Job opening: CT Analyst - Americas and Europe
Salary: $112 015 - 145 617 per year
Published at: Oct 19 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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's Directorate of Intelligence (NCTC/DI) seeks a motivated intelligence analyst who desires a challenging and rewarding assignment with a high-performing group of officers working to combat terrorism worldwide and protect the Homeland.
This group is charged with providing regional and functional analysis on threats to the Americas and Europe, including terrorist travel; on threats from transnational violent extremists and those inspired by foreign terrorist organizations; on vulnerabilities of global critical infrastructure; and on indicators and risks of radicalization and mobilization worldwide to help key decisionmakers and partners counter terrorism and protect US national security.
NCTC seeks an analyst willing to shoulder a dynamic, fulfilling set of important responsibilities in close partnership with other talented analysts.
The DI has an expansive mission that requires a rigorous approach to analysis and collaboration across the Intelligence Community (IC).
Aspiring candidates will be at the forefront of NCTC's efforts to provide the highest quality strategic analysis on the most important counterterrorism topics.
Qualified candidates will have the opportunity to:
Perform in-depth analyses of complex and significant national, regional, and/or global issues for senior policymakers and key components in the Intelligence Community (IC), law enforcement, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
Develop and produce a broad range of finished intelligence products in support of United States (US) foreign policy and national security interests.
Prepare and present oral briefings to senior internal and external customers.
Conduct and produce tactical, multidisciplinary, and strategic analysis that supports key US national security and foreign policy objectives and helps shape IC analysis and priorities.
Apply a variety of methodological tools and approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex and significant analytic issues and incorporate insights and findings into well-crafted, sophisticated intelligence products.
Develop and implement strategies for gathering intelligence or historical information in support of US interests and policy objectives; cultivate and identify key internal and external sources of information.
Cultivate and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, experts, IC members, policy customers, and law enforcement agencies as appropriate and use these relationships to share information of interest; attend internal and external training, seminars, or conferences on broad or more strategic subject areas.
Build and leverage diverse collaborative networks within the ODNI and across the IC.
Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements:
Knowledge in area of subject matter expertise.
Ability to effectively plan, research, develop, and write high-quality, complex analyses, studies, projects, assignments, and briefings on key US foreign policy and national security objectives for IC consumers and policymakers at the highest levels of government.
Ability to apply expert knowledge of ODNI, IC organizations, and relevant customer organizations or operations (e.g., military, policymakers, and law enforcement), in order to effectively translate their requirements and provide appropriate output or responses to meet customer needs.
Flexibility and ability to remain open-minded and change opinions based on new information and requirements; ability to support group decisions and solicit opinions from coworkers.
Ability to oversee and direct information sharing programs and promote information sharing practices across the ODNI and IC.
Analytic and critical thinking skills, including superior ability to think strategically.
Ability to execute senior-level guidance in a fast-paced environment and to translate strategic goals into specific objectives.
Interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills in working with individuals at the highest levels of the IC and government in justifying, defending, negotiating, and resolving analytic disagreements.
Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment.
Creative problem-solving skills and initiative in carrying out mission responsibilities.
Applicants must have at minimum a Bachelor's degree in terrorism or counterterrorism studies or a related field, such as foreign policy, international studies, political science, or security studies, or at least three years of experience in all-source analysis at a national intelligence agency, federal law enforcement organization, service component, or combatant command.
To be considered qualified, applicants should submit a resume, cover letter, names and contact information for previous supervisors, and a 1-2 page qualifications statement that aligns their experience and skills to the requirements listed above.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide an analytic writing sample as well.
Desired Requirements:
Prior work experience or advanced academic study on counterterrorism issues, foreign terrorist organizations, radicalization, terrorism prevention programming, critical infrastructure, or regional issues in the Americas, Europe, and Eurasia.
Experience with threat network development and threat network analysis tradecraft.
Experience with analytic tradecraft or methodologies, to include qualitative and quantitative methods.
Arabic or other foreign language skills.
Education
Applicants must have at minimum a Bachelor's degree in terrorism or counterterrorism studies or a related field, such as foreign policy, international studies, political science, or security studies.
Contacts
- Address DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
Director Of National Intelligence
Washington, DC 20511
US
- Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
- Email: [email protected]
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