Near East Deputy Group Chief
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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Near East Deputy Group Chief
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Other Agencies and Independent Organizations
Location
McLean, Virginia
Salary
$169,279 - $197,200
per year
Type
Full-Time
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April 23, 2026
SES Pay Grade
Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900
Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This role involves leading a team focused on counterterrorism analysis in the Near East region, where you'll supervise staff, guide analytic projects, and help shape strategies to protect the US from threats.
You'll work closely with senior leaders to boost team performance, innovation, and morale while ensuring high-quality intelligence products.
It's a great fit for experienced intelligence professionals with strong leadership skills who are passionate about national security and developing diverse teams.
Key Requirements
- Experience evaluating and developing first-line supervisors, senior analysts, and executive officers, including providing career development counseling and skills feedback
- Ability to serve as a supervisory and analytic resource, teaching and guiding team chiefs while delegating responsibilities and empowering employees
- Collaborate with the Group Chief and other deputies to shape and implement group vision, emphasizing customer impact, creativity, innovation, workforce development, and high morale
- Leverage expertise to contribute as a corporate resource across the Directorate of Intelligence (DI), National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and Intelligence Community (IC)
- Drive the group's analytic program to meet highest Intelligence Community (IC) tradecraft standards, utilizing NCTC's unique data accesses and tools
- Recruit, develop, and retain a diverse, highly qualified workforce, ensuring they receive challenges, rewards, support, tools, training, and opportunities for success
- Foster an inclusive environment that cultivates the full potential of all team members
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: The selected candidate will be expected to: Evaluate and develop first-line supervisors, a senior analyst, and an executive officer; provide substantive feedback to include career development counseling and skills development; serve as a substantive supervisory and analytic resource, teaching and guiding team chiefs; delegate responsibilities and empower employees to make decisions.
Work with the Group Chief and other Deputy to shape and implement the vision of the group, which is focused on maximizing customer impact, serving as a leader in creativity and innovation, developing the workforce, and cultivating high morale.
Leverage your experience to serve as a corporate resource, contributing outside your group to the broader DI, NCTC, ODNI, and IC.
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.
Recruit, develop, and retain a diverse and highly qualified workforce.
Ensure personnel are appropriately challenged, rewarded, and given the support, tools, training, and opportunities they need to develop and succeed.
Cultivate an inclusive environment that fosters the development of all officers to their full potential.
Evaluate and develop first-line supervisors; serve as a substantive supervisory and analytic resource, teaching and guiding team chiefs; provide Major Duties:
The selected candidate will be expected to: Evaluate and develop first-line supervisors, a senior analyst, and an executive officer; provide substantive feedback to include career development counseling and skills development; serve as a substantive supervisory and analytic resource, teaching and guiding team chiefs; delegate responsibilities and empower employees to make decisions.
Work with the Group Chief and other Deputy to shape and implement the vision of the group, which is focused on maximizing customer impact, serving as a leader in creativity and innovation, developing the workforce, and cultivating high morale.
Leverage your experience to serve as a corporate resource, contributing outside your group to the broader DI, NCTC, ODNI, and IC.
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.
Recruit, develop, and retain a diverse and highly qualified workforce.
Ensure personnel are appropriately challenged, rewarded, and given the support, tools, training, and opportunities they need to develop and succeed.
Cultivate an inclusive environment that fosters the development of all officers to their full potential.
Evaluate and develop first-line supervisors; serve as a substantive supervisory and analytic resource, teaching and guiding team chiefs; provide
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