Intelligence Research Specialist

This position is also being announced to applicants under Merit Staffing procedures under 26-MA-13049800-DE.

This Intelligence Research Specialist provides specialized assistance and advice to USAO management, local, state, regional and other federal entities in security administration and crises management planning.

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing Intelligence Research Specialist support in the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, located in Boston, Massachusetts, focusing in the areas of Intelligence research and security.

Typical work assignments will include:

• Responsible for obtaining, coordinating, analyzing, and disseminating information relating to the detection and identification of terrorists and terrorist acts, and complex criminal cases.
• Analyzes, evaluates, discusses, and validates research reports, collection plans and guides focusing on suspected complex criminal activity, cyber, terrorists and terrorist activities.
• Monitors, reviews, and analyzes intelligence traffic from multiple sources.
• Identifies the need for further research, analysis or investigation and makes decisions concerning the consolidation and dissemination of information to various law enforcement agencies and other organizations.
• Supports investigative operations by identifying criminal networks and individuals through open source, unclassified, and classified intelligence.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a United States Citizen or National to apply for this position.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/).
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• A probationary period may be required.
• If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application.
• Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
• Time-in-Grade: Current or former Federal employees applying under merit promotion considerations must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements for consideration within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
• As needed, additional selections may be made using this announcement.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying:

To qualify at the GS-13 level, you must possess:

Specialized Experience: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service performing (obtained in either the public or private sectors) 3 out of the following 4 duties listed below:

• Planning and undertaking critical intelligence research work such as collecting, evaluating, analyzing various types of intelligence data and/or disseminating intelligence information using a variety of intelligence-gathering methods to support investigative operations.
• Providing intelligence support for investigations and prosecutions as they relate to national security matters and broader criminal case support.
• Reviewing data and producing intelligence reports from various sources.
• Preparing and presenting briefings on a variety of intelligence topics to other law enforcement and intelligence agencies and organizations.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

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.

If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-12is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level.

• You must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted; recommended SF-50s include promotions and step increases (within grade increases).