Duties
This position is located in NCSC Special Security Directorate (SSD). SSD is the source for security policy advocacy, advice and guidance regarding security practices/procedures, security -relevant issues, and security clearance reform initiatives.
This position leads Personnel Security Policy and Collaboration and supports the DNI's responsibilities as the Security Executive Agent (SecEA). The selected candidate will promote effective and uniform policies and procedures for personnel vetting, national security investigations, and the determination of eligibility requirements for access to classified information or to hold a sensitive position, and for the Trusted Workforce (TW) 2.0 personnel vetting reform initiative. The selected candidate will also:
Maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, experts, IC members, and policy committees and utilize these relationships to share information of IC interest.
Attend internal and external training, seminars, or conferences on broad personnel vetting and intelligence topics.
Plan and conduct the review and analysis of policies, processes, and guidelines that are contained in United States Government (U.S.) Government and Intelligence Community (IC) Directives, Policy Guidance, Standards, plans, and memoranda to ensure equities are addressed and relevant concerns are resolved.
Plan, develop, and provide substantive intelligence briefings, presentations, reports, and other materials to inform senior leadership and other stakeholders on policy issues.
Execute meetings to share information with ODNI's senior leadership and other major stakeholders on issues relating to personnel vetting policies and standards.
Provide analysis and recommendations that ensure IC and Executive Branch programs align with strategic objectives.
Support the planning, research, development, and communication of trends and developments relative to personnel vetting policies and procedures for IC/ODNI leadership and other senior USG officials.
Support the ODNI's position on key personnel vetting matters and advocate on behalf of the ODNI at IC and Executive Branch agency working groups, conferences, and public forums, sharing information relative to ODNI's personnel security programs and eliciting expertise on policies in support of the protection of national security equities.
Represent the ODNI as a member to the National Industrial Security Program and/or Policy Advisory Council and to the State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Policy Advisory Council, where government and industry partners collaborate to advance the national security industrial security programs.
Requirements
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
Mandatory Requirements:
A minimum of eight years of successful experience in the personnel security discipline and familiarity with personnel vetting reform efforts (TW 2.0).
Extensive knowledge of applicable federal laws, Presidential Directives, and Executive Orders; as well as, IC and USG policies, directives, and standard operating procedures relating to personnel vetting with familiarity in the following disciplines: insider threat, counterintelligence, and polygraph.
Demonstrated written and oral communication skills with demonstrated ability to articulate complex intelligence issues to a wide, audience, including the ability to write policy or analytic products for the senior U.S. Government officials and the IC workforce.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative environment effectively with senior officials, management, teams, and colleagues.
Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated ability to build and sustain professional networks and collaborate with both management and staff to continuously improve community relationships, products, and services.
Desired Requirements:
Extensive experience and demonstrated success developing and coordinating policies, directives, and standard operating procedures.
Extensive knowledge of the U.S. Government and its IC components, missions, and interrelationships and experience working either with or in a major U.S. Government or IC organization; extensive understanding of the authorities, roles, and responsibilities of the organizations within the IC community.
Demonstrated experience working in more than one Executive Branch agency or federal agency.
Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area.
Education
Bachelor's degree.
Benefits
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Required Documents
A complete application package must include:
a. RESUME: 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); Hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. 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. POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.
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. 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.
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.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application.
Click "Apply" at the top of the page. Your application MUST be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement.
In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJobs. The ODNI will not accept emailed applications. Applications received after the closing date will NOT be eligible for consideration. All attachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.
Do not include the following types of information in your profile or resume:
- Classified or government sensitive information
- Social Security Number (SSN)
- Photos of yourself
- Personal information, such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.
- Encrypted and digitally signed documents
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the application process, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt email. Please note that the acknowledgement email does not ensure completion of your application. You must ensure that you submit all required documentation.
The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview. We expect to make a selection within 60 days of the closing date of this announcement. Due to the large number of applications received, applicants will be contacted ONLY if they have been selected for an interview.