SummaryThe Intelligence Community Office of the Inspector General is searching for exceptional candidates to join us in fulfilling our mission to identify and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct across the 18 elements of the Intelligence Community. We uphold the integrity of the IC and amplify its impact through independent oversight that demands accountability and drives excellence. IC OIG has four offices: Legal Counsel, Audits & Inspections, Investigations & Intake, and Strategy & Support.
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Duties are included but not limited to:
Manage partnerships with foreign, military, and federal entities, to include the Intelligence Community Inspectors General Forum, Council of the Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency, and Five Eyes Intelligence Oversight and Review Council.
Oversee and lead the development of Intelligence Community Inspectors General Forum and other high level meeting agendas or briefings; identify, review, evaluate, and develop information to be presented; and anticipate after actions.
Plan special events for IC OIG's oversight partners, including conferences and symposiums.
Develop and communicate initial drafts of policies, guidelines, and procedures that support information sharing with partners and develop a preliminary framework for managing the relationships between partners, IC OIG, and IC elements; implement new policies to improve the effectiveness and responsiveness of the Intelligence Community Inspectors General Forum in response to emerging topics.
Attend meetings and participate in IC and OIG working groups, meetings, boards, and other forums to exchange information, develop recommendations, and resolve issues.
Manage partner visits with IC OIG leadership, to include advancing coordination with partners, developing drafts of meeting agendas, developing Memorandums for the Records, and monitoring the completion of follow-on actions.
Lead, initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with OIG partners, and their staffs and use these relationships to share information of interest, support a continuing dialog, and provide active insight into ongoing and planned oversight activities.
Plan, manage, and coordinate strategic and tactical projects, plan and execute action taskings associated with assigned projects, and provide project status and reporting.
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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.
QualificationsThis is an excepted service GS-14 position open to the public and all current federal employees at the GS-14 and one level below. Current federal employees at the GS-14 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-12 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.
FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONSAll 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.
Knowledge and experience in working with individual IC or OIG partners that may include foreign, military, federal, state, local, tribal entities, and/or private sector partners.
Organizational and interpersonal skills to facilitate forums, manage competing priorities and advocate new ideas/concepts/processes; ability to exercise independent judgment on time-sensitive issues and work collaboratively across the IC.
Demonstrated knowledge of IC OIG, ODNI and IC (e.g. intelligence policy, IC missions, and interagency coordination) to build and sustain effective working relationships and promote the sharing of information with partner organizations.
Demonstrated ability to lead and support cooperative relationships within the IC, U.S. Government, and foreign partners in protecting the U.S. and its interests abroad.
Demonstrated ability to develop collaborative solutions for issues of common concern with partner organizations; ability to manage sensitive matters and/or complex problems, make key contributions to group efforts, and exercise appropriate leadership and initiative.
Oral and written communication skills, including ability to tactfully convey complex information and ideas to members of the OIG community, and their staffs.
Demonstrated research, planning, and organization skills, and demonstrated ability to manage changing and competing
priorities under strict timelines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
EducationBachelor's Degree
Additional informationJOB INTERVIEW TRAVELCandidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.
SALARY DETERMINATIONThe 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 EXPENSESFor new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.
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