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Foreign Service Officer


Management Officers: creative, fast-thinking problem-solvers who handle diverse challenges.

As a Management Officer, you'll use your professional background to serve your country — meeting everyday challenges head-on while you learn new skills and enjoy outstanding benefits. As action-oriented leaders, these individuals respond with efficient, on-target solutions in fast-paced and mission-critical situations. Management Officers have multi-disciplinary responsibilities in complex situations:

  • Promoting leadership and professional development of staff
  • Negotiating practical agreements with host countries and local businesses
  • Managing multi-million-dollar real estate and other assets
  • Coordinating with other U.S. agencies in embassies to work efficiently as a team
  • Operating one of 250 diplomatic posts worldwide
  • Coordinating visits of senior officials
COULD YOU RUN AN EMBASSY?

Management Officers Lead Embassy Operations Every Day… All Around the World


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Richard

  • Richard's work has taken him to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; Paris, France; and Kiev, Ukraine
  • "My diverse experiences as a Management Officer have allowed me to make a difference in the lives of international travelers, manage a U.S. embassy and coordinate travel for high ranking diplomats."
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Nazima

  • Through her work as a Foreign Service Officer, Nazima has traveled to Pakistan and Bangladesh
  • "I will affect the world in a positive manner by working to stop political violence through building relationships with important contacts in Pakistan."

Ready to become a Management Officer? Start the registration process to take the Foreign Service Officer Test!

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