Department of State

Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps (FSFRC)

Montevideo, Uruguay, Toshkent, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Vatican City, Caracas, Venezuela, Hanoi, Vi Full time

Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps (FSFRC)

Department: Department of State

Location(s): Montevideo, Uruguay, Toshkent, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Vatican City, Caracas, Venezuela, Hanoi, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, San'A, Yemen, Lusaka, Zambia, Harare, Zimbabwe, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tirane, Albania, Algiers, Algeria, Luanda, Angola, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Yerevan, Armenia, Canberra, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, Perth, Australia, Sydney, Australia, Vienna, Austria, Baku, Azerbaijan, Nassau, Bahamas, Manama, Bahrain, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bridgetown, Barbados, Minsk, Belarus, Brussels, Belgium, Belmopan, Belize, Cotonou, Benin, Hamilton, Bermuda, La Paz, Bolivia, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gaborone, Botswana, Brasilia, Brazil, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Sofia, Bulgaria, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Rangoon, Burma, Bujumbura, Burundi, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Douala, Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon, Calgary, Canada, Halifax, Canada, Montreal, Canada, Ottawa, Canada, Quebec, Canada, Toronto, Canada, Vancouver, Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Praia, Cape Verde, Bangui, Central African Republic, Ndjamena, Chad, Santiago, Chile, Beijing, China, Chengdu, China, Guangzhou, China, Shanghai, China, Shenyang, China, Wuhan, China, Bogota, Colombia, Cartagena, Colombia, Brazzaville, Congo, Kinshasa, Congo (DRC), San Jose, Costa Rica, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, Zagreb, Croatia, Havana, Cuba, Nicosia, Cyprus, Prague, Czech Republic, Damascus, Syria, Copenhagen, Denmark, Ali Sabih, Djibouti, Djibouti, Djibouti, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Dili, Timor-Leste, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Alexandria, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, San Salvador, El Salvador, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Asmara, Eritrea, Tallinn, Estonia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji, Helsinki, Finland, Bordeaux, France, Lyon, France, Marseille, France, Paris, France, Rennes, France, Strasbourg, France, Toulouse, France, Libreville, Gabon, Banjul, Gambia, The, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, Berlin, Germany, Dusseldorf, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, Hamburg, Germany, Leipzig, Germany, Munich, Germany, Accra, Ghana, Athens, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, Saint Georges, Grenada, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Conakry, Guinea, Georgetown, Guyana, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Budapest, Hungary, Reykjavik, Iceland, Calcutta, India, Chennai, India, Hyderabad, India, Mumbai, India, New Delhi, India, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, Surabaya, Indonesia, Baghdad, Iraq, Kirkuk, Iraq, Dublin, Ireland, Jerusalem, Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, Florence, Italy, Milan, Italy, Naples, Italy, Rome, Italy, Kingston, Jamaica, Fukuoka, Japan, Nagoya, Japan, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Osaka, Japan, Sapporo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, Amman, Jordan, Almaty, Kazakhstan, NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan, Nairobi, Kenya, Seoul, South Korea, Pristina, Kosovo, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Vientiane, Laos, Riga, Latvia, Beirut, Lebanon, Maseru, Lesotho, Monrovia, Liberia, Tripoli, Libya, Vilnius, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Skopje, North Macedonia, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Lilongwe, Malawi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Bamako, Mali, Valletta, Malta, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Port Louis, Mauritius, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Guadalajara, Mexico, Hermosillo, Mexico, Matamoros, Mexico, Merida, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Monterrey, Mexico, Nogales, Mexico, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Tijuana, Mexico, Kolonia, Micronesia (FSM), Chisinau, Moldova, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Podgorica, Montenegro, Casablanca, Morocco, Rabat, Morocco, Maputo, Mozambique, Windhoek, Namibia, Kathmandu, Nepal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Auckland, New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, Managua, Nicaragua, Niamey, Niger, Abuja, Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria, Oslo, Norway, Muscat, Oman, Islamabad, Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan, Peshawar, Pakistan, Koror, Caroline Island, Palau, Panama City, Panama, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Asuncion, Paraguay, Lima, Peru, Manila, Philippines, Krakow, Poland, Warsaw, Poland, Lisbon, Portugal, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Doha, Qatar, Bucharest, Romania, Moscow, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Vladivostok, Russia, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Kigali, Rwanda, Apia, Samoa, Singapore, Singapore, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dakar, Senegal, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Bratislava, Slovakia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Muqdisho, Somalia, Capetown, South Africa, Durban, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, Barcelona, Spain, Madrid, Spain, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Juba, Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan, Paramaribo, Suriname, Mbabane, Eswatini, Stockholm, Sweden, Geneva, Switzerland, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Bangkok, Thailand, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Lome, Togo, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunis, Tunisia, Adana, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, Gaziantep, Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, Asqabat, Turkmenistan, Kampala, Uganda, Kiev, Ukraine, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Belfast, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, New York, New York, Belgrade, Serbia

