Available Jobs

The U.S. Department of State employs adventurous, adaptable, well-rounded strategic problem-solvers, from diverse educational, geographic and cultural backgrounds and perspectives, who want to make a contribution to our global society. If you have the desire to live and work in any country in the world, including those with unstable governments or infrastructures or both – and have the ability to integrate into culturally diverse environments, we have an opportunity for you.

These U.S. citizens comprise the Foreign and Civil Services, in which there are over 30 different career paths from which to choose.

Foreign Service   Keep Me Informed

Foreign Service Officer

Foreign Service Officers work in one of five different career tracks: Consular, Economic, Management, Political and Public Diplomacy. After you’ve chosen a career track, the next step is to register for the Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT).

The next FSOT now will be held in February 2021. Please click on “Register for FSOT” to view the latest information on when you can register for and take the test.


Foreign Service Consular Fellows Program

Foreign Service Consular Fellows serve in U.S. embassies and consulates overseas alongside Foreign Service Officers, other U.S. agency personnel, and locally-employed staff. Using their language skills in Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, or Arabic, their primary duty is to adjudicate visas for foreign nationals. Duties and responsibilities are similar to those of entry-level career Foreign Service Officers. The first step to becoming a Consular Fellow is to complete the online application by registering for the Consular Fellows Program Test (CFPT).


Foreign Service Information Management Specialist

Information Management Specialists manage and operate worldwide information technology infrastructure, including PC local and wide area networks, telecommunications systems, telephone and UHF/VHF programs, and diplomatic pouch and mail services. The first step to becoming an Information Management Specialist is to complete the online application by registering for the Information Management Specialist Test (IMST).


Foreign Service Facility Manager

Facility Managers administer the upkeep of buildings, grounds, equipment and utilities overseas while supervising one of the largest and most diverse work forces domestically or at our posts overseas.


Foreign Service Medical Provider

Our certified Family Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants provide primary, acute and emergency care to U.S. government employees and their eligible family members abroad. Medical Providers spend about 80 percent of their careers abroad, generally in austere or remote countries and relocate every 2-4 years. Medical Providers receive AMA PRA Category 1 credits each year through Department of State-sponsored CME programs.


Regional Medical Laboratory Scientist

Regional Medical Laboratory Scientists provide invaluable support to medical units for U.S. government medical specialists, employees, and eligible family members. Responsibilities include managing laboratories at assigned posts in a given region, providing technical consulting and performing competency assessments, evaluating quality assurance, and implementing health/safety programs for laboratories and post populations. Regional Medical Laboratory Scientists receive continuing education credits by attending national laboratory CME programs each year.






Civil Service   Keep Me Informed

Program Analyst

Application deadline is Dec 24, 2020


Information Technology Specialist

Application deadline is Dec 18, 2020


IT Specialist

Application deadline is Dec 21, 2020


IT Cyber Security Specialist

Application deadline is Dec 21, 2020




Health Economist

Application deadline is Dec 23, 2020


Foreign Affairs Officer

Application deadline is Dec 18, 2020


Security Specialist

Application deadline is Dec 28, 2020


Financial Analyst

Application deadline is Dec 23, 2020


Budget Analyst

Application deadline is Dec 31, 2020


Foreign Affairs Officer

Application deadline is Dec 22, 2020


IT Specialist

Application deadline is Dec 30, 2020


Protocol Specialist

Application deadline is Dec 30, 2020


Program Analyst

Application deadline is Dec 23, 2020


Contract Specialist

Application deadline is Dec 23, 2020




U.S. Department of State Student Internship Program   Keep Me Informed

Fall 2021 Student Internship Program

We are not currently accepting applications for the Student Internship Program.


Limited Non-Career Appointments   Keep Me Informed

We are not currently accepting applications for Limited Non-Career Appointments.



Fellowships   Keep Me Informed

We are not currently accepting applications for Fellowships.