Intelligence Research Specialist (LIC)

Drug Enforcement Administration

• $95K — $115K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of specialized experience in intelligence analysis or law enforcement support at the GS-13 level or higher.
  • Demonstrated leadership in multi-agency intelligence operations.
  • Experience in evaluating and producing intelligence related to drug law enforcement.
  • Ability to conduct research and analyze raw intelligence data.
  • Familiarity with national security policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Assist Intelligence Community officials in identifying intelligence resource gaps.
  • Provide assessments of Special Intelligence production for DEA objectives.
  • Review and interpret policies related to data classification and protection.
  • Maintain situational awareness of national intelligence issues affecting counternarcotics.
  • Develop analytic production strategies to address intelligence gaps.
  • Collaborate with DEA Liaison officers on intelligence issues.
  • Represent DEA at meetings and conferences on national intelligence matters.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package for federal employees.
  • Access to health insurance, retirement plans, and paid leave.
  • Potential for relocation incentives if position is hard to fill.
  • Eligibility for telework agreements with supervisory approval.
Full Job Description
Summary

These Intelligence Research Specialist (Liaison Intelligence Coordinator) positions are located within the DEA in the following locations:

  • Intelligence Division/Office of National Security Intelligence. Intelligence Community Integration Section-NSA San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas
  • Intelligence Division/Office of National Security Intelligence. Intelligence Community Integration Section (NNI-DIA Joint Base Anacostia Bolling(JBAB) in Washington, DC


Duties

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This is a Temporary Promotion NTE 3 years. If selectee is promoted into this position, he/she will return to their former grade at the end of the 3 years and be reassigned to an equivalent position in a different location.

As a your typical work assignments may include:

Assist Intelligence Community (IC) officials in determining the state of collection, analysis, or intelligence operations resource gaps;

  • Provide assessments of Special Intelligence production for DEA objectives and value to address foreign threats to homeland security, identifying, and formulating strategies to mitigate gaps;
  • Review and interpret policies, guidelines, methods and procedures associated with the evaluation and analysis of data classification, declassification, and protection of classified national sensitive information;
  • Perform routine intelligence research functions by maintaining situational awareness of significant issues affecting national intelligence counternarcotic and transnational crime issues related to the U.S. homeland security and the broader community;
  • Provide analytic production strategies to ensure that major intelligence gaps and shortfalls on counternarcotic and transnational organized crime issues are being examined either as a community or by individual analytics;
  • Collaborate with DEA Liaison officers assigned within the IC focused on national intelligence counternarcotic and transnational organized crime issues related to the U.S. Homeland and facilitate improvement of DEA/IC collective efforts;
  • Represent DEA at internal and external meetings and conferences on subjects of national intelligence related counternarcotic IC issues;
  • May be required to testify during career as an Intelligence Research Specialist.


Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Background and/or Security Clearance.
  • Incumbent is subject to random drug testing.
  • Polygraph Required
  • Mobility Agreement Required
  • Successful completion of a one-year supervisory probationary period is required (unless already completed)


Qualifications

For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility

Applicants applying for the GS-14 must meet the following requirements:

Have at least one full year of specialized experience that is at least equivalent to work performed at the GS-13 grade level. Specialized experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Qualifying experience must demonstrate the following:

GS-14: Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 Federal grade level performing such duties as providing direction and leadership to a multi-agency staff engaged in the collection, analysis, evaluation, production, and dissemination of drug law enforcement intelligence in support of drug law enforcement activities; and performing preliminary research, analysis and evaluation of raw intelligence data for segments of large research projects and studies.

Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

Additional information

For reasonable accommodation at the Drug Enforcement Administration, please contact the Human Resources office listed in this announcement.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If an applicant is currently, or has been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, applicants must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office listed in this announcement.

Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to similar positions in any Division/Office listed in this announcement. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.

Relocation Incentives may be considered and approved if the DEA has determined that the position is likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of an incentive and funding for such an incentive is available.

If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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.

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