Summary

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.

Duties

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Lead a team of highly qualified targeting analysts, supervisors and managers, and build a positive culture that enables delivery of timely, impactful products that support mission partner operations.

Manage, and direct staff, evaluate performance, collaborate on goal setting, and provide feedback and guidance regarding personal and professional development opportunities.

Perform personnel management responsibilities with a focus on building a high-performance workforce; promote team building and a collaborative work environment; ensure goals and performance objectives are understood; assess performance and provide timely feedback, recognition, and remediation.

Drive implementation plans that develop the substantive analytic, tradecraft, and management skills of subordinate employees and supervisors, and contribute to organization goals and Administration priorities.

Develop the substantive analytic and management skills of subordinate employees and supervisors, and contribute to the broader corporate mission of the organization.

Lead a professional staff in successfully defining and managing complex programs and projects that may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure timelines, costs, deliverables, and outcomes are achieved according to approved plans.

Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight of staff in order to elicit, analyze, and define customer/stakeholder requirements, support development of investment plans, and ensure development of business cases spanning multiple Intelligence Community organizations.

Evaluate and develop first-line supervisors; serve as a substantive supervisory and analytic resource, teaching and guiding team chiefs; provide substantive feedback to include career development counseling and skills development.

Manage, lead and develop dynamic and long-term planning efforts.

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

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]).

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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

Expert knowledge of the IC, NCTC, law enforcement, and its entities, their missions and interrelationships, to include relevant discipline areas.

Proven leadership expertise, demonstrating experience in effectively leading large teams, to include first- and second-line supervisors, and developing subordinates to ensure continuity and mission success.

Expert ability to lead and direct multiple managers with oversight of regional or functional expertise in analytic and management operations; plan, coordinate, and oversee work in a manner consistent with fulfilling organizational directives and accomplishing strategic mission goals.

Expert communication, analytic and critical thinking skills, including superior ability to think strategically; superior ability to effectively express complex, multi-discipline ideas and insights verbally and in writing to a variety of audiences up to and including senior leadership.

Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to work through adversity, build coalitions and drive consensus with stakeholders to implement a cohesive, inter-agency approach to counterterrorism targeting efforts.

Expert ability to apply analytic, diagnostic, and qualitative techniques sufficient to identify, evaluate, and recommend appropriate solutions to resolve complex, interrelated program and resource management issues.

Expert analytic and critical thinking skills, including superior to think strategically; superior ability to effectively express complex, multi-discipline ideas and insights verbally and in writing to a variety of audiences up to and including senior leadership.

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent job-related experience that would provide the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to be able to perform the functions of the position proficiently.

Desired Qualifications

Expert experience in law enforcement, investigative, and homeland security operations.

Background, or demonstrated aptitude to learn, in leading teams in the production of well-crafted intelligence or law enforcement products; reviewing final versions, written and oral, for clarity, organization, accuracy, and logic while providing actionable feedback to subordinate supervisors and analysts.

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.

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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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.

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