The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives.

Duties

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives. NCTC's Data Analysis effort consists of a multidisciplinary mix of staff and contractors that boldly challenges the status quo of traditional CT business practices and re-imagines the way NCTC officers derive knowledge from the Center's data. The effort is focused on advanced data analysis, network modeling, and terrorist finances, as well as a team which exploits and analyzes seized terrorist media. These efforts are about positioning NCTC to succeed in a rapidly changing future through innovation and ensuring CT analysts and operators have the ability to produce high-quality results in a large data and digital environment. The National Counterterrorism Center's Directorate of Intelligence Data Analysis effort is seeking a highly motivated and creative deputy group chief to drive the group's production, ensuring that projects capitalize on NCTC's unique data accesses and meet the highest standards of tradecraft. The deputy group chief will work closely with counterparts across NCTC and the IC to develop and sustain partnerships with both internal and external customers and stakeholders, providing tailored analytic support, as needed. Leverage relationships with partners to improve access to data and deliver enhanced analytic insights. Develop the substantive analytic and management skills of subordinate employees and supervisors, and contribute to the broader corporate mission of the organization. Recruit, develop, and retain a diverse and highly qualified workforce. Ensure personnel are appropriately challenged, rewarded, and given the support, tools, and training opportunities they need to develop and succeed. Cultivate an inclusive environment that fosters the development of all officers to their full potential. Clearly communicate expectations and provide subordinate managers and analysts and support personnel with timely and candid assessments of their strengths and developmental needs. Be a model of customer service, so that customers from across the US Government, IC, and key liaison partners rely on our innovative analysis and services. Manage complex issues effectively, and appropriately empower your subordinate managers to make decisions and take action. Manage and assess the status of assigned projects on a continuous basis, to include resource management and contractor support, and ensure that all resources are aligned with mission priorities. Help manage group's budget and recruiting portfolios. Manage, lead and develop dynamic and long-term planning efforts in the current and anticipated planning structure. Actively participate in corporate activities to advance the vision and goals of the DI, NCTC, and ODNI. Serve as a champion for harnessing the power of advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence and machine learning to make analysts more productive and smarter and to automate analytic functions.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements Applicants must possess at least two years of supervisory experience over a minimum of ten intelligence analysts at a national agency. Expert knowledge of resource management principles and applications coupled with superior managerial experience. Superior ability to effectively plan and lead the development of high-quality, complex analyses, studies, projects, assignments, and briefings on key US foreign policy and national security objectives focused on a specific regional area and/or functional issue for IC consumers and policymakers at the highest levels of government. Superior ability to effectively and efficiently address employee skill deficiencies or performance shortcomings and take measurable steps to increase proficiency; expert ability to delegate responsibility and empower team chiefs to make decisions. Expert knowledge of current and projected analytic capabilities and key US foreign policy and national security objectives for specified region or function. Expert analytic and critical thinking skills, including superior to think strategically; superior ability to effectively express complex, multi-discipline ideas and insights verbally and in writing to a variety of audiences up to and including senior leadership. Superior ability to remain open-minded and change judgments on the basis of new information and requirements, perform multiple tasks and change focus quickly as demands change, and support group decisions and solicit opinions from coworkers. Expert ability to stay informed on current foreign political trends and developments and to work effectively in open-source environment; as required, proficiency in a relevant foreign language. Expert knowledge of IC policy and procedures as well as an expert ability to maintain and develop contacts within ODNI and the intelligence and policy communities for purposes of exchanging information. Expert ability to direct taskings, assess and manage performance, collaborate on goal setting, and support personal and professional development.

Education

Bachelors Degree

Contacts

• Address DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE Director Of National Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US
• Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
• Email: [email protected]