About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the Strategic Systems Support Element HQ's Element, Alexandria, Virginia.

Duties

Serves as a Branch Chief for a thirteen (13) person all-source targeting officer (TO) detachment. As the Branch Chief, participates in coordinating and monitoring analytic and targeting efforts focused on threat determination and counterterrorism options development in support of counterterrorism operations. Coordinates and monitors the preparation and presentation of assessments, raw intelligence reports, targeting packages, briefings and other media - making the analysis available throughout the Intelligence Community. Recommends employees for promotion, awards, training, and other personnel actions. Develops and implements strategies to assure proper alignment of available targeting resources to effectively meet operational requirements. Attends meetings and conferences at the national level to plan intelligence support for operations.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET (TS) security clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a T5 (or equivalent) investigation.
• Must pass the organization's Personnel Reliability Program which includes credit check, drug screening, polygraph and psychological evaluation.
• Must sign a statement attesting to the understanding of DCIPS provisions as indicated in AR 690-13.
• Travel may be required up to 50% of the time.
• Must be willing and able to participate in organization operations and training within and outside of the continental United States.
• May be required to work overtime or irregular hours.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Staff Like Access with Other Governmental Agencies.
• Must successfully graduate the organizational Targeting Officer Training Course within one year of employment. This course includes both survivability and analytic training.
• Required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450. *For more information, please see the 'Additional Information' section of this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) EmployeeCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience: 1. Planning, conducting and coordinating intelligence analysis and targeting support to operations. 2. Preparing and presenting intelligence assessments, raw intelligence reports, targeting packages and intelligence briefings. 3. Leading and participating in analytic liaison with counterpart specialists within the military and intelligence community. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-13). Progressively responsible experience is that which has included intelligence-related research, analysis, collections and /or operations. This experience should have included intelligence analysis and/or production, intelligence collection and/or operations, counterintelligence, or threat support directly related to the position to be filled. This experience should demonstrate: Knowledge of intelligence processes, cycle and organizations; Knowledge of and/or ability to use research tools such as library holdings, photographs, statistics, graphics and maps; Knowledge of the systems, procedures and methods of analyzing, compiling, reporting and disseminating intelligence data; and/or Knowledge of organization(s) for and methods of collecting and analyzing intelligence data.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address ST-IC-W4JLAA STRATEGIC SYSTEMS SUPPORT ELEMENT DO NOT MAIL Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]