Clarification from the agency

Internal to an Agency = Open to current permanent ODNI employees Federal Employees = This detail opportunity is for current competitive and excepted service employees only. If you are not a current federal civilian employee you will not be eligible for this position. ODNI Joint Duty Assignments do not apply to members of the Military service or contractors. Applicants from federal agencies may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency.

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) consists of the senior most intelligence analysts and mission managers supporting the DNI in carrying out their responsibilities as the head of the IC and as the principal intelligence adviser to the President.

The NIC ensures customer outcomes by leading advances in analysis, collection, and resources which ensure the quality, timeliness, and utility of insights for the nation's decision-makers.

Additionally, the NIC drives improvements in expertise and tradecraft at all levels of the IC through specialization, integration, and collaboration.

Finally, the NIC drafts and implements the DNI's strategies, direction, and planning to deliver a more integrated IC reflecting the collective wisdom of our analytic and collection components to advance national security objectives.

Major Duties and Responsibilities In support of the Senior Director/National Intelligence Officer (SD/NIO) for AOR, for Analysis for AOR leads, authors, and oversees strategic and tactical intelligence analysis related to AOR.

On behalf of the SD/NIO for AOR, the DNIO-A drafts and coordinates finished intelligence products and leads strategic and tactical analysis for AOR; specifically: On behalf of the SD/NIO, orchestrate and direct Community-wide mid- and long-term strategic analysis on AOR issues.

Serve as a subject matter expert and advise the SD/NIO and other senior IC leaders on all analytical and substantive AOR issues in support of the DNI's role as the principal intelligence adviser to the President.

Oversee IC-wide production and coordination of National Intelligence Estimates and other IC papers (IC Assessments, IC Briefs, and Sense of the Community Memoranda) concerning AOR issues.

Develop and sustain a professional network with IC analysts and analytic managers to ensure timely and appropriate intelligence support to policy customers regarding AOR.

Other duties, as assigned

Conditions of employment

Must be a current permanent ODNI employee OR must be a current permanent Federal employee with supervisory approval to apply to the Joint Duty Assignment (JDA). JDA applicants must be currently at the grade level specified in the advertisement. No temporary promotion opportunities will be granted for this position. The program does not apply to members of the Military service or contractors.

Joint Duty applicants may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency. Joint Duty applicants must have a current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or have the ability to obtain one. The ODNI does not conduct polygraphs or provide security clearances for detailees.

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.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements:

Expert capability to direct interagency, interdisciplinary IC teams against a range of analytical issues.

Superior interpersonal, organizational, and management skills to conceptualize and effectively lead complex analytic and policy-support projects.

Superior ability to produce analytic finished intelligence related to the subject matter issue, either as lead analyst or manager of analysts, and broad knowledge of the role of intelligence analysis within the IC.

Expert ability to work with and fairly represent the IC when analytic views differ among agencies.

Deep understanding of relevant allied and partner relationships and priorities, along with the ability to represent ODNI and the IC in various fora at all levels.

Extensive communication skills, including ability to exert influence with senior leadership and communicate effectively with people at all staff levels, both internal and external to the organization, including domestic and foreign partners, and to give oral presentations and to otherwise represent the ODNI, MI, and/or NIC in interagency meetings.

Superior oral and written communication skills, including the superior ability to clearly convey complex information and technical data to all levels of USG management and foreign partners.

Superior negotiation skills and the superior ability to build consensus, work effectively, and independently exert influence to major ODNI stakeholders.

Must possess current TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.

Must include which AOR you're applying to in Cover Letter.

Other duties, as assigned

AORs where we are looking for officers:
Arctic & Homeland
Iran
Russia & Eurasia
Counterintelligence
Economic Issues
Military Issues
Global Issues & Warning
Counternarcotics & Transnational
Organized Crime
Weapons of Mass Destruction & Proliferation
China

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.

A complete application package must include:

a. RESUME: Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages will be removed from consideration. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualifications relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required information and you organize it so we can associate the following information for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending dates of employment (month/day/year format), and hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, related skills and responsibilities, to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable), and series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).

b. ESSAY QUESTION RESPONSES: The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question (please see questions in the Requirements section above). By submitting your responses to these 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]).

c. COVER LETTER: Applicants must submit a professional narrative as a supplement to the resume to elaborate on their qualifications and previous work performed.

d. POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.

e. CURRENT SF-50: Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement.) SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" is used to verify to verify current federal status, position, title, grade, and organization of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed to make a final determination for qualification, you will be found ineligible for the position.

f. WRITTEN ENDORSEMENT: Applicants from federal agencies must provide written endorsement from the employing agency concurring with the detail.

Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.

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