Duties
DIA employs a variety of professionals who serve throughout the workforce to ensure successful operations. To view this position’s duties, click Vacancies to be directed to DIA’s online application system. Please make note of the position title and 6-digit Job Opening ID number to which you are interested. You can scroll to the bottom of the page to locate the announcement or click on the “Advanced Search” link and enter in the 6-digit Job Opening ID number in the “Job Opening ID” field.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- - U.S. Citizenship - Drug Test - Security Investigation
All applicants must be U.S. citizens and are subject to a thorough background inquiry.
Qualifications
ASSESSMENT FACTORS
1. Conducts oversight and review to ensure information services and products comply with all relevant laws, regulations, and policies in area of responsibility.
2. Prioritizes and monitors the completion of information projects by ensuring the quality of work adheres to established standards and that resources are used effectively.
3. Plans, organizes, prioritizes, and schedules own work activities to complete assignments in timely and effective manner.
4. Ensures accuracy and validity of products produced by junior staff by actively providing feedback, mentorship and sharing acquired knowledge and insight to aid in task accomplishment.
5. Establishes effective working relationships to successfully complete work.
HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS
1. Ability to apply sourcing and classification guidelines to Finished Intelligence (FINTEL) publications at the CCMD level.
2. Ability to review and/or edit FINTEL for publication.
3. Experience working with Defense intelligence community publication tools, specifically PRESS.
Education
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Must have included a total of 15 semester
hours in an appropriate scientific, technical, or social science field(s), and at least one
course above the introductory level in the field(s) covered by the position. For technical
manuals and specifications writers or editors, the equivalent of 15 semester hours may
have been gained through vocational or educational training above the high school
level at a public, private, or Armed Forces school.
OR
Experience
General Experience (for GG-5 positions): Experience that provided an understanding of
the basic principles, practices, operations, and specialized vocabulary of the appropriate
scientific, technical, or social science field(s), or with equipment or technical systems. The
applicant must have acquired the ability to describe information in simple, clear
language.
Specialized Experience (for positions above GG-5): Experience that required substantial
subject-matter or technical knowledge of the field. This experience must have
demonstrated the ability to acquire and present technical information through
independent reading, interviews with subject-matter specialists, observation of tests and
experiments, interpretation of blueprints or diagrams, or other appropriate methods.
Such experience may have been acquired as a writer or editor of technical reports,
articles, manuals, or specifications.
Additional information
DIA positions are Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) positions in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. All applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application. Applicants must meet the agency’s conditions of employment, to include, but not limited to, satisfactory completion of an initial special background investigation and periodic reinvestigation, completion of any required medical examination and physical requirements, completion of any required personal interviews, favorable completion of any required initial or aperiodic polygraph examinations, completion of any required drug test, satisfactory completion of a two-year Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System trial period, and completion of a civilian mobility agreement. All employees are required to sign an agreement not to disclose, in any fashion, classified information to unauthorized persons. All civilian employees are required to participate in the DoD Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer of Pay (DD/EFT) Program. DIA employees and applicants for employment are protected by federal laws, from discrimination. Employees and applicants are also protected against retaliation. Consistent with federal laws, acts of retaliation against an employee who engages in a protected activity, whistle blowing, or the exercise of any appeal or grievance right provided by law, will not be tolerated. Veterans who are preference-eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions are encouraged to apply.
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.
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How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
In order to qualify for this position, your application must include sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position to which you are applying. To view this position’s requirements, click Vacancies to be directed to DIA’s online application system. Please make note of the position title and 6-digit Job Opening ID number to which you are interested. You can scroll to the bottom of the page to locate the announcement or click on the “Advanced Search” link and enter in the 6-digit Job Opening ID number in the “Job Opening ID” field.
Required Documents
Please see instructions within the on-line application for this vacancy announcement on the DIA web-site, www.dia.mil.
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.