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Summary ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IN JAPAN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. Please see Additional Information section below. You will serve as a INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SPECIALIST of COMSUBGRU SEVEN, YOKOSUKA. This is a RE-ADVERTISEMENT of Announcement Number: ST-12936498-26-MCM. Applicants that have previously applied NEED to re-apply to this announcement. Responsibilities You will provide policy analysis and advice on possible effects and potential issues arising from U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval Nuclear (NNPP) and DoW policies, programs, and activities in Japan. You will provide background information on Japan's politics, policies, institutions, society, culture, history, and foreign relations. You will conduct liaison and negotiations with Yokosuka and GOJ officials to establish political accommodation of nuclear-powered warship (NPW) forward-deployment to Yokosuka and port visits elsewhere in Japan. You will develop cultural, diplomatic and military protocol recommendations and arrange and participate in formal and informal discussions, negotiations, seminars, conferences, and real-world crisis action and contingency response. You will conduct coordination, planning, and negotiations on U. S. Navy operational matters in Japan, including sensitive and non-trivial, policy-level subjects related to the NNPP mission in Japan. You will perform as a Japanese language interpreter at informal/formal bilateral conferences, meetings, sensitive political and defense negotiations, simulated and actual emergency responses, navy-to-navy operational and policy talks, etc. You will plan and coordinate bilateral NNPP Japanese visits/functions, ceremonies and special events hosted by the senior leadership. You will assist the Director and CSG-7 Public Affairs Officer with development, review and communication of Public Affairs Guidance (PAG) and Responses to Queries (RTQ) for NNPP-related matters. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as an International Relations Specialist, Foreign Area Officer (FAO), or Foreign Service Officer (FSO), with a background in political tracking, military liaison, or diplomatic reporting performing most or all the following duties: Native-level fluency and proficiency in Japanese language, or certification at JLPT N1 (oral and written) or Defense Language Proficiency (DLP) Level 3; or the ability to obtain certification at either of these levels. An in-dept understanding of Japanese culture, U.S.-Japan government affairs, and the U.S. military. Familiarity with the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America). Experience managing sensitive bilateral governmental relations, negotiations, and topics while protecting and promotion U.S. Government interests. Familiarity with planning or assisting in the execution of international protocols in official, formal, and informal bilateral settings. It is preferred to have academic level native fluency in Japanese, both oral and written; or is preferred to have or be capable of obtaining 3/3 Language Proficiency Ratings from the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DPLPT) or N1-level certification by Japan Language Proficiency Testing (JLPT). Skill in accurately interpreting Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese without loss of important details, and free of personal interpretation. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/international-relations-series-0131/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Education This position has a basic educational requirement that all applicants must meet: 1. 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 2. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, in one or more of the social sciences, or in the humanities, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. OR 3.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 experience that provided an intimate knowledge of a foreign country or geographic area may have been gained through residence, study, teaching, business or commercial activities, military service, newspaper work, military or civil government activities, missionary or inter-national relief work, or other experience in foreign countries. It may also have been gained through teaching college-level courses in international relations or problems associated with a specific foreign geographic area. To qualify for positions at grades GS-12 and above on the basis of experience, 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 involving a high level of difficulty and responsibility in one or more of these fields. Copies of Transcripts must be uploaded. Priority consideration will be given to military spouse preference and family member preference eligible residing in the commute area of the duty location for this position. Commute area is defined as the geographic area surrounding the duty location in which people can reasonably be expected to travel back and forth daily. Military Spouses and Family Members may apply 30 days before their anticipated arrival date. However, they will not receive preference until arrival at the foreign location. Additional documentation may be required prior to granting preference. Military spouses and family members who are appointed may not extend longer than 2 months following the transfer of the sponsor from the commuting area of the foreign duty station; 2 months beyond the separation of the appointee's sponsor; or any time beyond the time employee ceases to be a family member. Additional Information Employees (and their family members) who require medical or dental care in Japan may experience severe limitations accessing medical care both on the military installation and the local economy, and also could incur costly medical expenses. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement and Alternate Placement Programs. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. Pay retention may be granted when certain conditions are met. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf Tour of duty will be 36 Months. To learn more about the living and working conditions at this military installation and additional Foreign Overseas information, please go to: https://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Overseas/Pages/default.aspx PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/