Prof.Gringo
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Most US embassy and consulate personnel are hired within the US through a competitive selection process and then after completing training they are sent to various posts around the world. I belive those postings are decided by senority, qualifications (speaking Spanish is a help in L. America and Spain, not so much so in Cambodia or Russia for example) and the needs of the State department as well as your own request.
Spanish is a very common second language and there are probably a ton of Mexican-Americans that want to be posted in Mexico as well as others that just want a break from freezing their butt off in Russia or getting shot at in Pakistan...
To be a foreign service officer you actually don't even need a B.A. degree. I do hope you're good at taking tests, because if you're not, don't even bother to apply. Think of the Postal Service, just ten times harder.
Taken from the www.careers.state.gov website:
"There are several important eligibility requirements:
All applicants must be U.S. citizens on the date they submit their registration package.
On the day you submit your registration, you must be at least 20 years old and no older than 59 years of age.
On the day you are appointed as a Foreign Service Officer, you must be at least 21 years old, and not yet 60.
You must also be available for worldwide assignments, including Washington, D.C. "......"Please note that we require no specific education level, academic major or proficiency in a foreign language for appointment as a Foreign Service Officer. However, the U.S. Department of State welcomes applicants who have foreign language competence, especially in Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Urdu. "
Some jobs are filled at the local level by US embassies and consulates. Go to their webpages to view vacancies. These jobs are typically support jobs such as receptionist and mechanic. They are paid a slightly better than normal wage for the area. For example: A mechanic at the US embassy in Mexico City makes about $1,000 USD per month. Pretty decent by Mexican standards, but very low by US.
Hope that helps you out some,
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