Salary Range: $0 - $0 Without Compensation

Job Summary: The Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps (FSFRC) is a non-pay program. The FSFRC was created to improve the efficiency of the hiring process for Appointment Eligible Family Members (AEFMs) at overseas posts. Family members who meet the eligibility requirements and are accepted into the FSFRC, will be appointed to a position without compensation or benefits. FSFRC members will then compete for available positions at their sponsoring employee's post overseas.

Major Duties:

  • There are no major duties associated with this vacancy announcement, as it is not associated with any one job series code. Duties will be determined when an AEFM applies and is selected for a local position at post. If selected, they will be appointed to the local position and will receive a salary based on the grade of the position and benefits (if applicable) when they begin working. Family members who join the FSFRC will be permitted to remain in the FSFRC as long as they continue to meet program eligibility requirements, respond to recertification requests, and reinvestigation requests from Diplomatic Security. The FSFRC, in and of itself, will not create additional employment opportunities or positions overseas, nor will it provide an independent pathway to gain a security clearance. Being a member of the FSFRC does not guarantee employment. FSFRC applicants without a clearance will be required to submit an SF-85 upon acceptance of their application. Once they receive a Low Risk/Non-Sensitive (LRNS) determination they will be appointed into the FSFRC. If they are selected for an overseas position that requires access to classified information, they will be required to obtain the required security clearance prior to being appointed to that position. Members will remain in the FSFRC in an unpaid reserve status when they are not working in a local position at post.

Qualifications: Applicants will be evaluated based solely on FSFRC Program eligibility requirements using agency-developed standards. Applicants who meet the program requirements will be accepted as members into the FSFRC. NOTE: If it is determined that you do not meet program eligibility requirements or if you fail to submit proper documentation in a timely manner, you will be removed from consideration. FSFRC Members in Categories One or Two will be required to complete a recertification process on an annual basis when not actively working in a local position at post. All members will be required to recertify for the program every five (5) years. The FSFRC member will be required to respond to security reinvestigation requests from Diplomatic Security (DS). The FSFRC appointment will terminate if the member no longer qualifies for the FSFRC or does not respond to the Talent Services’ (PERT/TS) recertification query within the required timeline. FSFRC members must notify TS of any event (such as divorce, etc.) which may result in a loss of eligibility for the program.

How to Apply: Complete applications (to include all required documents) must be submitted electronically through the "Gateway to State" system. To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply Online" button to the right. Candidates have until 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process. This includes submitting the online application as well as any required documents as defined in the Required Documents section. Candidates are encouraged to complete their applications well before the application deadline to ensure they receive consideration. Should candidates be missing any of the required documents, they will be disqualified for consideration of employment. Please carefully read all of the instructions before you begin the application process. To apply for this job opportunity, you must submit a resume, required supporting documentation, and an on-line application through the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) application system, USAJOBS. This information will be transferred to the Department of State's Gateway to State Automated Application System. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the following three-step application process: STEP 1: Select the "Apply On-line" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into USAJOBS. STEP 2: Answer the FSFRC assessment questions on-line through the Gateway to State automated application system. These questions will be used to evaluate your eligibility to join the FSFRC. Please read these questions carefully before responding. STEP 3: Submit all required documentation, applicable to you, listed in the Required Documents section of this job opportunity to the Department's automated application system "Gateway to State" prior to the closing date of this announcement. For instructions on how to view the status of your supporting documentation, please click here. Technical assistance with your on-line application can be obtained by contacting the Help Desk at mgshelp@monster.com OR by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET. ALTERNATE APPLICATION PROCEDURES NOTE: If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alternate application procedures to submit your application package by fax. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, at least two working days prior to the closing date of this announcement. The application package for alternate application procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing date of this announcement. NOTE: Paper applications and information sent by mail WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. GCLO and Talent Services have created an informative video and slide deck to assist in the application process; you can access these tools at: https://www.state.gov/global-community-liaison-office/family-member-employment-in-the-d-c-area/foreign-service-family-reserve-corps/.

Application Deadline: 2025-12-31