Intelligence Specialist (Operation Support)
What you'd do
About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the IU.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), 704th MI BDE, Army Cryptologic Office, Fort Meade, MD.
Major duties
Serves as the Intelligence Specialist/Manpower Management Analyst in the Manpower Programs Division within the Army Cryptologic Office (ACO). Develops, analyzes, evaluates, advises on or improves programs, services, processes or functions of an organization. Analyzes, evaluates and integrates technical and non-technical data from multiple sources to assess the relevance and significance of developments in assigned area. Plans and carries out all assignments, resolving conflicts which arise and interprets existing policy to make technical and non-technical decisions necessary to analyze all-source materials and produce innovative management analysis in assigned area.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience evaluating and improving operational programs, services, and issues, directly related to Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) policies, systems, and/or cryptologic operations. AND Applying manpower regulations to plan organizational requirements, justify resources, and document staffing via Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) or equivalent formats. AND collaborating with internal and external partners to resolve program conflicts, gather requirements, and provide operational guidance. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-12). Progressively responsible experience is that which has included intelligence-related research, analysis, collections and /or operations. This experience should have included intelligence analysis and/or production, intelligence collection and/or operations, counterintelligence, or threat support directly related to the position to be filled. This experience should demonstrate: Knowledge of intelligence processes, cycle and organizations; Knowledge of and/or ability to use research tools such as library holdings, photographs, statistics, graphics and maps; Knowledge of the systems, procedures and methods of analyzing, compiling, reporting and disseminating intelligence data; and/or Knowledge of organization(s) for and methods of collecting and analyzing intelligence data.
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