Job description

Overview

The United States Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (PM-DDTC) is responsible for the regulation of defense trade through the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and its implementing regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). DDTC regulates temporary and permanent exports and the temporary import of defense articles, defense services, and technical data involving items on the United States Munitions List (USML). DDTC regulates the brokering of defense articles, defense services, and technical data. DDTC maintains the registration of manufacturers, exporters and brokers and issues export authorizations. DDTC administers the commodity jurisdiction process, a formal USG decision process to determine which specific items are controlled by the USML or by the Department of Commerce’s Export Administration Regulations. DDTC ensures compliance with the ITAR and AECA through its support of criminal enforcement actions undertaken by the Department of Justice, civil enforcement actions initiated in-house, disclosure program through which companies are encouraged to report violations they have discovered, and pre- and post-license checks to confirm that goods are being shipped as authorized by the export license.

Duties:

• Can perform work where guidelines are scarce or of limited use and administrative policies and precedents are applicable but stated in general terms.
• Uses initiative and resourcefulness in deviating from traditional methods or researching trends and patterns to develop new methods, criteria, or proposed new policies.
• Performs varied duties requiring many different and unrelated processes and methods applied to a broad range of activities or substantial depth of analysis.
• Makes decisions on the approach, methodology, or interpretation and evaluation processes to be used as a result of continuing changes in program, technological developments, unknown phenomena, or conflicting requirements.
• Originates new techniques, establishes criteria, or develops new information.
• Establishes criteria; formulates projects; assesses program effectiveness; or investigates or analyzes a variety of unusual conditions, problems, or questions.
• Provides products or services that affect a wide range of agency activities, major activities or industrial concerns, or the operation of other agencies.
• Works with persons or groups to obtain a desired effect, such as gaining compliance with established policies and regulations by persuasion or negotiation, or gaining information by establishing rapport with a suspicious informant.

Specific Duties:

• Employees selected perform all previous grade duties but must also:
• Presents State Department positions that pertain to regulatory framework and jurisdictional issues to both foreign and domestic industry experts, subject matter experts, and governmental entities to audiences of at least 150.
• Participates in the drafting, reviewing, and editing of Notices of Inquiry and Proposed and Final Rules in collaboration with Regulatory and Multilateral Affairs division.
• Reviews capabilities of novel and current technologies for inclusion or addition to the USML.
• Identify areas for improvement in the ITAR, the Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Determination Form (DS-4076), and USXports; prepare solutions for review by legal and management and add solutions to the DDTC web site via the FAQ vehicle.
• Maintains the process and performs analysis for Regulatory Review Letters.
• Reviews and drafts text for General Correspondence that incorporate questions concerning the jurisdiction of commodities.
• Provides Emerging Technology analysis and develops written products for review by management, DTCC CFIUS, and L/PM, as necessary.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Very good verbal and written communication skills.
• Very good organizational skills including the ability to manage multiple projects.
• Very good judgment and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering or the Liberal Arts with five years of experience.
• Ability to deal with a variety of people in a professional, courteous manner in diversified situations.
• Possess a minimum Secret security clearance.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $170,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Washington, DC 20037: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• ITAR: 6 years (Preferred)

Security clearance:

• Secret (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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