Environmental & Social Risk Specialist

This position is located in the Office of Development Policy (ODP) at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and conducts environmental and social (E&S) risk assessments for projects which identify assess and avoid adverse E&S impacts under consideration for DFC support across the spectrum of products including debt finance insurance equity finance or financial intermediaries.

Qualifications Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level). Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement. TIME-IN-GRADE Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government or former career or career-conditional employees who have a break in service of less than one year are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). You may qualify at the GS-11 level if you fulfill one of the following qualification requirements A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following Experience conducting research or analysis on environmental and social sustainability/sustainable development topics in an international context. OR B. A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or possession of a LL.M. degree if related. Graduate level education must demonstrate the competencies necessary to do the work of the position OR C. A combination of education and experience as listed above. You may qualify at the GS-12 level if you fulfill the following qualification requirements A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following Experience analyzing and applying international frameworks or standards related to environmental and social sustainability and performance such as those from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) or an international organization such as the United Nations or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Note Education is not substitutional at this grade level. You may qualify at the GS-13 level if you fulfill the following qualification requirements A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following Experience supporting environmental and social impact assessments of private investments in a range of sectors (i.e. agriculture financial intermediaries infrastructure extractives) against international standards such as the International Finance Corporation's Performance Standards and Experience identifying potential environmental and social risks in investments or projects and proposing mitigation and management measures to leadership. Note Education is not substitutional at this grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 26-ODP-DE- -BN using Delegated Examining (DE) procedures. If interested refer to that announcement to determine if you meet DE requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions if additional vacancies occur.