Directorate Mission Statement: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Directorate for Mission Integration (MI) creates a consistent and holistic view of intelligence from collection to analysis and serves as the Director of National Intelligence's (DNI) principal advisor on all aspects of intelligence. MI integrates mission capabilities, informs enterprise resource and policy decisions, and ensures the delivery of timely, objective, accurate, and relevant intelligence.

Duties

Component Mission Statement: The National Intelligence Council (NIC) consists of the most senior intelligence analysts supporting the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in carrying out responsibilities as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC) and as the principal adviser to the President for intelligence matters related to national security. The NIC produces a variety of all-source, IC coordinated intelligence reports, including its flagship product, the National Intelligence Estimate, which represents the Intelligence Community's most authoritative statement on a key national security issue. Lead the Intelligence Community's (IC) production of strategic analyses on issues of importance to United States (US) interests in African issues and advise the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on key developments and issues. Lead and oversee the preparation, production, and coordination of National Intelligence Estimates and other community-coordinated papers (Intelligence Community Assessments and Sense of the Community Memoranda). Provide expert analytical assessments to the DNI regarding Sub-Saharan Africa. Lead, plan, and oversee the preparation of background papers and briefing books for the DNI's participation in National Security Council, Cabinet meetings, and other senior-level policymaking meetings. Provide strategic guidance, direction, and leadership to establish national intelligence collection and analysis priorities, and in doing so identity critical intelligence gaps and support collection initiatives based on customer needs and analytic requirements. Lead, plan, and facilitate community sessions attended by IC specialists and non-US Government subject matter experts to address major events and trends in Sub-Saharan Africa. Represent the IC, DNI, National Intelligence Council (NIC), and the National Intelligence Officers (NIO) in the sessions. Maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, experts, IC members, policy committees, and law enforcement agencies as appropriate and use these relationships to share information of interest; attend internal and external training, seminars, or conferences on broad or more strategic subject areas Brief senior IC members, policymakers, military decision makers, members of Congress, and other major stakeholders on African issues. Review and analyze IC analytic components; research and production plans regarding Africa, identify redundancies and gaps, direct strategies to address gaps, and advise the DNI on gaps and shortfalls in analytic capabilities across the IC. Establish and foster liaison relationships with IC analysts, analytic managers, and collection managers as well as academia, the business community, and other non-government subject matter experts to ensure the IC has a comprehensive understanding of emerging regional trends. Support and/or act for the National Intelligence Officer for Africa. Build, and leverage diverse collaborative networks with the ODNI and across the IC

Requirements

Qualifications

Thorough knowledge on a region or functional intelligence topic within Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as a deep understanding of relevant US foreign policy priorities; proven ability to synthesize complex issues involving Africa for senior policymakers. This posting is not restricted to a particular region; applicants are encouraged to reach out to the NIO-Africa team for more information. Thorough knowledge of the IC's analytic and collection communities and missions for Africa sufficient to lead the IC's analytic production and identify collection requirements and gaps. Thorough interpersonal, organizational, and management skills and an expert ability to conceptualize and effectively lead complex analytic projects and promote consensus building across the IC when analytic views differ across agencies. Thorough oral and written communications skills, including an expert ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the IC, deliver effective oral presentations, prepare finished intelligence assessments and other written products with emphasis on clear organization and logical presentation, and represent the NIC in interagency meetings. Ability to execute senior-level guidance in a fast paced environment and ability to translate strategic goals into specific objectives with appropriate metrics and methods to track progress towards meeting those goals Thorough knowledge of collection requirements and proven experience driving collection and identifying collection gaps. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple short-term and longer-term tasks and projects and perform senior staff functions as required. Thorough knowledge of and ability to apply research capabilities and analytic, diagnostic, and qualitative techniques in order to produce authoritative finished intelligence products; expert ability to employ new methodological approaches to analyze information. Bachelor's degree in subject matter area, or closely related discipline.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Contacts

• Address NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL Director Of National Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US
• Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
• Email: [email protected]