Chief - Joint Counterintelligence Integration

Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Bethesda (MD); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is seeking a senior leader to oversee proactive counterintelligence and security activities at the GS-15 level. The role requires guiding interagency teams, shaping CI strategy, and managing large-scale programs essential to national security.

Public and federal eligibility rules apply. Mandatory requirements emphasize superior foresight, leadership, strategic planning, and exceptional communication.

Qualificações

• Superior ability to anticipate counterintelligence issues relevant to the IC and USG; recommend actions.
• Superior leadership to lead interagency teams and coalitions; work with IC elements to achieve goals.
• Design and implement counterintelligence integration strategies for IC initiatives with resource management.
• Superior analytical and critical thinking; identify needs, develop recommendations, evaluate outcomes.
• Ability to manage at strategic and tactical levels; develop innovative recommendations for CI problems.
• Superior interpersonal skills; work effectively in independent and team environments.
• Excellent oral and written communication; draft/edit reports for varied audiences.
• Lead interagency working groups and coalitions to achieve common goals; experience supervising teams.
• Direct tasking, assess and manage performance; support development of personnel.
• Expert knowledge of strategy development, planning, and IC missions/functions.
• Expert knowledge of the intelligence cycle.

Conhecimentos

CI issue foresight

Interagency leadership

CI integration strategy

Analytical thinking

Strategic management

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Group leadership

Performance management

Strategy development

Intelligence cycle

Formação

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Descrição da vaga

Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United States government, integrating the instruments of national power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, and defeat foreign intelligence threats.

This is an excepted service GS-15 position open to the public and all current federal employees at the GS-15 and one level below. Current federal employees at the GS-15 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-13 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.

Mandatory Requirements

• Superior ability to anticipate issues, and specifically counterintelligence issues, relevant to the IC and USG; recommend/implement needed actions.
• Superior leadership skills and ability to lead interagency teams and working groups (comprised of counterintelligence, law enforcement, IC members, and NT-50 professionals); build coalitions with IC elements to achieve common goals.
• Superior ability to design and implement counterintelligence integration strategies for IC initiatives and programs, including the superior ability to manage human, financial, and information resources.
• Superior analytical and critical thinking skills, including the superior ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, develop recommendations, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives.
• Superior ability to manage at the strategic and tactical level, and develop innovative recommendations and solutions for complex counterintelligence and intelligence problem sets.
• Superior interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborative environment.
• Superior oral and written communication skills, including superior ability to draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity, and to communicate effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise.
• Superior leadership skills and ability to lead interagency working groups and build coalitions with IC elements to achieve common goals; previous experience in leading/supervising a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Superior ability to direct taskings, assess and manage performance, collaborate on goal setting and support personal and professional development of all levels of personnel.
• Expert knowledge of strategy development, planning, and IC organizations' missions/functions/capabilities in order to provide input to national-level strategies and plans and support U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.
• Expert knowledge of and experience in the intelligence cycle.

Desired Requirements

• 20 years of experience leading strategic planning, managing, and directing the successful efforts of a government or private organization, preferably in the counterintelligence enterprise.
• Previous IC intelligence mission management experience.
• Previous counterintelligence experience and/or knowledge of IC organizations' counterintelligence components, mission posture, structure, capabilities, processes and policies.
• Should be, or was previously, a Badged and Credentialed Counterintelligence Agent.
• Related experience in the counterintelligence field can mitigate this desired qualification.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area, Master's degree or equivalent experience preferred.