The Policy & Capabilities Directorate ensures the IC is best postured for the threats and challenges of an uncertain future, through strategy, policy, and capabilities development. Comprised of 7 organizations, PC oversees IC Human Capital; Acquisition, Procurement & Facilities; Intelligence Advance Research Projects Activity; Science & Technology Group; Requirements, Cost & Effectiveness; Policy & Strategy; and Data and Partnership Interoperability.

Duties

Plan, promote, produce and develop a broad range of policies, processes, and guidance on subject areas including counterintelligence (CI), counterterrorism (CT), counterproliferation (CP), Cyber, Information Sharing Environment (ISE), Information Technology (IT), Human Capital (HC), Security, or other enabling functions, and intelligence disciplines and communicate these policies, processes, and guidelines to community stakeholders. Plan and conduct the review and analysis of policies, processes, and guidelines that are contained in United States Government (U.S.) Government and Intelligence Community (IC) Directives, Policy Guidance, Standards, plans, and memoranda to ensure equities are addressed and relevant concerns are resolved. Plan, develop, and provide substantive intelligence briefings, presentations, reports, and other materials to inform senior leadership and other stakeholders on policy issues. Plan, research, produce, and communicate trends and developments to organizational leadership, senior policymakers, and other senior U.S. Government officials. Plan, develop, and promote communications that increase stakeholders', consumers', IC colleagues', and U.S. Government executive agents' overall understanding of U.S. Government and IC policies and processes, and procedures to promote mission effectiveness. Plan and develop communications and reports that address Executive Branch taskings and Congressional hearings, to include the production and coordination of executive-level briefings; represent organizational equities to the IC, and other government agencies at meetings, conferences, and other public fora. Conduct substantive reviews of an extensive volume of written materials, and prepare or contribute to written and verbal products including congressional testimony or responses to inquiries, senior-level issue papers or briefings, and letters and memoranda. Initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, experts, IC members, and policy committees and use these relationships to share information of IC interest; attend internal and external training, seminars, or conferences on broad intelligence topics or more strategic subject areas.

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 IC and related U.S. Government policies, directives, and standard operating procedures and demonstrated ability to develop a broad range of IC-wide policies, processes, and guidelines. Extensive knowledge of the U.S. Government and its IC components, missions, and interrelationships and experience working either with or in a major U.S. Government or IC organization; extensive understanding of the authorities, roles, and responsibilities of the organizations within the IC community. Extensive knowledge of and demonstrated experience in the research, formulation, development, and coordination of national level policies and directives, including extensive knowledge of qualitative and/or quantitative methods for policy development and assessment. Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge of ODNI and IC organizations and relevant customer organizations or operations (e.g., intelligence disciplines, military, policymakers, and law enforcement) in order to effectively address their national intelligence requirements and provide appropriate policy responses to meet IC needs. Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative environment effectively with senior officials, management, teams, and colleagues. Demonstrated written and oral communication skills with demonstrated ability to articulate complex intelligence issues to a wide audience, including the ability to write policy or analytic products for the senior U.S. Government officials and the IC workforce. Demonstrated ability to build and sustain professional networks and collaborate with both management and staff to continuously improve community relationships, products, and services. Demonstrated project leadership capabilities, including the ability to effectively coordinate business processes, deliver within time constraints, manage competing priorities, and adjust quickly to deal with time sensitive requirements. Minimum of 10 years government experience. Applicants must submit a 1-3 page writing sample.

Education

Bachelor's Degree.

Contacts

• Address POLICY AND STRATEGY Director Of National Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US
• Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
• Email: [email protected]