Engagements Officer, NGA Director's Action Group (DAG)
About This Position
Strategic Planning Officers develop and assess Agency-wide strategic direction, facilitate strategic planning and integration activities, develop strategic communications, and measure and report on progress. They identify emerging issues and trends and evaluate NGA strategic goals, objectives, and Directorate-level plans to ensure relevance and alignment with U.S. Government strategies. They advis
Qualifications
MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement: 1. Advanced ability to plan, coordinate, and support executive engagements, visits, travel, read-ahead materials, day-of execution, and follow-up actions.
- Working knowledge of NGA, Intelligence Community (IC), and Department structures, missions, capabilities, and long-term strategic objectives.
- Strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex intelligence, policy, operational, or stakeholder information into clear briefings, talking points, engagement materials, and executive-level communications.
- Proven ability to coordinate across competing priorities and synchronize engagement preparation across internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong ability to support time-sensitive projects, executive engagement preparation and execution, and cross-Component actions through completion in a fast-paced senior leader environment.
- Demonstrated track record of navigating complex organizational structures to overcome obstacles, drive strategic initiatives to completion, and deliver measurable outcomes aligned with executive priorities. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A.
Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Computer Science, General Management, οΏ½Human Resources, Information Technology, National Resource Strategy, National Security Studies, Public Administration, Systems Engineering, or a related field. οΏ½-OR- B. Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed in option A, plus experience in the development, assessment, and facilitation of strategic planning activities, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience.
Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals 4 years. -OR- C. Experience: A minimum of 4 years of experience in the development, assessment, and facilitation of strategic planning activities, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:
In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired: 1. Demonstrated ability to synthesize large amounts of complex intelligence, policy, or operational information and distill it into clear strategic themes, briefings, or actionable items.
- Proven ability to anticipate impediments, remain composed, and operate with diplomacy and tact in a fast-paced, high-visibility executive environment.
- Experience coordinating actions, responses, or engagements across multiple IC components, interagency partners, or foreign liaison services.
- Demonstrated experience developing and nurturing strategic relationships, facilitating working sessions, and translating strategic intelligence requirements into actionable engagement plans.
Major Duties
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This is a 2-year rotational assignment. Upon successful completion of the assignment, personnel will have the potential for priority placement for their follow-on assignments. The Director's Action Group (DAG) Engagements Officer serves within the NGA Director's Executive Team (DX) and provides executive-level staff support for Director engagement planning, preparation, execution and follow-up.
The incumbent synchronizes information, task execution, engagement products, and communication support across DX, NGA Offices, and Components to support alignment with the Director's strategic engagement intent. The position requires advanced functional and technical expertise in executive operations, strategic engagement planning, cross-Component coordination, communications integration, and time-sensitive issue resolution. The incumbent supports the DAG Chief and coordinates with the Director Front Office team, Protocol, Office of Corporate Communications, OCCL, Executive Secretariat, DX XO team, and responsible Offices and Components while preserving lead-office, Protocol, and communications/release authorities.
Conditions of Employment
SPECIAL INFO: As a condition of employment at NGA, persons being considered for employment must meet NGA fitness for employment standards. - U.S. Citizenship - Security Clearance - Top Secret /Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) - Polygraph & Drug Test - Direct Deposit - Trial Period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. We may consider: performance conduct; needs and interests of the agency; and whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government and the efficiency of the Federal service SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance with access to SCI.
In addition, you are subject to a Counterintelligence Polygraph examination in order to maintain access to Top Secret information. All employees are subject to a periodic examination on a random basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Refusal to take the examination may result in denial of access to Top Secret information, SAP, or unescorted access to SCIFs.
Employees with SCI access and who are under NGA cognizance are required to submit a Security Financial Disclosure Report, SF-714, on an annual basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Failure to comply may negatively impact continued access to Top Secret information, Information Systems, SAP, or unescorted access to SCIFs. NGA utilizes all processes and procedures of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS).
Non-executive NGA employees are assigned to five distinct pay bands based on the type and scope of work performed. The employee's base salary is established within their assigned pay band based on their unique qualifications. A performance pay process is conducted each year to determine a potential base pay salary increase and/or bonus.
An employee's annual performance evaluation is a key factor in the performance pay process.
This position is a DCIPS position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are an external applicant claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must self-identify your eligibility.
How You Will Be Evaluated
Applicants are not required to submit a cover letter for employment consideration with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. However, a cover letter is recommended.
Applicants will have the option to attach a cover letter in the Qualifications - Attachments step of the online application. APPLICANT EVALUATION PROCESS: 1) All applicants will be evaluated using the Mandatory Qualification Criteria, 2) Qualified applicants will then be evaluated by an expert or panel of experts using a combination of qualification criteria to determine the best-qualified candidates, 3) Best-qualified applicants may then be further evaluated through an interview process. Military retiree applicants, if selected, may be impacted by the 180-day appointment restrictions of DODI 1402.01.
HD personnel will provide additional information if applicable. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the Assignment Description, Additional Information Provided By the Selecting Official, and the Qualification Requirements; and then construct their resumes to highlight their most relevant and significant experience and education for this job opportunity. This description should include examples that detail the level and complexity of the performed work.
Applicants are encouraged to provide any education or degree information referenced in the announcement that is relevant. If education is listed as a mandatory requirement, only degrees obtained from an institution accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the Secretary, US Department of Education will be accepted.
You must use the NGA resume builder and limit your resume to 2 pages. In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or re-determined annuity for the reemployment period.
Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e., retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 300). Reemployed annuitants must meet additional selection criteria as outlined in the DODI 1400.25, v300. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation.
NGA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applications will only be accepted online. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us at [email protected].
The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
How to Apply
Application submission involves applying using NGA's online application process at NGA Careers Portal. Additional information concerning NGA's hiring process can be found by visiting NGA Hiring Process. All announcements close at 11:59PM EDT on the closing date listed.
Be sure to complete and submit your application by that time in order to be considered. ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Both applicants for employment and current employees of NGA are entitled to request religious accommodations from generally applicable employment-related rules and requirements, so long as the accommodation requested would not result in an undue hardship to the conduct of NGA's business.
You can apply for the job opening at https://careers.nga.mil/psp/CAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=20260204&PostingSeq=2
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