The National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center (NCBC) leads the Intelligence Community and the interagency to counter and halt the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems, related technologies, and expertise. The NCBC also serves as the lead for the integration, mission management, and coordination of intelligence activities pertaining to biosecurity and foreign biological threats

Duties

Serve as a subject matter expert responsible for Weapons of mass Destruction (WMD) and biosecurity collection issues within NCBCs Office of Mission Integration, and the Intelligence Community (IC) broadly, to counter WMD and biosecurity threats. Lead planning and development of integrated collection strategies to address critical gaps in IC posture against priority WMD and biosecurity issues, foster collaboration between collectors, operators, and analysts; monitor and evaluate results. Work collaboratively with NCBC, ODNI/IC, and USG partners to develop and implement innovative collection approaches and provide structured recommendations to advance the IC and USG capabilities to counter the proliferation of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and their delivery systems, and address biosecurity challenges. Promote use of best practices and to ensure common collection approaches across the Collection Integration Group (CIG). Plan and complete assessments of the IC's progress towards mission and enterprise strategic objectives and determine how well the IC is postured for future environments. Initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships within the ODNI, IC, USG, industry and academic partners, and with foreign counterparts to advance IC collection objectives. Lead group efforts with interagency outreach, education, and advocacy to ensure that stakeholders understand counterproliferation and biosecurity collection capabilities, challenges, and organization. Advocate for resources as required. Represent NCBC, ODNI, and the IC at national security meetings, committees, task forces, and working groups, and serve as a focal point for any tasks related to counterproliferation or biosecurity collection. Engage senior IC leadership on strategic priorities, opportunities, gaps, and interdependencies to link resources to strategy; plan and communicate emerging strategic issues and trends, evaluate them in context of U.S. Government plans, and make recommendations for improvements. Lead, plan, and prepare collection-focused national security memos, presentations, and annual reports related to counterproliferation and biosecurity.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements: Extensive knowledge of strategy development and planning and a demonstrated ability to identify emerging trends and strategic issues and incorporate these into organizational strategic plans. Extensive experience collaborating with IC partners to determine sufficiency of existing information on strategic threats, identifying key information gaps on these topics, and developing and executing multi-INT collection strategies to close identified information gaps. Substantial knowledge of and experience and knowledge of conducting collection requirements reviews and utilizing IC and DOD collection management processes and tools. Extensive experience building and leading a community of interest of multi-INT IC and/or DOD professionals to accomplish common mission objectives. Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, and management skills to conceptualize and effectively lead complex projects and manage competing priorities with limited supervision; superior ability to work with and represent NCBC in diverse forums to the counterproliferation and biosecurity communities on complex issues. Demonstrated superior critical thinking skills related to collection operations or collection management, including demonstrated ability to think strategically, to identify intelligence requirements, and to develop innovative recommendations and implement solutions. Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/08/2024. Degree: Bachelor's degree in a field related to intelligence studies, chemical sciences, biological sciences, physics, biosecurity, or weapons of mass destruction; Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field related to biological technology, biological manufacturing, biological sciences, bioengineering, intelligence and security, physics, national security, weapons of mass destruction, counterproliferation, or biosecurity. or Combination of education and experience: At least 10 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of college-level education, training and experience, executing intelligence operations or collection management; strategic planning and implementation; developing and implementing integrated strategies to address collection gaps relating to weapons of mass destruction, counterproliferation, and biosecurity. The overall rating evaluation of qualifications will also include the following competencies: Ability to Focus on the End Goal Attention to Detail Collaboration/Networking with Customers, Outside Experts, Peers, and Senior Policymakers Collegiality Communication (Verbal and Written) Critical Thinking Flexibility/Managing Competing Deadlines Influencing/Negotiating Interpersonal Effectiveness Positive Attitude Problem Solving Resourcefulness Think Effectively on Your Feet Understanding of Acquisition Process Understanding the Problem before Attempting Solutions Translating Complex Information for Executive Audiences Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. Desired Requirements: Demonstrated negotiation and leadership skills, the ability to exert influence and build consensus, and experience in reconciling competing interests. Significant experience and knowledge of WMD, counterproliferation, and biosecurity issues, including the intersection of collection needs and the analytic process, and support to USG efforts to counter WMD. Demonstrated experience and knowledge of intelligence needs of USG customers of counterproliferation and biosecurity customers, including intelligence needed to support international arms control treaties and export control regimes, negotiate United Nations Security Council Resolutions, conduct USG strategic messaging, improve security at foreign facilities holding WMD or biothreat material, disrupt WMD-related networks, or inform demilitarization and countermeasure efforts.

Education

Bachelor's degree.

Contacts

• Address OFFICE OF MISSION INTERGRATION Director Of National Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US
• Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
• Email: [email protected]