INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

This National Guard position is for a INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D1659000 and is part of the Oregon Air National Guard 142nd Wing, National Guard.

Areas of Consideration: Area 1 - Current permanent and indefinite T32 technicians of the Oregon ANG. Area 2 - Current permanent and indefinite T5 employees of the Oregon ANG.

Area 3 - Current service members in the Oregon ANG.

GENERAL and SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Work involves the collection, analysis, development, protection and dissemination of intelligence information which directly or indirectly affects the national security.

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. GS-11 and above - Must have 1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level.

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. Major Duties:

As a INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, GS-0132-12, this position is located in the Intelligence Operations function within Air Operations of Air National Guard flying units.

This position serves as an Intelligence Analyst for the assigned Wing and as such is responsible to provide training, advise on, administer and disseminate intelligence information.

This work directly supports military operations in mission areas such as low intensity conflict, homeland defense, Force Protection, counter-terrorism, show-of-force, special operations, alert homeland defense, combat operations, and/or intelligence collection missions.

Incumbent is recognized as an expert on intelligence issues affecting the assigned Wing by unit leadership, operations personnel as well as other intelligence personnel from outside the unit.

Incumbent maintains continuing liaison with intelligence counterparts throughout the Air Force, Intelligence Community, and other military services in order to exploit all sources of information.

Participates in collective estimative and interagency products and processes, including preparing and presenting all-source intelligence briefings to Air Force Major Commands (MAJCOMs), Air Force (AF), Department of Defense (DoD) and other governmental agencies.

1) Serves as the unit's expert intelligence analyst for the commander and staff on all intelligence matters, including intelligence processes, support requirements, technical aspects of weapons systems, and terrorist operational methods.

Maintains overall responsibility for daily-integrated intelligence support, to include any alert, crisis, and Force Protection situations.

Assures the Intelligence function maintains a capability to provide timely and accurate operational intelligence support and fully trained intelligence personnel during peacetime and contingency operations.

Plans, develops, and manages work schedules for intelligence activities during all phases of unit operations, including Unit Training Assemblies (UTA), Annual Training (AT), and unit deployments.

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

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

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

Gains and maintains Global Situational Awareness (GSA) in order to quickly and accurately advise commanders/decision-makers on possible enemy courses of action.

GSA requires analytical expertise and time/stress management skills to accurately draw conclusions by combining raw intelligence from multiple, unrelated sources into a finished product.

Incumbent passes findings to commanders, staff, intelligence personnel, aircrews, and support personnel.

GSA products include but are not limited to threat analysis, area studies, current intelligence briefings, and long-range estimative studies.

Manages the collection, production and dissemination of intelligence products in the unit and to higher headquarters and agencies.

Projects future intelligence data requirements and future threat scenarios based upon intelligence.

Fills in gaps in intelligence reporting with past knowledge of operations and known enemy course of action. Prepares comprehensive intelligence annexes to unit operations plans and orders.

Researches, evaluates, integrates, and analyzes all-source data in the preparation of clear, concise, in-depth intelligence analytical products focusing on the threats to air operations, including the operational concepts of military forces and trends with potential military implications (e.g.

research and development; production; delivery systems; doctrine; and capabilities) prepared in response to mission requirements.

Must present these products using a variety of presentation modes, to a variety of audiences.

Identifies significant intelligence trends and proposing new or revised analytical products to alert decision makers to new developments and to meet customer requirements.

Must present and defend intelligence positions to a variety of audiences, including unit staff, MAJCOM representatives, and members of the DoD. Must represent the organization, and prepare, present, and defend the position in conferences, working groups, and planning sessions.

Performs other duties as assigned. *The above description only mentions a limited amount of the position's official duties. For a full comprehensive document that covers all the duties of the position, please contact one of the Recruitment Specialists at the bottom of the announcement.