This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Radiological/Nuclear Threats Branch Chief within the DHS CWMD Intelligence Division. The Division provides strategic and operational threat analysis and expertise, ensuring DHS and its partners have the required intelligence to protect against WMD and other related threats. This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a Supervisory Intelligence Operations Specialist, GS-0132-15, your typical work assignments may include: Interacting with other government entities ranging from cabinet level to departments to lower-level government agencies; notifying senior leadership withing Department of Homeland Security enterprise and the greater intelligence community of time sensitive events. Coordinating operations with other government agencies to promote mutual cooperation in areas that can be combined for more effective results in area of information collaborations. Evaluating overall performance, and ensuring that each employee accomplishes a satisfactory amount and quality of work in a timely manner. Recommending projects or studies to advance the state of the art in developing timely situational awareness of terrorist threats and posting it to the intelligence community. 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.
• Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-15 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal government, performing duties such as: Providing the US government with current situational awareness of global and domestic Weapons Mass Destruction and Medical threat events. Presenting briefings to senior level US government officials and, foreign government representatives, support National Security Special Events, crises, and national-level exercises; and coordinating Federal interagency dynamics, interactions, and exchanges. Serving as nationally recognized and respected authority on diverse range of current intelligence and the policies, procedures, and methods required to keep federal agencies informed of events. 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. Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement. 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. This is a Drug Testing Designated Position (TDP) and is covered by the Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Drug-Free Workplace Program. The incumbent is required to sign a Condition of Employment form (for certain positions identified as critical under the drug testing program) and must pass urinalysis testing, as required prior to appointment, reassignment, or transfer, and employee will be subject to random testing while employed with the Department in a TDP.

Education

Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: USAJobs Customer Care Center
• Phone: 317-212-0454
• Email: [email protected]