Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team Officer Senior Level

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: Experience serving in a public safety or first responder capacity (e.g., law enforcement, fire service, emergency medical services, health and human services, emergency management).

Extensive knowledge of IC organizations; IC mission posture, structures, capabilities, processes, and policy development.

Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated ability to draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity, and to orally communicate effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise.

Demonstrated interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborative environment.

Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to lead interagency interactions, build coalitions with IC elements and partners to achieve common goals.

Demonstrated ability to anticipate counterterrorism issues relevant to the IC, United States Government, public safety partners and the private sector and recommend needed actions.

Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills, including the demonstrated ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, develop recommendations, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives.

Support briefings to Senior IC officials and other major stakeholder on progress, issues, and challenges. Other duties, as assigned. Major Duties:

The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) is a collaborative effort between NCTC, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at enhancing public safety by improving information sharing among federal, state, local, tribal, territorial (FSLTT) and private sector partners.

JCAT bridges the gap between the Intelligence Community and our FSLTT partners by leveraging a diverse team comprised of NCTC cadre analysts, FBI and DHS assignees, as well as state, local, tribal, and territorial public safety fellows.

JCAT's NCTC cadre analysts work side-by-side in the counterterrorism mission space to produce unclassified tri-seal products, conduct outreach and education, and support exercises and training focused on supporting our FSLTT public safety partners.

JCAT's products reach customers across all levels of government, including thousands of FSLTT partners around the nation.

Collaborate with members of the Intelligence Community to research, produce, and disseminate counterterrorism intelligence products for federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and private sector Homeland security and public safety partners and advocate for the counterterrorism intelligence requirements and needs of these partners.

Perform counterterrorism intelligence review and collaborative production to ensure partner intelligence needs and requirements are met; public safety experience and expertise is leveraged; and products are relevant and useful to customers.

Conduct outreach and education activities to build and strengthen partnerships, promote awareness and understanding of partner capabilities and resources, and improve information sharing.

Support counterterrorism partners in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of exercises; and the facilitation of training, in order to identify and address gaps and increase counterterrorism awareness and preparedness.

Provide collaboration tools and policies for successful collaboration effort.