Job opening: Intelligence Research Specialist
Salary: $117 962 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Sep 24 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Office of Rewards for Justice (RFJ), Directorate of Threat Investigations and Analysis (TIA), Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS). You will be assigned responsibility within the Source Management Group (SMG) and be required to provide technical research and analytical expertise, guidance, and support to RFJ activities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, and other interagency (IA) partners.
Duties
Develops and implements strategies to identify and anticipate trends in the activities and relationships among entities in the network; identifies and prioritizes intelligence gaps and determines and drives the appropriate collection actions needed.
Develops and projects data, draws conclusions, and estimates probabilities based upon knowledge of current and past intelligence situations and an understanding of the significance of conditions and trends in the areas of specialization.
Plans, develops, and leads in-depth all-source research and analysis, using both traditional and non-traditional classified and unclassified sources of intelligence.
Promotes and coordinates regular communications with internal and external peers and experts to collaborate on intelligence issues and provide expert guidance.
Serves as liaison with other Department officials and the U.S. intelligence community.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
- Obtain/maintain eligibility to access Sensitive Compartmented Information
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/
Qualifications
Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.
NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.
Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.
Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
- Experience utilizing the theories/principles of intelligence collection, counterintelligence and related disciplines in order to analyze and evaluate foreign intelligence threats and counterintelligence issues. - Experience assessing the relevancy and implications of intelligence and counterintelligence developments in a geographic area.
- Experience preparing intelligence reports and delivering briefings on intelligence/counterintelligence issues. - Experience interacting with and maintaining relationships with members of the intelligence community in order to obtain/exchange foreign intelligence information and issues.
There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position.
Education
Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.
Contacts
- Address U.S. Department of State
1801 N. Lynn St
SA-20 9th fl
Attn: DS/EX/HRM
Rosslyn, Virginia 22209
United States
- Name: B.Jackson
- Phone: 571-345-3760
- Email: [email protected]
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