Foreign Service Specialist
Foreign Service specialists are direct-hire career employees of the United States Department of State and other foreign affairs agencies. They are members of the United States Foreign Service who provide important technical, support, or administrative services in nineteen career categories, including diplomatic security special agents, doctors and physician assistants, diplomatic technology officers, office management specialists, and human resource specialists. They serve in over 290 embassies or consulates abroad, Washington, D.C. or other locations in the continental United States.