Senior Strategy Advisor (Financial Services) or (Agriculture & Food Security)

Summary

As the sector policy lead, you'll be responsible for setting strategy, monitoring U.S. government policy priorities & positions, generating & shaping the sector pipeline, & supporting transactions across your specific sector. You'll also undertake special projects at the request of the Managing Director and Vice President, Office of Foreign Policy; and assist with formulation & implementation of major DFC policies, activities, & objectives, drawing on U.S. foreign policy objectives & priorities.

Duties

• As the Senior Strategy Advisor (Financial Services), you will: Drive sector strategy building on U.S. government foreign policy objectives that identifies opportunities to expand financial infrastructure and access; defines priorities across insurance, payments, and financial platforms; and maintains awareness of market structure and regulatory dynamics. In close coordination with DFC's origination and investment teams, convert strategy into highly strategic deals that engage financial institutions, insurers, and fintech firms; originate opportunities tied to financing, risk management, and platforms; build a pipeline of financially scalable projects in coordination with the Office of Global Business Development and DFC's Overseas Offices. Support transactions with sector expertise as part of the deal investment teams: evaluate fit to U.S. foreign policy objectives and DFC strategy; support assessment of sponsors, structures, and project economics; help shape and ensure inclusion of policy terms and conditions, technical design, and partnerships in the project structure to align with U.S. foreign policy objectives; assess risks to execution and long-term viability to identify policy mitigants; and contribute to timeliness of deal execution in accordance with DFC's Investment Program Policy. Draft and clear policy papers, briefing memos, press guidance, correspondence, and other documents for use by Office of the Chief Executive, Office of the Chief Policy Officer, or other Principal-level staff in meetings, public events, Congressional briefings, etc. Coordinate, participate in, and/or accompany Principal in meetings as subject matter expert. Monitor and analyze important sectoral, political, and economic events relevant to DFC's work in the Financial Services sector, keeping senior leadership and regional working group informed of significant trends affecting U.S. national interests and DFC equities. Advance and coordinate interagency national security and foreign policy initiatives and strategic goals, in line with U.S. legislation, foreign policy, and security policy to ensure alignment in approach. As the Senior Strategy Advisor (Agriculture & Food Security), you will: Drive sector strategy building on U.S. government foreign policy objectives that defines priority subsectors, geographies, and investment themes across the agriculture and food security sector including agriculture and food systems; identifies opportunities to strengthen production capacity, input supply, and food distribution; maintains a current view of global agricultural markets, input costs, and supply chain dynamics. In close coordination with DFC's origination and investment teams, convert strategy into highly strategic deals that engage agriculture and food securities, input producers, processors, and investors; builds pipeline of projects across fertilizer, crop protection, production, and logistics in coordination with the Office of Global Business Development and DFC's Overseas Offices. Support transactions with sector expertise as part of the deal investment teams: evaluate fit to U.S. foreign policy objectives and DFC strategy; support assessment of sponsors, structures, and project economics; help shape and ensure inclusion of policy terms and conditions, technical design, and partnerships in the project structure to align with U.S. foreign policy objectives; assess risks to execution and long-term viability to identify policy mitigants; and contribute to timeliness of deal execution in accordance with DFC's Investment Program Policy. Draft and clear policy papers, briefing memos, press guidance, correspondence, and other documents for use by Office of the Chief Executive, Office of the Chief Policy Officer, or other Principal-level staff in meetings, public events, Congressional briefings, etc. Coordinate, participate in, and/or accompany Principal in meetings as subject matter expert. Monitor and analyze important sectoral, political, and economic events relevant to DFC's work in the agriculture sector, keeping senior leadership and regional working group informed of significant trends affecting U.S. national interests and DFC equities. Advance and coordinate interagency national security and foreign policy initiatives and strategic goals, in line with U.S. legislation, foreign policy, and security policy to ensure alignment in approach. Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position.

Qualifications

This announcement will be used to fill multiple Senior Strategy Advisor positions with specific subject matter expertise in (1) of the following (2) sectors: Financial Services or Agriculture & Food Security. Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement. You may qualify at the GS-14 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following: Experience preparing thorough, written documents for principal briefings and communicating and interacting with high-level officials; Experience monitoring and analyzing important sectoral, political, and/or economic events related to the [Financial Services or Agriculture & Food Security] sector; Experience conducting international business development and determining whether complex projects/investments [in Financial Services or Agriculture & Food Security sector] are financeable, executable, and durable; AND For the Financial Services Specialty: Experience supporting projects/investments in financial services development and growth across financial platforms, insurance, and/or fintech systems. OR For the Agriculture & Food Security Specialty: Experience supporting projects/investments in one or more food and agriculture business areas (i.e. agricultural inputs, production systems, and/or food supply chains, including fertilizer, crop protection, processing, and distribution). 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-OFP-ST-13053309-BN using Merit Promotion (MP) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet MP 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

How to apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Applicants must select the specialty [Financial Services and/or Agriculture & Food Security] they want to be considered for. Applicants will only be considered for the specialty(ies) they select. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/application/status/. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application. Do not submit photographs with your application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content (e.g. SSN or DOB), your resume will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you will not be considered for this vacancy. Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing date of the announcement.