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UNITED STATES MISSION-BOGOTA VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
No. 052-2014 Job Vacancy June 5, 2014
Note 1: All Ordinarily Resident (OR) applicants, U.S. and third country citizens, who are not Family. Members of USG employees officially assigned to post and under Chief of Mission authority, must attach copies of the required work and/or residency permits to be eligible for consideration.
OPEN TO: All Interested Candidates
POSITION: Cultural Affairs Specialist, FSN-11/FP-4
OPENING DATE: Thursday, June 5, 2014
CLOSING DATE: Thursday, June 19, 2014 by no later than 4:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
WORK HOURS: Full-time; 40 hours/week
SALARY: *Ordinarily Resident (OR): 87,860,886 COP (starting annual salary)
Position Grade: LCP/FSN-11.
Funds availability limits this position to the Foreign Service National local compensation plan.
The U.S. Embassy in Bogota is seeking an individual for the position of Cultural Affairs Specialist in the Public Affairs Section (PAS).
BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION
Position is principal Locally Employed Staff advisor for U.S. speaker program, nationwide liaison to the Colombian academic community, section contact for Centro de Estudios Estadounidenses (CEE), administers and develops conferences on a wide range of specialized themes, implements outreach programs for Colombian minority communities including the Martin Luther King English Fellowships program and the College Horizons program as well as the 100 K Initiative for promoting academic exchanges and cooperation between US and Colombian universities.
Serves as principal adviser to CAO (Cultural Affairs Officer), ACAO (Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer), and PAO (Public Affairs Officer) on higher education interests and as principal contact with GOC (Government of Colombia) higher education agencies and Colombian universities directors and programs. Also serves as principal advisor to PAO AND CAO on issues of broad scope and exceptional complexity in support of the Mission Strategic Resource Plan (MSRP).
Plans, develops, schedules and administers such complex programs, seeking State Department and Colombian partner matching funding. Assists other Embassy sections in realizing their programming goals with appropriate assistance from PAS.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
Note 2:
All Applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below, with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item. Addressing this information in a cover letter is highly
recommended.
a. Education: University degree in liberal arts, education, international relations or social sciences is required. Attach a copy of transcripts and/or degree certificates to be eligible for consideration.
b. Prior Work Experience: Five years of progressively responsible experience in educational, public affairs, cultural activities or media fields is required.
c. Language Proficiency: Spanish Language Level 4 (fluent) is required. English Language Level 4 (fluent) is required. Language proficiency will be tested**.
d. Knowledge: Must have thorough knowledge of U.S. and Colombian history, institutions, culture, politics, social structures and values as they affect PAS programming opportunities.
e. Skills and abilities:
Must be an agile writer in English as well as in Spanish. Specific tests will be applied.
Must be responsive and flexible in addressing multiple tasking, many requiring tight deadlines and significant documentation.
SELECTION PROCESS
When fully qualified, U.S. Citizen Eligible Family Members (USEFMs) and U.S. Veterans are given
preference. Therefore, it is essential that the candidate specifically address the required qualifications above
in the application.
**LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
Primary Language: In order to meet the language requirement, all applicants MUST indicate in their applications or in a cover letter their primary or native language. A language test will not be conducted in the applicant’s native language unless requested by the selecting office.
Secondary Language(s): When two or more language requirements are stated in the Vacancy
Announcement, language tests are required for those languages that the applicant does not identify as the primary, first-spoken, or native language. If an applicant claims fluency in multiple languages, the applicant must identify ONE and only ONE language as primary, first-spoken or native. ALL applicants will be tested in any other language listed in the Vacancy Announcement that is not listed in the application as a primary language.
LANGUAGE TESTING PROCEDURES
Most of the positions at the Embassy require specific levels of both Spanish and or English. After the preliminary screening of the applications, those who meet all of the requirements will then be scheduled for the required language examinations if needed.
Applicants who have completed a University Degree in the United States or any other English speaking country will be exempt from taking the English Test.
Applicants can submit TOEIC a/o TOEFL (IBT/ITP/PBT) test results to be analyzed; if this meet US Embassy/HR Office required standards, applicant will be exempt from taking the English Test.
Applicants who are currently working in a position at the Embassy that require the same level of English, or higher, will be exempt from taking the English Test.
Applicants who have previous work experience at other U.S. Embassies, the language level required for the position performed at that post will be confirmed by the U.S. Embassy Bogota / Human Resources Office and applicants would be exempt from taking the English Test.
Applicants can provide FSI language testing scores and if this meet U.S. Embassy/HR Office required standards, applicant will be exempt from taking Language tests.
English language examinations are given at First Class English in Bogota at a cost of 47,000 (Colombian pesos) and out of Bogota at a cost of 62,000 (Colombian pesos); the applicant is responsible for all costs incurred for this test.
Spanish language examinations are given at Avanti in Bogota at a cost of 40,000 (Colombian pesos) and out of Bogota at a cost of 50,000 (Colombian pesos); the applicant is responsible for all costs incurred for this test.
ADDITIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA
1. Management will consider nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, and residency status in determining successful candidacy.
2. Current Ordinarily Resident employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs Improvement or Unsatisfactory on their most recent Employee Performance Report are not eligible to apply.
3. Current employees serving a probationary period or with less of six months of service in their current position are not eligible to apply.
4. Currently employed US Citizen EFMs who hold a Family Member Appointment (FMA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment.
5. Currently employed NORs hired under a Personal Services Agreement (PSA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment unless currently hired into a position with a When Actually Employed (WAE) work schedule.
IMPORTANT REMARKS
1. HR will only contact those applicants who demonstrate on their application form DS-174 that they meet or exceed all the position requirements (education, experience, language, knowledge and skills). HR will only consider applicants who complete the DS-174 form. Regret letters will only be sent to short listed candidates and EFMs.
