Intelligence Research Specialist LIC

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:

Assist Intelligence Community (IC) officials in determining the state of collection, analysis, or intelligence operations resource gaps;

• 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.

Salary

• $107,446 - $139,684/year

Conditions of Employment

• 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

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. Other 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. Required Documents

All required documents listed below, that are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automated system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.

1. Resume - must be no more than two pages in length; resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. Resume should include applicants' name, email address, phone number, relevant work/volunteer experience, education and training. Include the start and end dates (from month/year to month/year), work schedule (e.g. part or full-time), the number of hours per week worked/volunteered, job title and description of duties performed. Education/Certification/Licensure when relevant or required for position. See Guidance for Applicants on 2-Page Resume and visit the USAJOBS Help Center for more information.
2. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on education. See the Qualification and Education sections of this announcement for more information. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) will be required to verify education prior to employment.
3. SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action): SF-50(s) must show the effective date, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, competitive status, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required information. Award SF-50s often do not show the required information. To verify the time in grade requirement, applicants must submit a SF-50 verifying the highest grade held for at least 52 weeks. Examples include, promotions with an effective date greater than one year, within grade increases demonstrating the highest grade held for at least 52 weeks or appointments/conversion of appointments with an effective date greater than one year.
4. Career Transition Assistance Program documentation, if applicable. (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separation notice, RIF separation SF-50 personnel action, certification of expected separation, etc.), most recent Performance Rating and more recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
5. Other Qualification documents (e.g. certificates, certifications, etc.), if applicable. See the Qualification section of this announcement for more information.

How to Apply

Prepare your application in USAJOBS

During the application process you can review, edit, delete, and update your information. We'll automatically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.

STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into USAJOBS.
STEP 2: Submit your resume. Resume must not exceed two pages. Please see the Required Documents section for specific information that should be outlined in your resume.
STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions.
STEP 4: Submit all required documentation applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section.

Alternate Application Procedures: If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alternate application procedures to submit your application package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET at least 2 working days prior to the closing date of this announcement. The application package for alternate application procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing date of this announcement. Paper applications and information sent by mail will not be accepted.