INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), Field Intelligence Directorate (FID).

The primary purpose of this position is to supports regional collection and reporting and mentoring of field staff on collection and debriefing tradecraft.

Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-14 grade level if you possess the specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal government, performing duties such as: For this position, specialized experience is defined as supporting ongoing or emerging substantive intelligence analysis, collection and dissemination activities in any established specialty area.

Such experience may include conducting a variety of complex assignments within his/her area of responsibility and conducting and directing in-depth research and analysis in support of homeland security.

Additionally, such experience could be gained from working with state and local partners to create an information sharing environment between them and the National Intelligence/Law Enforcement community.

Providing processes to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies in homeland security-related analytic topic areas.

Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

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.

Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary.

If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job).

If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment.

IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE.

Current or Former Political Appointees: 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.

This position is designated as Emergency Essential.

Emergency Essential personnel must be able to serve during a continuity of operation event without regard to declarations of liberal leave or government closures due to weather, protests, and acts of terrorism or lack of funding.

Failure to report for or remain in this position may result in disciplinary or adverse action in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations (5 U.S.C.

7501-7533 and 5 CFR Part 752, as applicable). Major Duties:

As a INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, GS-0132-14, your typical work assignments may include: Leads, plans, organizes, and directs all intelligence analysis and production functions with a specific geographic location region ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs.

Serves as a senior intelligence analyst.

Applies analytic expertise to direct analysis of DHS-derived data for use in all-source finished intelligence products to guide homeland security and resiliency efforts of SLTT, private sector, DHS, and federal civilian customers.

Serves as a subject matter expert on Intelligence Community analytic tradecraft standards, structured analytic techniques, and practical application of analytical techniques.

Initiates, drives, personally drafts, and develops, and aids DHS I&A Intelligence Officers to develop sophisticated all-source finished intelligence analysis, and other forms of information sharing deliverables across a wide spectrum of threat streams focused on the Homeland and within the purview of the organization.

Prepares and analyzes reports, responses to queries, justifications, and background papers on technical aspects of areas of expertise and assignments.

Prepares and presents high level briefings for a variety of state, local, tribal, territorial and private sector partners, tailoring briefings to customer needs.

Conveys complex homeland security information. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5-business day open period due to the number of applications received.

This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first.

View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.