Duties

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The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) seeks a motivated individual who desires to join a high-performing team of officers who integrate and coordinate whole-of-Government counterterrorism strategy, plans, policies, programs, and activities to disrupt and dismantle transnational threat networks and safeguard American lives.

The selected candidate will be expected to:

Plan, develop and evaluate the related strategic planning documents in support of United States (U.S.) national security and foreign policy interests and programs.

Conduct research to identify priorities, opportunities, gaps, and interdependencies to link resources to strategy; draft emerging strategic issues and trends.

Possess regional counterterrorism knowledge of either Asia, Africa, or newly designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) based or active (or both) in Latin America.

Possess extensive capability in CT analysis, CT operations, or CT intelligence collection or collection management.

Support assessments of the Intelligence Community's (IC's) progress towards mission and enterprise strategic objectives.

Prepare strategic guidance documentation for IC programs and activities, under direct supervision.

Conduct research on best practices in strategy development, execution, evaluation, and impact in order to promote shared vision, values, and goals.

Implement outreach activities within and beyond the IC, under direct supervision.

Prepare briefings, reports, and presentations to organizational leadership, senior policymakers, and senior U.S. Government officials.

Maintain productive working relationships with peers and senior leaders across the IC.

Perform other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• 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.

Qualifications

Extensive knowledge of strategy development and planning and a demonstrated ability to identify emerging trends and strategic issues and incorporate these into organizational strategic plans.

Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work with others internally and externally.

Extensive knowledge of IC organizations' missions and policies necessary to support U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.

Extensive understanding of performance management principles.

Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, organize, and draw inferences from incomplete data and present a compelling analysis of findings and issues; demonstrated ability to identify, articulate, document, and mitigate knowledge gaps or alternatives approaches.

Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in written reports, and to logically analyze, synthesize, and evaluate multiple sources of information for their inclusion in briefings and written documents.

Extensive organizational and interpersonal skills to facilitate forums, manage competing priorities and advocate new ideas, concepts, and processes; ability to exercise independent judgement on time-sensitive issues and work collaboratively across the IC.

Demonstrated ability to develop effective professional and interpersonal relationships with peers and colleagues in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the IC, and U.S. Government and to earn their confidence and trust.

Education

Do NOT submit transcripts.

Additional information

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.

Current federal employees whose current GS grade is lower than the grade of the advertised ODNI position will have pay set at his or her current grade and step.

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.

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.