Planning & Relationship Management Analyst, International Engagement & Strategy - IF - R024973

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: : $185,000

Posting Date : Jan 3, 2025

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Minimum Experience

3

Summary

The planning and relationship management analyst II reports to the International Engagement & Strategy (IES) section chief. The planning and relationship management analysts II (PRMA II) engages with, and provides support for, Board of Governor participation in the G20 and G7 meetings, and in other international engagements. The PRMA II works closely with other U.S. government agencies, particularly the U.S. Treasury, and participates in efforts to promote the Board’s visibility and engagement, in recognition of its economic and financial expertise. With regular guidance, the PRMA II helps provide logistical support for Board Member engagement in international forums and organizations and helps manage domestic and international institutional relationships. This includes logistical support such helping with developing communication plans, coordinating bilateral meetings, planning, organizing attendance and hosting events and visitors, managing readouts and correspondence, and protecting the reputation of the Board by evaluating the background of foreign contacts.

Duties and Responsibilities

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Minimum Experience

3

Summary

The planning and relationship management analyst II reports to the International Engagement & Strategy (IES) section chief. The planning and relationship management analysts II (PRMA II) engages with, and provides support for, Board of Governor participation in the G20 and G7 meetings, and in other international engagements. The PRMA II works closely with other U.S. government agencies, particularly the U.S. Treasury, and participates in efforts to promote the Board’s visibility and engagement, in recognition of its economic and financial expertise. With regular guidance, the PRMA II helps provide logistical support for Board Member engagement in international forums and organizations and helps manage domestic and international institutional relationships. This includes logistical support such helping with developing communication plans, coordinating bilateral meetings, planning, organizing attendance and hosting events and visitors, managing readouts and correspondence, and protecting the reputation of the Board by evaluating the background of foreign contacts.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Helps provide logistical support for international bilateral and multilateral engagement, coordinating with colleagues at the Board, in the U.S. government and internationally.
• Helps resolve problems that may arise during the event such as adjustments to meeting room location, setup, climate control, catering, technology/AV as well as last minute changes in attendance and other requests.
• Assists with developing detailed logistics and events checklists and may attend site visits prior to the meetings.
• 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.
• Escorts foreign dignitaries and serves as their point of contact for issue resolutions and questions.
• Drafts and helps maintain contact management databases and repositories for meeting materials.
• Contributes to planning and hosting international meetings and visits with foreign officials.
• Drafts meeting notes and assists with organizing and disseminating meeting materials and agendas to meeting attendees.
• Contributes to the coordination of public communique negotiations.
• With regular guidance, drafts correspondence and queries from a range of international counterparts.
• Assists with protecting 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
• Contributes to the division’s strategic priorities

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.
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 experience (for example, Federal Reserve System or other policy institutions), and those years 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 executing logistics to support high-level meetings.  Coordination and outreach related to international meetings, international organizations, and central banks and other official sector institutions is strongly desired. 

• 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: Has good diplomatic skills and builds collaborative relationships that establish trust and confidence with others across all levels internal and external to the organization.
• Project Management: Demonstrated ability to manage large and complex processes and projects.
• 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 a possibility for extension to 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 is required.
Please attach a CV before submitting application. A writing sample may be requested.

We plan to fill multiple positions under this job posting.