Job Summary:

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 ST-APF-W4VYAA INSCOM - MISSION SUPPORT CMD, G-6 US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY CMD, MISSION SUPPORT COMMAND, STABLE SHADOW PROGRAM, FORT BELVOIR.

Responsibilities

• Manage the coordination, planning, collection, evaluation, fusion, analysis, production, and dissemination of all-source intelligence and counterintelligence at all echelons.
• Develop and analyse order of battle data using information accumulated from maps and intelligence derived from a variety of sources.
• Utilise expert briefing techniques and procedures necessary to inform staff, senior leaders and non-agency audiences to support the agency?s issues and positions.
• Develop Information papers, briefings, and other products to brief management and higher headquarters.

Travel Required

• Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
• Supervisory status: No
• Promotion Potential: None
• Job family (Series): 0132 Intelligence

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Two year trial/probationary period may be required.
• In accordance with Change 3 to AR 600-85, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program, individual must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• Emergency Essential employees must be exempted from military mobilisation or recall obligations by being placed in the Standby Reserve or other appropriate action. (Please see additional Information).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with eligibility for Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
• This position is designated as emergency-essential (E-E). (Please see additional Information).
• This position requires the employee to sign a mobility agreement under the provisions of the agency mobility program.
• A medical examination and immunisation screening are required.
• This position is subject to the Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. (Please see additional Information).
• Position may require employee to wear uniform and/or protective clothing.
• Will be expected to live in field or austere conditions.
• May be required to work irregular shifts/hours.

Qualifications

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.

• 10-Point Other Veterans? Rating
• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• 5-Point Veterans' Preference
• Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army)
• Current Permanent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
• Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30%
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Prior Federal Service Employee
• 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 organisations (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 equivalent to the GG/GS-13 that prepared you to do this job.

• Specialise experience is defined as experience which includes developing and coordinating intelligence operations and support.
• This definition of specialise experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level in the Federal Service.
• 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 organisations; 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 analysing, compiling, reporting and disseminating intelligence data; and/or Knowledge of organisation(s) for and methods of collecting and analysing intelligence data.

Note: Creditable experience may include military experience, experience gained in the private sector, or experience gained in another government agency so long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower grade in the series.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Intelligence Operations
• Oral Communication
• Technical Competence
• Writing

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• All INSCOM employees may be subject to extended TDY or worldwide deployments during crisis situations to perform mission essential functions as determined by management.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a Career Program (CP) 35 - position.
• TERM: This announcement is for a term position. Permanent employees who apply, are selected for, and ultimately accept this position will be converted to a term appointment. Term positions in DCIPS may be extended up to a maximum of five years. This position may be converted to permanent without further competition after completion of two years of continuous service in this position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorised, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• Relocation, Retention, and Recruitment Incentives are not Authorised.

How You Will Be Evaluated

• You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
• Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement.
• If you are minimally qualified, your résumé and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.
• If, after reviewing your résumé and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.
• Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance: Sensitive Compartmented Information

Drug test required: Yes

Position sensitivity and risk: Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk

Trust determination process: National security

Required Documents

WARNING: DO NOT INCLUDE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKET!
Application packages that contain Classified information WILL NOT receive consideration for this position. Should you submit a resume or any other document as part of your application package and it is confirmed that any of the information is Classified, in addition to being found ineligible for consideration for this position, your Security Office will be notified to determine if any further action is warranted.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Merit Checklist and Proof of Eligibility.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialised experience described in this announcement.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• For additional information see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
• Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
• NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitise these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitised version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

This job is open to

• Federal employees - Competitive service
  Current or former competitive service federal employees.
• Federal employees - Excepted service
• Current excepted service federal employees.
• The public
• U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• Veterans
  Clarification from the agency
  See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.

Additional Requirements

• Occasional travel
• Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories