across Treasury to determine the economic effects of U.S. sanctions and provide analysis to Treasury leadership.

Qualifications:You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:For the GS-14 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Conducting independent and coauthored research into questions of economic significance and using advanced statistical and econometric techniques; AND
• Publishing independent and coauthored research in peer-reviewed journal articles, doctoral dissertation chapters, U.S. or State government memorandum, or equivalent publications; AND
• Planning and implementing applied macroeconomic and/or economic policy-driven modeling; AND
• Leading intra-office or interagency work groups to study questions of macroeconomic and/or economic policy significance; AND
• Developing and advancing applied economic and/or policy ideas through the use of economic research.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:For the GS-13 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Conducting independent research into questions of economic significance and using advanced statistical and econometric techniques; AND
• Publishing independent and coauthored research in peer-reviewed journal articles, doctoral dissertation chapters, U.S. or State government memorandum, or equivalent publications; AND
• Planning and implementing macroeconomic and/or economic policy-driven modeling; AND
• Participating in intra-office or interagency work groups to study questions of macroeconomic and/or economic policy significance.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:For the GS-12 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Conducting independent research into questions of economic significance and using advanced statistical and econometric techniques; AND
• Publishing independent and coauthored research in peer-reviewed journal articles, doctoral dissertation chapters, U.S. or State government memorandum, or equivalent publications.

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 resume.

TIME-IN-GRADE: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable:
For the GS-14, you must have been at the GS-13 level for 52 weeks.
For the GS-13, you must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks.
For the GS-12, you must have been at the GS-11 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.

Education:The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.
Applicants for this position must meet the following basic education requirement:
A. Degree: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus;
OR
B. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Examples of qualifying experience include:
1. Individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation;
2. Supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; or
3. Teaching assignments in a college or university that included both class instruction in economics subjects and one of the following (1) personal research that produced evidence of results, direction of graduate theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.
Experience in related fields that did not involve the use and understanding of economic principles and theories may not be used as qualifying experience for these positions. Special attention on this point should be given to certain types of work that may or may not have provided professional economic experience. The following examples of work require special care in such determinations:
1. economic statistics;
2. industrial surveys;
3. management of individual business enterprises, including farms;
4. industrial planning;
5. writing or editorial work in economic subjects; and
6. financial market analysis.Employment Type: OTHER