Are you interested in a rewarding and challenging career? Join the Department of Justice! The mission of the OCDETF Program is to reduce the supply of illegal drugs in the United States and diminish the violence and other criminal activity associated with the drug trade. To accomplish this mission, the OCDETF Program leverages the skills and expertise of prosecutors and agents from federal, state, and local agencies to combat the most prolific drug trafficking and money laundering organizations.

Duties

As an Intelligence Research Specialist GS-0132-13, your typical work assignments may include the following: -Execute complex intelligence analysis, monitor, review, and analyze intelligence traffic from multiple sources advising on specific concerns. -Analyze information on target individuals and/or organizations by identifying relevant data sources, and extracting and validating data. -Identify and utilize a variety of law enforcement and intelligence databases to monitor and conduct research activities. -Interpret intelligence and raw data and devise position after assessing diverse source materials, often fragmentary, inconsistent, and unsubstantiated. -Perform complex, large-scale projects that generate complicated intelligence research questions and require novel approaches and the flow of intelligence information between agencies and anti-terrorism organizations. -Prepare comprehensive and authoritative written intelligence products that fully document research and analytical efforts, including projections, conclusions and recommendations. -Identify the need for further research, analysis, or investigation and make decisions concerning the consolidation and dissemination of information to various law enforcement agencies and other organizations.

Requirements

• You must be a United States Citizen or National.
• You will be required to complete a pre-employment security investigation and background check which includes a drug screening.
• You may be required to complete a one-year probationary or two-year trial period.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born on, or after, December 31st 1959. Those not registered should have an approved exemption on file.
• You must meet all eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement and continue to meet these requirements throughout the hiring process. Offers can be rescinded if requirements are not met.
• Financial Disclosure: If selected, you may be required to disclose financial information in accordance with DOJ and Federal ethics guidelines.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement, at any time, if openings occur in other offices serviced by Justice Management Division, HR Operations.

Qualifications

To qualify for the position of Intelligence Research Specialist at (GS-0132-12), you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below AND possess the required specialized experience specific to this series and grade you're applying to. If you are a current or former government employee on a permanent appointment in the competitive service, you will need to demonstrate 1-year (52-weeks) at the next lower grade level, to meet the time-in-grade requirements for this occupational series and grade. Additionally, please ensure to submit an applicable SF50 (please refer to the "required documents" section for additional information). Specialized Experience GS-13: I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the federal service which includes: Executing difficult strategic intelligence assignments requiring collection, analysis, evaluation, interpretation and dissemination of vital intelligence information; Recognizing conditions, trends or influences in foreign and domestic areas which directly or indirectly affect national security; Managing intelligence data and maintaining databases to store and process technical or operational drug law enforcement information. You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including Time-in-Grade, by the closing date of this announcement. Your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating. See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume.

Education

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements, please see the statements below: Education must be reviewed and certified by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, in order for it to be creditable towards your qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For more information about this requirement, please visit the U.S. Department of Education website for Foreign Education

All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Contacts

• Address Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces 2 Constitution Square 145 N Street NE Room 9W.300 Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Joel Schielie
• Phone: 202-702-5700
• Email: [email protected]