International Trade Analyst

About the role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Trade, Trade Policy & Programs, located in San Francisco, California, Washington, District of Columbia, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Detroit, Michigan, Buffalo, New York, New York, New York, and Houston, Texas. Additional selections may be made for other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.

Duties

• Analyzing results of trade trends and enforcement operations for risk and program effectiveness, while demonstrating initiative and managing time effectively.
• Participating in collaborative efforts with others to facilitate project completion.
• Planning, executing, monitoring, and evaluating enforcement of trade laws and areas of risk.
• Writing operational policy for regulatory implementation of trade laws, recommending corrective action, and providing possible solutions based on level of risk.
• Performing issue-focused analysis for CBP's senior leadership and in response to department or congressional inquiries by preparing letters, memoranda, and reports.
• Representing CBP/OT in a variety of settings and meetings.
• Administering, developing, and maintaining effective working relationships with high-level officials and agency representatives, and meeting with key customers and coordinating officials to assess satisfaction, explain policy and procedures, and resolve problems.
• Identifying issues and developing short- and long-term commercial trade intervention strategies to determine if enforcement actions are needed or if new or enhanced policy should be established.

Qualifications

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
• You may be required to pass a background investigation.
• CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
• Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.
• The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
• There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP.
• Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period.
• Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible.