Chief Africa CT

Full Job Description

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives.

FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question.

By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).

How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government?

Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness?

Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?

Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.

How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements?

Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Required Qualifications: Extensive knowledge of IC policy and procedures and demonstrated knowledge of analytic tradecraft.

Demonstrated interpersonal skills, corporate approach, and aptitude at building consensus.

Demonstrated ability to manage and promote the development and use of a broad range of methodological tools and approaches to research, analyze, and present information.

Broad experience successfully mentoring or developing analysts. Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Desired Skills At least ten years' experience as an intelligence analyst at a national agency, federal law enforcement agency, service component, or combatant command.

Experience working analytic issues related to counterterrorism issues in Africa. Experience as a first-line analytic supervisor.

Demonstrated ability to effectively plan and manage the development of high-quality, complex analyses, studies, projects, assignments, and briefings on key US foreign policy and national security objectives focused on a specific regional area for IC consumers and policymakers at the highest levels of government.

Major Duties:

The National Counterterrorism Center's Directorate of Intelligence (NCTC/DI) is seeking a highly motivated officer to lead a high-performing team of officers working to combating terrorism in a significant geographic region of the world.

Qualified candidates can anticipate challenging and rewarding responsibilities driving the IC's understanding of key counterterrorism issues in Africa.

This officer would guide the team's rigorous research, pursuit of information, and collaboration to develop unique and insightful analysis that help policymakers make informed national security and foreign policy decisions.

Additionally, the selected candidate will be expected to: Manage a professional staff in the planning and production of a broad range of finished intelligence products in support of United States (US) foreign policy and national security objectives and serve as an expert within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

Manage staff in the development and implementation of strategies to identify gaps in highly complex analytical information and assess source information for accuracy, validity, relevance, and timeliness.

Provide leadership and strategic direction for the division, manage the flow of taskings, and encourage teamwork and collaboration with counterparts throughout NCTC, ODNI, and the IC.

Mentor and develop analysts of varying experience levels and evaluate the performance of analysts from different career services, each with its own unique expectations, opportunities, and performance review systems.

Help drive the group's analytic program, ensuring that products incorporate the highest IC tradecraft standards and capitalize on NCTC's unique data accesses and tools.