Chief - Joint Counterintelligence Integration

Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United States government, integrating the instruments of national power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, and defeat foreign intelligence threats. Serve as a Group Chief within the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), and carries out NCSCs statutory responsibilities of integrating the counterintelligence community. Work in partnership with the Assistant Director and the Deputy Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Directorate (CD) to lead and advance the U.S. Governments mission of identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and countering foreign intelligence threats to the United States. Lead and manage the day-to-day activities of the Joint Counterintelligence Integration, all the while, leading and guiding the coordination and deconfliction of acute counterintelligence activities, to advance the integration of community initiatives that counter foreign intelligence threats to the United States. Lead, initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with senior policymakers across the IC in order to coordinate strategy development activities and evolving requirements and promote the implementation of mission and enterprise objectives. Lead, plan, and prepare briefings, reports, and presentations to organizational leadership, senior policymakers, and senior United States (U.S.) Government agencies and USG officials in a manner that meets their specified requirements and provide expert assessments and recommendations that ensure IC strategic plans and programs align with strategic objectives. Represent NCSC in various IC and policy fora and integrate counterintelligence into the national security decision making process. Recognize, value, build, and leverage diverse collaborative networks within the ODNI and across the IC and routinely engage IC counterparts to drive mission integration. Lead a team of professional staff and assess performance, collaborate and oversee goal setting, and provide feedback on personal development. Manage and lead subordinates and IC assignees on tactical coordination issues to ensure effective implementation of flagship collaboration initiatives. Lead assessments to leverage best practices and lessons learned. Lead and support briefings to senior IC officials and other major stakeholders; address collaboration progress, issues and challenges. Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI) Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI. This is an excepted service GS-15 position open to the public and all current federal employees at the GS-15 and one level below. Current federal employees at the GS-15 and one level below may apply to this position, and if selected will maintain pay set at their current grade and step. Current federal employees at grade levels GS-13 and below are not eligible for this position and their application will not be forwarded to the hiring manager. All current federal employees that apply for this position must submit their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personal Action (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement) to verify their status of eligibility. Mandatory Requirements: Superior ability to anticipate issues, and specifically counterintelligence issues, relevant to the IC and USG; recommend/implement needed actions. Superior leadership skills and ability to lead interagency teams and working groups (comprised of counterintelligence, law enforcement, IC members, and NT-50 professionals); build coalitions with IC elements to achieve common goals. Superior ability to design and implement counterintelligence integration strategies for IC initiatives and programs, including the superior ability to manage human, financial, and information resources. Superior analytical and critical thinking skills, including the superior ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, develop recommendations, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives. Superior ability to manage at the strategic and tactical level, and develop innovative recommendations and solutions for complex counterintelligence and intelligence problem sets. Superior interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborative environment. Superior oral and written communication skills, including superior ability to draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity, and to communicate effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise. Superior leadership skills and ability to lead interagency working groups and build coalitions with IC elements to achieve common goals; previous experience in leading/supervising a team in a fast-paced environment. Superior ability to direct taskings, assess and manage performance, collaborate on goal setting and support personal and professional development of all levels of personnel. Expert knowledge of strategy development, planning, and IC organizations' missions/functions/capabilities in order to provide input to national-level strategies and plans and support U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. Expert knowledge of and experience in the intelligence cycle. Desired Requirements: 20 years of experience leading strategic planning, managing, and directing the successful efforts of a government or private organization, preferably in the counterintelligence enterprise. Previous IC intelligence mission management experience. Previous counterintelligence experience and/or knowledge of IC organizations' counterintelligence components, mission posture, structure, capabilities, processes and policies. Should be, or was previously, a Badged and Credentialed Counterintelligence Agent. Related experience in the counterintelligence field can mitigate this desired qualification. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area, Master's degree or equivalent experience preferred. Bachelors JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview. SALARY DETERMINATION The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Chief of Human Resource Management. In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate of the GS grade to which assigned. RELOCATION EXPENSES For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds. A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. 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