This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Intelligence Officer in an established, geographic area for the Office of Regional Intelligence, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the Department of Homeland Security. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a Intelligence Operations Specialist, GS-0132-14, your typical work assignments may include: Applies expertise in homeland security matters and couples it with expertise in analytic, collection and information sharing tradecraft and execution. Maintains situational awareness of all homeland security threats in area of responsibility and guides actions to develop recommendations to leadership. Advises and provides consultation on intelligence information and the dissemination of multi-source intelligence and other finished intelligence products. Provides intelligence support to fusion centers, other state, local, tribal, territorial (SLTT) and private sector (PS) partners, DHS Components and other members of the Intelligence Community (IC). Creates, enables and facilitates trusted partnerships and two-way flow of timely, accurate, actionable homeland security information between these partners and across the Homeland Security, Intelligence and Law Enforcement communities. Prepares and presents high level briefings. Researches and determines or recommends appropriate actions or interpretation of issues impacting the region though the production of regional perspectives. Produces analytic products, including joint analytic production with federal and SLTT partners on a variety of Homeland Security topics. Assists fusion centers and SLTT partners with the development of analytical production plans and products on Homeland Security topics. Conducts and oversees complex multi-source intelligence activities, focusing on the integration of local information into national IC priority frameworks. Establishes intelligence production, collection and information collection goals and objectives within their assigned geographic area and completes tasks to accomplish goals with minimal supervision. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5-business day open period due to the number of applications received. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must submit to a pre-employment drug test.
• You may be required to serve a two-year trial period.
• Acceptance of an excepted service appointment from applicants in the competitive service will require a written statement of understanding when voluntarily leaving the competitive service.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
• Overnight Travel of 1-5 nights per month may be required.
• May be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays and/or overtime, and/or 24/7 shift schedules, and/or on-call and standby duty status.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
• Position requires acceptance of a Mobility Agreement.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-14 grade level if you possess the specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service or private sector equivalent experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: Supporting ongoing or emerging substantive intelligence collection and dissemination activities in any established specialty area. Conducting a variety of complex assignments within his/her area of responsibility and conducting and directing in-depth research and analysis in support of homeland security. Working with public and private sector partners to create and information-sharing environment for the purposes of bi-directional information sharing. Collecting and analyzing information of intelligence value to identify trends, patterns, and indicators of threats to homeland security. Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

Not Applicable

Contacts

• Address IC-DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis 3801 Nebraska Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 US
• Name: Amy Lenderman
• Email: [email protected]