Applications submitted by 06/03/2025 will receive full consideration. Candidates applying after this date may still be reviewed and will remain in our talent pipeline for future opportunities.

Position Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide advisory and training assistance to the Government of Guatemala’s Penitentiary System and Secretariat of Social Welfare on combating FTOs, transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and other criminal actors housed in Guatemala’s prisons who represent a threat to U.S. national security;
• Conduct periodic site visits to project locations, including jails and prisons, located in the region to perform on site inspections and assessments of INL projects and programs;
• Assist in developing programs and projects that are coordinated with Guatemalan law enforcement aimed at combatting FTOs and TCOs, particularly to combat extortion emanating from prisons;
• Develop plans to build host government capacity to confront extortion against American businesses;
• Advise on policy analysis and program guidance as it pertains to program progress, budgets, host government capacity, limitations of institutions, and training plans;
• Advise on international security and administration standards for prison protocols, and prison management, to combat internal corruption that facilitates FTO activity
• Liaise with and assist host government units on institutional development projects, including training, vetting, oversight, anti-gang and anti-FTO activities, with a particular focus on prisons;
• Analyze and report on developments within Guatemala, ensuring programmatic efforts to combat gangs, TCOs, and FTOs continue to progress;
• Conduct field surveys, evaluations, and special studies;
• Prepare monthly report for INL Program officer; and
• Other duties as assigned by INL program officers.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen;
• The candidate must be able to pass a contractor background investigation to begin employment and must obtain and maintain a Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT) clearance to gain Embassy access and be eligible for continued employment;
• FSI level English 3/3, Spanish 3/3;
• Bachelor’s degree in international relations, law enforcement, public policy or related field or (10) years or related professional experience;
• Fifteen (15) years’ experience in the field of the specialty, which must include three (3) years of experience working overseas in an Embassy environment, or three (3) years specialized supervisory experience related to gang prevention, containing gangs in a prison environment, anti-extortion, or FTOs; and
• Experience briefing in Spanish and English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of U.S. Corrections experience with a focus on prisons housing members of different gangs, TCOs, or FTOs;
• Certificate or diploma from a certified state or federal corrections training academy;
• Two (2) years of senior management experience that includes strategic planning, resource management, budgeting, and oversight and evaluation;
• Demonstrated experience in developing information from prison security threat groups, including TCOs and FTOs, to improve prison operations, law enforcement, and prevention; and
• Demonstrated knowledge of transnational criminal gangs, especially those prevalent in and designated as FTOs in Central America.