- Position Title
- Intelligence Operations Specialist
- Agency
- Office of Intelligence and Analysis
- Announcement Number
- DE-12641493-25-IA Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, January 17, 2025 to Friday, January 24, 2025
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Eligibilities
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ALL US CITIZENS
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Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
Preferences
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Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
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In the last five years (from the closing date of this announcement) have you served, or are you currently serving, as an Executive Branch Political, Schedule C, or Non-career Senior Executive Services appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your SF-50s, in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
- A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
- A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
- A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
Assessment 1
Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have overstated your qualifications and/or experience, you will be removed from consideration, or your score will be lowered.
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SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
To qualify for the GS-14 level, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service (private/public sector experience). You must have one year of specialized experience that has provided the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
For this position, specialized experience is defined as:
NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible.
To qualify for the GS-14 level, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service (private/public sector experience). You must have one year of specialized experience that has provided the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
For this position, specialized experience is defined as:
- Supporting ongoing or emerging substantive intelligence collection and dissemination activities in any established specialty area.
- Such experience may include conducting a variety of complex assignments within his/her area of responsibility and conducting and directing in-depth research and analysis in support of homeland security.
- Additionally, such experience could be gained from working with public and private sector partners to create and information-sharing environment for the purposes of bi-directional information sharing; collecting and analyzing information of intelligence value to identify trends, patterns, and indicators of threats to homeland security.
NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible.
In this part, you will respond to questions about experience you have had that are related to the requirements of the job for which you are applying. Carefully review the level of descriptions listed below. For each statement, select the ONE response description that best describes your experience and record your selection.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Applies subject matter expertise of Homeland Security threats and topics to daily information sharing activities with SLTT, PS, IC and other federal partners. Understands and appropriately applies DHS and IC principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies.
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Determines customer information needs and conducts research, evaluates, collects, reviews, analyzes and fuses multi-source information from a variety of intelligence sources to satisfy a broad range of customer requirements.
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Leads or conducts research, analyzes and fuses multi-source information sources, and produces raw intelligence reports to satisfy a broad range of customer intelligence and information requirements.
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Serves as a subject matter expert for intelligence collection operations and applies expert knowledge of raw intelligence reporting techniques and methodologies, including the reporting of law enforcement derived information to respond to intelligence requirements and analytical needs of intelligence and homeland security communities.
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Works closely with SLTT, federal and IC partners to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations.
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Maintains awareness and knowledge of DHS, federal and IC products and services available and is committed to providing quality products and services to I&A customers.
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Partners with and sensitizes law enforcement and other non-intelligence personnel to support information gathering and analytic activities in such a way as to facilitate intelligence reporting and analytic production in accordance with applicable laws, rules and Departmental regulations.
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Communicates effectively orally with all levels of SLTT and PS executives, management and employees to convey complex intelligence and homeland security information.
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Provides periodic classified and unclassified briefings on emerging threats and other homeland security topics of interest and concern to SLTTPS partners.
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Produces, reviews and releases raw intelligence reports while balancing the needs of protecting sources and the integrity of the information, and ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules and Departmental regulations regarding privacy and civil rights.
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Establishes raw intelligence production, collection and reporting, and information sharing goals and objectives for their assigned geographic region.
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Takes initiative to leverage partnerships to achieve high levels of two-way information sharing in support of fusion center, SLTT and other customer needs, to include DHS and the IC.
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Balances workload across complex and diverse intelligence and operational duties to provide intelligence support during steady state, heightened threats and emergent incidents to aid partners in planning and conducting effective operations, to include SLTT, DHS, IC and other federal agency partners.
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CERTIFICATION STATEMENT
Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy and verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability. Failure to agree to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for this position.
Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy and verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability. Failure to agree to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for this position.