Global Policy Analyst, International Engagement & Strategy - IF - R025005

Primary Location : DC-Washington

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Employee Status : Limited Term

Overtime Status : Exempt

Job Type : Temporary Work

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Relocation Provided: : Yes

Compensation Grade Low: : FR PAY GRADE 24

Compensation Grade High: : FR PAY GRADE 26

Minimum Salary: : $95,700

Maximum Salary: : $175,000

Posting Date : Jan 8, 2025

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Minimum Experience

3

Summary

The global policy analyst II engages with, and provides analysis in support of, Board of Governor participation in the G20 and G7 meetings, and in other international engagements. The global policy analyst II works closely with other U.S. government agencies, particularly the U.S. Treasury, and with regular guidance, helps assist with creating briefings, talking points and other materials for the Board’s governors and senior leaders that promote the Board’s international priorities and bolster the recognition of the Board’s economic and financial expertise. With regular guidance, the global policy analyst II conducts coverage of, and analysis on, topical global policy issues, particularly those with relevance to U.S. and international institutions. global policy analyst II formulates agenda topics for international policy discussions during international meetings and visits with foreign officials. The global policy analyst II monitors geopolitical events and analyzes its impacts to the economy and international engagement.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Contributes to the facilitation and periodic studies and projects relating to international policy.
• Assists with providing thought leadership and preparing policy products including issue papers for international meetings to help advance the Board’s position in the international forum.
• Helps conduct analysis and research on emerging and recurring international issues/topics at the forefront of U.S. and international institutions.
• Supports in producing charts, graphs, and other visuals to help analyze data.
• With regular guidance, helps identify relevant issues and trends and draw conclusions through analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
• Helps research international issues and policies relevant to the U.S. economy
• With regular guidance, assists with formulating meeting agendas on international topics and policies for international meetings and visits with foreign officials.
• Builds new and strengthen existing relationships with other central banks, foreign finance ministries, and other official sector contacts. 
• With regular guidance, contributes to the division’s strategic priorities through research and/or analytical projects.

Overview
The United States will assume the G20 presidency in 2026 and the G7 presidency in 2027.  The G7 and the G20 Finance Tracks are among the primary international forums to bring central bank and treasury officials together across the world’s largest economies to discuss pressing economic challenges, address financial stability crises and risks, and coordinate on cross-cutting and persistent policy issues.  The Board, jointly with the U.S. Treasury, will have responsibility for the Finance Track, which focuses on a variety of economic and financial topics relevant to central banks, such as global economic performance, monetary policy, payments issues, financial market functioning, financial sector issues, and financial inclusion and sustainability.
About the Team
The International Engagement and Strategy (IES) section is dedicated to bolstering the Board’s visibility, engagement, and recognition of its economic and financial expertise in global topics. This includes developing and strengthening contacts and managing relationships with staff at other central banks, foreign finance ministries, and other official sector contacts and serving on and supporting various working groups of these international organizations.  The section develops and executes the strategy for the Board’s international engagement and conducts research and analysis related to emerging and recurring international issues, helping to shape the Board’s point of view.  The section conducts outreach and prepares analysis and materials in support of Board participation in international forums and organizations, including the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Group of 20 (G20), Group of 7 (G7), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), other similar forums (i.e., CEMLA, Bellagio), and with other central banks and government entities. 

Duties and Responsibilities
The Policy Analyst in IES works independently with moderate guidance, as well as with other staff members, and:

• Conducts analysis and research on emerging and recurring international issues/topics at the forefront of U.S. and international institutions.
• With moderate guidance, prepares briefing books, background notes, annotated agendas, talking points, and other materials to prepare members of the Board and other Federal Reserve senior leaders for international meetings.
• Supports the section’s data management and visualization needs.
• Builds and maintains contact management databases and repositories for meeting materials.
• Partakes in coordinating, in conjunction with other Board staff, the logistics of international engagement, including organizing attendance of Board member and senior staff at international meetings, scheduling of bilateral meetings, and managing correspondence from foreign counterparts.
• Contributes to planning and hosting international meetings and visits with foreign officials.
• Protects the reputation of the Board, working, in conjunction with other Board staff, to execute enterprise due diligence procedures for evaluating the authenticity and appropriateness of international interactions, including conducting research on the background of contacts
• Builds new and strengthen existing relationships with other central banks, foreign finance ministries, and other official sector contacts.
• Contributes to the division’s strategic priorities through research and/or analytical projects.
• With moderate guidance, conducts in-depth financial analysis of complex issues with creativity, independent judgment, and responsibility; recommends new approaches.

Requirements/Qualifications
To qualify at the below grade levels, candidates must hold a degree in economics, finance, business administration, international policy/affairs, or related discipline, and have the accompanying minimum years of relevant work experience (for example, Federal Reserve System or other policy institutions), and those exclude time spent in post-graduate study.

	Bachelor’s	Master’s
FR-24	3	1
FR-25	4	2
FR-26	5	3

A strong sense of collegiality and teamwork is essential, as is a commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. Prior experience with coordination and outreach with international meetings, international organizations, and central banks and other official sector institutions is strongly desired.  Experience with U.S. interagency process related to international economic issues is also a plus.
·         Collaboration: demonstrated ability to collaborate with and influence individuals with differing priorities and interests.
·         Communication: Strong oral and written communication skills. Formal writing experience preferred.
·         Decision Quality:  Makes timely, thoughtful decisions. Exercises excellent judgment, carefully gathers information, seeks diverse opinions, and challenges own biases, listens attentively and critically, exhibits clear thinking.
·         Organizational Skills:  Set priorities and achievable goals, develops systems to manage competing demands, manages time well, attention to detail, communicates expectations clearly.
·         Relationship Building: Builds collaborative relationships that establish trust and confidence with others across all levels internal and external to the organization.    
·         Project Management: Routinely participates in projects or assignments with staff at all levels at the Board and Reserve Banks as well as external institutions to gather information, pose questions, and provide interpretation of regulations, policies, and procedures.
·         Problem Solving: Works with moderate guidance and high degree of professional independence, technical authority, initiative, reliability, and maturity of judgment.
·         Analysis: Analyzes a wide variety of complex issues and finds solutions for problems; demonstrates advanced proficiency in technical knowledge and analytical ability to interpret and solve technically complex problems.
·         Teamwork: Ability to work well in group settings and to represent the Board interests at various working groups and committees of international organizations.   
Important: This is a two-year term (benefits-eligible) position with the possibility of extension for a third year. The position, located in Washington, D.C., offers a hybrid work environment with opportunities to both telework and work onsite. Travel frequency up to 25%, depending on business needs. U.S. Citizenship required.
Please attach a CV before submitting application. A writing sample may be requested.