Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This position is a Supervisory Intelligence Operations Specialist responsible for managing a team of intelligence/counterintelligence operations specialists performing work associated with assessing open source, operational, and vetting information and all-source intelligence in addition to developing timely intelligence/counterintelligence reports, products, and memorandums on adversary tactics, threats/risks to transportation sectors domestically and abroad, as well as engaging with internal and external partners and customers. You will perform the following duties Monitors intelligence/counterintelligence reporting and oversees/guides analysis and production aligned to priority intelligence requirements, office objectives and requirements, and emerging customer requests. Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Oversees the production of products and briefings on multiple, varying, complex, specialized threat and/or risk information relating to transportation equities for operational components, private industry and/or foreign transportation security stakeholders at headquarters and/or in the field, enabling customers to implement new rules, regulations, and policies in response to evolving threats. Develops standard operating procedures, policies, and guidance to ensure analysts' compliance in adhering to policies and procedures for conceptualizing, researching, and writing specialized analyses of varying complexity on terrorist, foreign intelligence entities, or other threats/incidents affecting transportation security in order to advance understanding of threats to transportation, and inform development of new operational rules, regulations, and policies. Collaborates with divisional leadership to develop customer engagement strategies and training plans, and policies, and guidance to ensure compliance. Leverages intelligence/counterintelligence community expertise to implement novel analytic techniques to advance understanding of transportation threats, and provide value added analyses to operational components and private industry stakeholders. Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in directing work of subordinate staff. Coordinates and evaluates subordinates' work to assure balanced workload and timely responses to assigned actions. Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. Develops job descriptions and assigns work to subordinates based on priorities. Determines selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Hears and resolves complaints from assigned personnel and refers unresolved matters to higher authority. Note: The duties are at the full SV-J performance level. Supervisory/Managerial duties includes serving as a first line supervisor for the organization. This includes but is not limited to: assigning work, setting priorities, and reviewing and evaluating work and performance of subordinates; approving leave; coaching and developing employees; recommending corrective or disciplinary actions; assisting in budget planning and projecting short-term needs; managing projects within assigned resources; resolving routine problems that typically impact the objectives of the organizational unit; and when required, coordinating with customers outside the immediate organization.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify at the SV-J (GS-14) grade level: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-0132-I (GS-13) in Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all the following: Experience applying intelligence/counterintelligence concepts, principles, methods, and techniques to monitor and oversee the review of intelligence products based on multiple information sources; and) Developing intelligence program processes, procedures, and guidance and enforcing employee compliance on following the policies and guidelines; and) Providing leadership over a team of subordinates in developing assigning tasks, providing direction, and monitoring task completion. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address OS - TAD- Intelligence and Analysis 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]