Intelligence Research Specialist LIC

Drug Enforcement Administration; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking Intelligence Research Specialist (Liaison Intelligence Coordinator) to support national security intelligence within IC partners in Washington, DC and San Antonio, TX. The role includes coordination across DEA and IC, production of assessments, and representation at meetings.

The position involves a polygraph, security clearance requirements, and mobility obligations; it is a temporary promotion NTE 3 years with reassignment after completion.

Qualifications

• Experience performing intelligence analysis to support counternarcotics and homeland security objectives.
• Ability to interpret and apply policies, guidelines, and procedures for classified information handling.
• Strong collaboration skills to work with IC partners and DEA liaison officers.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments of Special Intelligence production for DEA objectives and value to address foreign threats.
• Review and interpret policies relating to data classification and protection of sensitive information.
• Perform routine intelligence research to maintain situational awareness of national counternarcotics issues.
• Provide analytic production strategies to address major intelligence gaps in counternarcotics and transnational crime.
• Collaborate with DEA liaison officers within the IC to improve joint efforts.
• Represent DEA at internal and external meetings and conferences on national intelligence issues.
• May be required to testify in career as an Intelligence Research Specialist.

Skills

Intelligence analysis

Policy interpretation

Collaboration

Testimony readiness

Job description

Summary

These Intelligence Research Specialist (Liaison Intelligence Coordinator) positions are located within the DEA in the following locations:

• Intelligence Division/Office of National Security Intelligence. Intelligence Community Integration Section-NSA San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas
• Intelligence Division/Office of National Security Intelligence. Intelligence Community Integration Section (NNI-DIA Joint Base Anacostia Bolling(JBAB) in Washington, DC

Duties

This is a Temporary Promotion NTE 3 years. If selectee is promoted into this position, he/she will return to their former grade at the end of the 3 years and be reassigned to an equivalent position in a different location.

As a Your Typical Work Assignments May Include

• Provide assessments of Special Intelligence production for DEA objectives and value to address foreign threats to homeland security, identifying, and formulating strategies to mitigate gaps;
• Review and interpret policies, guidelines, methods and procedures associated with the evaluation and analysis of data classification, declassification, and protection of classified national sensitive information;
• Perform routine intelligence research functions by maintaining situational awareness of significant issues affecting national intelligence counternarcotic and transnational crime issues related to the U.S. homeland security and the broader community;
• Provide analytic production strategies to ensure that major intelligence gaps and shortfalls on counternarcotic and transnational organized crime issues are being examined either as a community or by individual analytics;
• Collaborate with DEA Liaison officers assigned within the IC focused on national intelligence counternarcotic and transnational organized crime issues related to the U.S. Homeland and facilitate improvement of DEA/IC collective efforts;
• Represent DEA at internal and external meetings and conferences on subjects of national intelligence related counternarcotic IC issues;
• May be required to testify during career as an Intelligence Research Specialist.

Requirements

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Background and/or Security Clearance.
• Incumbent is subject to random drug testing.
• Polygraph Required
• Mobility Agreement Required
• Successful completion of a one-year supervisory probationary period is required (unless already completed)

Qualifications

This position is at an IC agency and you are required to successfully complete a variety of security requirements before you are able to start this position. This position requires a polygraph that will be adjudicated by the IC agency before you can start this position. The polygraph may be administered by DEA or the IC agency depending on availability. You may be required to meet a variety of other security protocols before you can start this assignment. It is at the discretion of the IC agency to change those protocols at any time and if they do change, you will be required to meet the new protocols to continue in this position. In addition, since this is a detail position, DEA is required to obtain DAG approval prior to you starting this position.

For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility

Applicants applying for the GS-14 must meet the following requirements:

Have at least one full year of specialized experience that is at least equivalent to work performed at the GS-13 grade level. Specialized experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Qualifying Experience Must Demonstrate The Following

GS-14: Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 Federal grade level performing such duties as providing direction and leadership to a multi-agency staff engaged in the collection, analysis, evaluation, production, and dissemination of drug law enforcement intelligence in support of drug law enforcement activities; and performing preliminary research, analysis and evaluation of raw intelligence data for segments of large research projects and studies.

Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

Additional information

For reasonable accommodation at the Drug Enforcement Administration, please contact the Human Resources office listed in this announcement.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If an applicant is currently, or has been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, applicants must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office listed in this announcement.

Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to similar positions in any Division/Office listed in this announcement. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.

Relocation Incentives may be considered and approved if the DEA has determined that the position is likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of an incentive and funding for such an incentive is available. If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval.

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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