Deputy NIO

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Job description

Summary The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Directorate for Mission Integration (MI) creates a consistent and holistic view of intelligence from collection to analysis and serves as the Director of National Intelligence's (DNI) principal advisor on all aspects of intelligence. MI integrates mission capabilities, informs enterprise resource and policy decisions, and ensures the delivery of timely, objective, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Responsibilities Mandatory Duties and Responsibilities: The National Intelligence Council (NIC) consists of the most senior intelligence analysts supporting the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in carrying out responsibilities as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC) and as the principal adviser to the President for intelligence matters related to national security. The NIC produces a variety of all-source, IC coordinated intelligence reports, including its flagship product, the National Intelligence Estimate, which represents the Intelligence Community's most authoritative statement on a key national security issue Lead, oversee, and coordinate the National Weapon and Space Systems Intelligence Committee (WSSIC), an Intelligence Community-wide (IC) committee that evaluates and produces integrated IC assessments of the characteristics, capabilities, and status of foreign weapon and space system programs and supports the relevant Unifying Intelligence Strategies. Establish subcommittees and working groups as required to focus on specific areas. Conceive, plan and direct long-term projects for the WSSIC and its subcommittees, to include the annual WSSIC Program of Analysis (POA). Provide inputs to annual evaluations of subordinate subcommittee and working group chairs and advocate for the award of joint duty credit. Direct the coordination with FVEY on designators and names for foreign weapon and space systems. Serve as the Intelligence Topic Expert (ITE) for the Weapons Development and Proliferation (WPNS) topic of the National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF). Lead the annual focus group that prioritizes the ACWP topic and coordinate with other relevant NIPF topic focus groups. Provide interim updates to the ACWP topic as required. Coordinate and oversee briefings, reports, background papers, and other deliverables on weapons and space systems for senior IC members, policymakers, military decision-makers, members of Congress, and other major stakeholders. Represent the IC and ODNI at senior level meetings, conferences, and other for a to promote intelligence collaboration. Represent the US as co-Head of Delegation at the FVEY Chiefs of Scientific and Technical Intelligence steering group and its subordinate FVEY intelligence exchanges. Coordinate the preparation of responses, correspondence, and products in response to Congressional tasking, including testimony, talking points, and statements for the record for senior ODNI staff. Lead, initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with IC and ODNI staff as well as with academia, the business community, and other non-government subject matter experts and use these relationships to obtain information that improves the knowledge and performance of the committee. Develop and maintain working relationships with senior ODNI officials and, as necessary, principals throughout the intelligence and policy communities; identify issues and developments with internal and external peers, communicating regularly to exchange subject information. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Mandatory Requirements: Expert technical knowledge of foreign weapon systems and space systems sufficient to anticipate and satisfy the intelligence needs of senior consumers, lead analytic production, identify collection requirements, and mitigate gaps. Superior ability to plan and lead the development of high-quality, complex analyses, studies, and projects that develop knowledge of weapons and space systems. Superior leadership, initiative, and creative thinking skills with ability to evolve, adapt, and transform organizations, processes, or outputs to meet new requirements or changing environments. Superior interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including ability to work effectively both independently and in teams or collaborative environments and mentor junior colleagues. Ability to evaluate and integrate viewpoints from the different agencies to form consensus around an IC perspective or, when consensus cannot be reached, to accurately represent differing views to fully inform high-level consumers. Superior ability to prepare finished intelligence assessments and other written products with emphasis on clear organization, concise and logical presentation, and adherence to analytic integrity standards and NIC writing style. Superior experience with coordinating and publishing NIEs, ICAs, SOCMs and related documents. Expert knowledge of IC policy and procedures as well as an expert ability to maintain and develop contacts within ODNI and the intelligence and policy communities for purposes of exchanging information. Generally, twelve or more years of related work experience. Desired Requirements: Master's degree in subject matter area, or closely related discipline. Education Master's degree Additional Information Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview. Salary Determination: The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Director/ Human Resource Management. On occasional instances when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to but not less than the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum rate (i.e., step 10) of the GS grade to which assigned. Relocation Expenses: For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds. Reasonable Accommodations: The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by classified email at , by unclassified email at , by telephone at or by FAX at . Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY. The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.

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