Lead OESET Partnerships Cell

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.

Lead and oversee all aspects of OESET's global partnership efforts with foreign partners while developing strategies to bolster indigenous IC expertise.

Identify foreign partners that are uniquely positioned to team with the IC on the emerging technology applications and related supply chain issues and, in collaboration with OESET/ISG's leadership, strengthen intelligence relationships with allied nations on investment security.

Oversee and implement the development, application, and communication of policies, guidelines, and procedures that support information sharing with foreign partners and provide a framework for managing the relationships between partners.

Evaluate and determine the state of partnerships by assessment of the quality of partnerships and ensure impactful outreach is conducted on high-priority topics.

Direct the development and implementation of Office-wide controls-working closely with the OESET Deputy Director-regarding strategy, execution, knowledge management, and evaluations of OESET's partnerships. Coordinate outreach efforts with ODNI, IC, and other government stakeholders, as appropriate.

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.

Guide development of strategic plans, evaluation of plan effectiveness and IC performance, and development of performance and resource recommendations to support the ICs overall attainment of the U.S. Governments strategic objectives.

Establish and effectively participate in unilateral and multilateral intelligence sharing arrangements with joint analytic units and foreign partners.

Plan and manage all aspects of partner visits with leadership, to include advancing coordination with partners, developing meeting agendas, preparing leadership for meetings, developing Memorandum for Records, and monitoring the completion of follow-on actions.

Plan, develop, and present briefing papers, meeting guidance, and other related information on partner information sharing issues, partner relationships, and policies for senior leaders.

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:

Superior organizational, managerial, and leadership skills, including strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, as well as the ability to build consensus, work effectively, and independently exert influence to major stakeholders.

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

Extensive experience and knowledge of inter-agency coordination and operations to sustain effective working relationships with other U.S. Government departments, agencies, and centers.

Extensive experience and knowledge of effective working relationships with foreign governments (i.e., intelligence services, law enforcement, military, ministries, etc.) with emphasis on counterintelligence, security procedures, and official policy guidelines on relationships with foreign liaison services.

Demonstrated ability to lead and support cooperative relationships within the U.S. Government and foreign partners in protecting the U.S. and its interests abroad.

Ability to generate performance metrics in developing and strengthening partnerships.

Expert ability to work well with others on difficult and occasionally contentious issues.

Expert interpersonal and organizational skills, including the ability to conceptualize and lead complex projects with little supervision and manage multiple, competing priorities.

Six years of experience leading strategic planning, managing, and directing the successful efforts of a government or private organization or nine or more years of experience in technical collection, collection system development, requirements policy development and requirements management.

Desired Skills:

Outstanding interpersonal and negotiation skills, and the ability to build consensus, work effectively, and independently exert influence to major stakeholders.

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

Superior knowledge of IC organizations' missions in order to develop the national-level strategies and policies necessary to support U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.

Extensive experience working with foreign intelligence services on collection or analytic issues.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area.

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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