Job opening: Intelligence Research Specialist
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Jan 30 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You are encouraged to read the entire announcement before you submit your application package. Your application may not receive full consideration if you do not follow the instructions as outlined.
This position is located in the Washington, DC Commuting Area in the Office of Security, Counterterrorism and Information Security Division (SEC/CTIS), at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Duties
Evaluate large volumes of information and screen, synthesize, and translate it into strategically relevant intelligence to provide USAID leaders with a decision advantage.
Provide intelligence briefings for USAID leadership and produce products, threat assessments and intelligence reports on broad, exceptionally complex or susceptible issues that affect USAID missions.
Provide accurate, thorough, timely, and usable intelligence analysis while demonstrating the use of sound analytical tradecraft, proper data sets and methodologies.
Advance inter- and intra-agency coordination and collaboration to collect and share information of intelligence value to fill information gaps.
Identify existing data gaps and request research or reports necessary to strengthen intelligence in those areas.
Provide interpretation of intelligence analyses and draft critical interagency intelligence assessments.
Requirements
- United States Citizenship is required.
- Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
- Males born after 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
- You may be required to serve a one-year trial period.
- Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required
- These are Testing Designated Positions (TDP's) under the Agency's approved Drug-Free Work Place Program. All applicants selected for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.
Qualifications
ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration.
Specialized Experience:
GS-13: One year of specialized experience is required that is equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Examples of qualifying specialized experience at the next lower level for this position include: a) Providing senior officials with all-source intelligence analysis focusing on strategic, operational, or tactical analysis of geographic regions and issues that affect national security; b) Employing established techniques to evaluate all-source information and reach analytical judgments; AND c) Liaising with counterparts in other intelligence agencies to create professional relationships.
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, relevant to the duties of the position to be filled, including volunteer experience.
CTAP/ICTAP candidates will be referred to the selecting official if they are found well qualified. Well-qualified means an eligible employee who possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities which clearly exceed the minimum requirements of the position. A well-qualified employee must meet the qualification and eligibility requirements of the position, including any medical qualifications, suitability, and minimum education and experience requirements, meet all selective factors (where applicable); meet quality ranking factors and are assigned to the Silver Category or higher Category; be physically qualified with reasonable accommodation to perform the essential duties of the position; meet any special qualifying U.S. OPM-approved conditions; AND be able to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry without additional training.
A well-qualified candidate will not necessarily meet the definition of highly or best qualified when evaluated against other candidates who apply for a particular position. In the absence of selective and quality ranking factors, selecting officials will document the job-related reason(s) for qualification determinations.
Education
This position does not have a positive education requirement, therefore, transcripts are not required.
Contacts
- Address Office of Security
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20523
US
- Name: USAID HR Help Desk
- Phone: 202-712-1234 X2
- Email: [email protected]
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