INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

This National Guard position is for an INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D1647P01 and is part of the 178 ISRG, Ohio Air National Guard.

The primary purpose of the position is to perform specialized intelligence duties as a Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance unit crew commander and to train assigned military unit members in the duties and functions associated with multi-intelligence Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination activities.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education, or training which demonstrates administrative, professional, investigative, or technical work requiring the ability to deal effectively with others, to collect, evaluate and organize pertinent facts.

Experience preparing clear and concise written reports.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience, education or training developing and recommending policy, organizing and carrying out specific programs, evaluating and recommending changes in methods of intelligence operations.

Experience in administrative, investigative, or technical work which required the applicant to deal effectively with others.

Experience collecting, evaluating and organizing pertinent facts and to analyze and prepare clear and concise reports.

To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Major Duties:

As an INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, GS-0132-12, you will perform the following duties:

Serves as a ISR unit crew commander, responsible and accountable for all facets of ISR unit operations and production to include time critical targeting (TCT), direct threat warning, battle damage assessment, combat identification, combat search and rescue, multi-INT correlation, threat analysis, mapping, intelligence preparation of the battlespace, situation monitoring, and mission reporting.

Directs multi-INT correlation of data from multiple intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms and intelligence products.

Approves dynamic sensor re-tasking and updates to navigation and collection plans based on time critical information and cross-cueing sensor/tip-offs from other platforms.

Assesses incoming and exploited mission data and provides cross-cueing sensor/tip-offs to other platforms and exploitation sections improving multi-INT correlation.

Ensures crewmembers are updating Air Force ISR unit components and C4I nodes on mission findings.

Ensures information is dispatched to National Agencies, Joint Commands, Air Force MAJCOMs, and AOCs to insure receipt for timely insertion into the aerospace campaign plan.

Establishes crewmember duties relating to the reception and correlation of multi-INT reports, tasking requests, and updated collection plans.

Dynamically manages mission planning, programming, and reprogramming of ISR assets (ISR battle management), including commercial satellites, and allocate the reconnaissance workload across platforms, and verify automated and combined navigation and imagery intelligence (IMINT), signals intelligence (SIGINT), and measurements and signatures intelligence (MASINT) collection plans for each mission.

Leads pre-mission conferences to outline mission objectives, potential threats, and possible outcomes.

Provides input on performance evaluation, career guidance, and technical assistance to full-time and traditional intelligence personnel.

Establishes intelligence information requirements, procedures, and work schedules not predetermined by higher headquarters.

Assigns in writing specific programs and duties to full-time and traditional intelligence personnel in accordance with applicable Air Force, MAJCOM, and ANG instructions.

Develops and refines tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) and concepts of operations (CONOPS) to resolve unprecedented intelligence problems and develops experimental approaches and solutions.

Reviews and approves post-mission reports containing the analysis derived from each exploitation function. Prepares and releases the final ISR unit crew commander post-mission report.

Briefs analysis findings and estimates to the unit commander and mission planners.

Publishes finished reports and documents for use by decision-makers in the squadron, AOC, Air Force MAJCOMs, Joint Commands, and the National Agencies.

Researches, analyzes, and plans overall ISR unit crew exploitation activities in preparation for operational missions. Manages allotted resources for operations and analysis activities.

Communicates with other intelligence departments and agencies to share data and techniques, findings, and planning for future operations.

Assures ISR unit crews maintain the capability to provide timely and accurate operational intelligence support and fully trained intelligence personnel during exercises and contingency operations.

Coordinates with the gaining command on operational intelligence elements needed to carry out coordination and liaison with counterparts and colleagues in such other major command intelligence organizations as Air Combat Command (ACC), National Guard Bureau (NGB), United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and such other governmental agencies as Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Security Agency (NSA), US Space Command (SPACECOM), Air Intelligence Agency (AIA), US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Incumbent represents the organization at interagency conferences and meetings that deal with specialty functions and internal training requirements at the unit level.

Recognized as an organization expert within functional assignment. Serves as the unit authority on all aspects of ISR unit internal training.

Commits personnel to missions and special exercises, including coordinating with outside agencies, under the general direction of the unit commander.

Represents the unit in making agreements and commitments within the scope of his/her assigned functional area of expertise. Performs other duties as assigned.

*The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.

A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (D1647P01). https://acpol2.army.mil/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp