Sec. 8102. Comprehensive workforce and human resources strategy
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The Administrator shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 5 years thereafter, develop a comprehensive workforce and human resources strategy, or review and modify as necessary the existing strategy, to strengthen the capacity of the Agency to carry out its mandate under section 10201. The strategy required under subsection
(a)shall include— an assessment of the implications of current development strategies and foreign policy priorities for technical and policy expertise; the number, types, and level of specialists and generalists projected to be needed in each functional and geographic area, including support, management, and administrative functions; the number, types, and level of specialists and generalists currently employed by the Agency, by bureau and office and by employment category; an analysis of the workloads and competencies of existing staff, by bureau and office and by employment category; the impact on paragraphs
(3)and
(4)of projected retirement and attrition rates over the next 5 years; the steps needed to recruit, retain, and develop the necessary professional expertise, including through education and training, details, fellowships, scholarships and exchanges; an assessment of the suitability of overseas facilities, including security, space, health and safety, physical integrity, access and location considerations; a prioritized plan for capital improvements; projected human resource challenges, including bureaucratic and legislative constraints, and recommended options for meeting such challenges; and the assumptions regarding program and policy priorities and budget levels on which the strategy is based. For the purposes of this section, the term employment category means the statutory authority under which an individual is employed, and includes civil service, Foreign Service, excepted service, personal services contractors, detailees, and locally employed staff. The plan required under subsection
(a)shall be transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter. Such plan may be updated at any time, and such update shall be transmitted accordingly. If the Administrator certifies that such hiring is necessary to meet the workforce requirements of the Agency as set forth in the plan required under subsection (a), the Administrator is authorized, notwithstanding section 307 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to hire up to 30 mid-career professionals, which may include individuals currently employed as personal services contractors, in each of the 3 fiscal years following the date of the enactment of this Act.