2. Ordinarily Residents (OR), U.S. Citizens and U.S. legal permanent residents are subject to both Colombian labor and tax law and U.S. Federal taxes and FICA contributions.
3. For Internal candidates please be aware that multiple grade promotions and exception to required minimum waiting period are reviewed and approved at a Washington level based on all the requirements listed on the position description (PD), copies of this vacancy’s PD are available at the HR Office.
TO APPLY
Interested candidates for this position must submit the DS-174 form following below items for consideration of the application:
1. Universal Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174) must be completed in English for positions which require English level two, three, four or five.
2. The application form may be found on the website http://bogota.usembassy.gov/hr.html under New Application Form. Please submit any questions to BogotaUSapplicants@state.gov
3. Applications should be delivered directly to the U.S. Embassy (as instructed below) in person or electronically. Please note: The Embassy does not use representatives on its behalf during the recruitment process, nor do we charge any fees. Please contact the HR Office immediately if you are contacted by a third party and/or asked to pay a fee.
4. Candidates who claim U.S. Veterans preference must provide a copy of their Form DD-214 (member 4) with their application. Candidates who claim conditional U.S. Veterans preference must submit documentation confirming eligibility for a conditional preference in hiring with their application.
5. Any other documentation (e.g., FSI language testing scores, certificates, awards, copies of degrees earned) that addresses the qualification requirements of the position as listed above.
6. U.S. Citizen EFMs and non- U.S. Citizen EFMs may apply for positions as soon as the sponsor has orders assigning him/her to Embassy Bogotá.
SUBMIT APPLICATION TO
E-mail your application to: jobvacanciesbogota@state.gov. This e-mail address is a mail box only, and emails sent will not receive a response.
If the application is sent via email please don’t follow up with a hard copy.
Hard copies may be submitted to:
American Embassy Bogotá
Human Resources Office – Attn: Recruitment Unit
Carrera 45 No. 24 B-27 (Post 2)
Due to the high volume of applications received, we are unable to acknowledge the receipt of the application packages. Application packages received will not be returned or retained on file. Applicants must submit a new application for each position they apply for.
Status of announced positions is listed on the web site at: http://bogota.usembassy.gov/hr.html under: Status of Recruitment Process
Eligible Family Member (EFM): An individual related to a US Government employee in one of the following ways:
Parent (including stepparents and legally adoptive parents) of the employee or of the spouse, when such parent is at least 51 percent dependent on the employee for support;
Spouse or same-sex domestic partner (as defined in 3 FAM 1610);
Sister or brother (including stepsisters and stepbrothers, or adoptive sisters or brothers) of the employee, or of the spouse, when such sibling is at least 51 percent dependent on the employee for support, unmarried, and under 21 years of age, or regardless of age, incapable of self-support.
2. US Citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM): For purposes of receiving a preference in hiring for a qualified position, an EFM who meets the following criteria:
US Citizen; and,
EFM (see above) at least 18 years old; and
Listed on the travel orders of a direct-hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service member assigned to or stationed abroad (Colombia) with a USG agency that is under COM authority, or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan; and either:
a) Resides at the sponsoring employee's or uniformed service member's post of assignment
abroad (Colombia) or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan; or
b) Resides at an Involuntary Separate Maintenance Allowance (ISMA) location authorized under 3 FAM 3232.2.
3. Appointment Eligible Family Member (AEFM): EFM (see above) eligible for a Family Member Appointment for purposes of Mission employment:
Is a U.S. citizen; and
Spouse or same-sex domestic partner (as defined in 3 FAM 1610) or a child of the sponsoring employee who is unmarried and at least 18 years old; and
Is listed on the travel orders or approved Form OF-126, Foreign Service Residence and Dependency Report, of a sponsoring employee, i.e., a direct-hire Foreign Service, Civil Service, or uniformed service member who is permanently assigned to or stationed abroad at a U.S. mission, or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), and who is under chief of mission authority; and
Is residing at the sponsoring employee's post of assignment abroad (Colombia) or, as appropriate, office of the American Institute in Taiwan.
Does not receive a Foreign Service or Civil Service annuity
4. Member of Household (MOH): An individual who accompanies a direct-hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service member permanently assigned or stationed at a U.S. Foreign Service post or establishment abroad (Colombia), or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan. An MOH is:
Not an EFM; and,
Not on the travel orders of the sponsoring employee; and,
Has been officially declared by the sponsoring USG employee to the COM as part of his/her
household.
A MOH is under COM authority and may include a parent, unmarried partner, and other relative or adult
child who falls outside the Department’s current legal and statutory definition of family member. A MOH does not have to be a US Citizen.
5. Not Ordinarily Resident (NOR) – An individual who:
Is not a citizen of the host country; and,
Does not ordinarily reside (OR, see below) in the host country; and,
Is not subject to host country employment and tax laws; and,
Has a U.S. Social Security Number (SSN).
NOR employees are compensated under a GS or FS salary schedule, not under the LCP.
6. Ordinarily Resident (OR) – A Foreign National or U.S. citizen who:
Is locally resident; and,
Has legal, permanent resident status within the host country; and,
Is subject to host country employment and tax laws.
EFMs without U.S. Social Security Numbers are also OR. All OR employees, including U.S. citizens, are compensated in accordance with the Local Compensation Plan (LCP).
If you meet all the requirements for this position, please submit your application form no later than the closing date: Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
The U.S. Mission in Colombia provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation. The Department of State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in all personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs.
The EEO complaint procedure is not available to individuals who believe they have been denied equal opportunity based upon marital status or political affiliation. Individuals with such complaints should avail themselves of the appropriate grievance procedures, remedies for prohibited personnel practices, and/or courts for relie
