Summary
The Energy and Minerals team in the Office of the Secretary, Office of the General Counsel, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) is looking for an International Program Specialist. Spanish speakers are highly preferred.
CLDP's mission is to provide targeted technical support to emerging markets to improve their policies, legal and regulatory conditions for doing business in their countries, thereby creating better economic opportunities for local entrepreneurs and American companies doing business overseas.
The incumbent will serve as a CLDP International Program Specialist (IPS), assigned to a specific country or region with required foreign language fluency, assist CLDP Attorneys and/or Program Managers with designing and preparing strategic engagements, and travel overseas to implement training sessions and workshops.
Prior experience in logistics and program management, budget tracking, and international experience and language fluency required. Regular international travel will be required, averaging around 6-8 trips per year, to global and occasionally domestic destinations. CLDP International Program Specialists in this position carry out many of their programs in the host countries around the world and also bring delegations to the U.S. for study tours.
Responsibilities
Program Management: Assists with organizing and implementing strategic engagements, including communicating with international participants, recruiting speakers, arranges international travel and securing the logistical support needed to execute work plans, and analyzes impact of programs with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools and reports describing the office’s activities and achievements.
Diplomacy: Communicates and establishes rapport and relationships with organizations, agencies, public officials and business leaders. Maintains relationships with foreign governments, USG officials and other assistance providers through regular correspondence and personal meetings.
Financial: Tracks budget expenditures based on CLDP interagency agreements. Ensures projects remain within budget by developing and maintaining adequate resource tracking systems. Provides regular reports on the financial status of the project.
Additional: Possesses knowledge of the mission of CLDP and other government offices involved in CLDP's legal technical assistance events.
Travels internationally to developing countries to implement programs, workshops, assessments, etc., approximately 25%.
Adheres to federal procurement regulations.