Publicly Available Information (PAI) Production Officer

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

Ability to gather, analyze, write, and share PAI information and open-source material in compliance with NCTC guidelines on PAI/open-source search.

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

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

General knowledge of the capabilities and demographics of social media platforms and familiarity with operating accounts on non-traditional social media platforms such as forums, channels, and decentralized websites and platforms.

Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment, coupled with established and effective interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Major Duties:

The NCTC Operations Center (NCTOC) serves as NCTC's point of entry for intelligence reporting and provides situational awareness on global terrorism issues and breaking real-world events.

It is the central hub for communications between the Center, the IC, and the broader CT community.

The Publicly Available Information (PAI) Production Officer is a member of the Open-Source Integration Group, a centralized, dedicated OSINT hub within NCTOC, providing specialized services to streamline collection, analysis, targeting, and integration of open-source information.

Gather, analyze, write, and share or disseminate PAI information and open-source material to support NCTC's CT and FTO-designated transnational criminal organization (TCO) mission.

Monitor and collect PAI from various sources, including social media, online databases, and other platforms on both unclassified and classified networks.

Collaborate with internal teams and directorates to provide timely and relevant information.

Write and draft products in a clear and concise manner, using IC standardized formatting tailored to the Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (FLSTT) partners.

Develop and disseminate oral briefings and written reports to ODNI leadership on intelligence issue activities and/or threats.

Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies related to PAI, counterterrorism, and emerging technologies potentially of use to terrorist groups and FTO-designated TCOs.

Collect terrorist propaganda, highlighting threats to relevant groups. Other duties, as assigned.