Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-130: Foreign Affairs Series
The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.IV-B-28), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction
with the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Professional and Scientific Positions."
Basic Requirements:
- 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, 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.
Evaluation of Experience: Qualifying work
experience may have been gained through residence, study, teaching, business or
commercial activities, military service, newspaper work, military or civil government
activities, missionary or international relief work, or other experience in foreign
countries.
For positions at grades GS-12 and above, this experience must have included either
(a) responsibility for the direction and coordination of research, analysis, or
other professional work in one or more of the fields listed in A above, or
(b) specialized professional work of a high level of difficulty and responsibility
in one or more of these fields. This high level experience must have been in such
specialized activities as (1) formulation of instructions and policy guidance for
United States representatives in international organizations; (2) transport and
communication involving knowledge of economic, political, and technical aspects of
international aviation, shipping, inland transport, or radio, telephone, and telegraph,
etc.; (3) cultural affairs involving formulation and operation of policy on
large-scale international cultural exchange programs; (4) occupied area affairs
involving problems of occupation of conquered or liberated countries, regions, or zones;
or (5) other specialized international affairs such as analyzing public opinion
and attitudes, evaluating specific conditions, trends, or forces in a foreign country,
formulating policy on problems of petroleum resources or fisheries, etc., representing
foreign interests, protecting American property or interests, arranging for conferences,
or similar activities.
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