Supervisory Intelligence Research Specialist
About This Position
This position is Excepted Service under U.S.C. 50 Β§ 3024(v) and appointments are made without regard to the requirements of the Competitive Service by laws, Executive order, or OPM regulations.
This position is in the Bureau of Intelligence & Research, Southeast Asia & Pacific Div, Office of Analysis for East Asia & the Pacific,(INR/EAP/SEA). The Division is responsible for review/analysis of classified, unclassified, & open-source materials for SEA & States/territories of Pacific region.
Qualifications
Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.
Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience providing research, analysis, advice, and guidance on all aspects of the political, economic, social, civil military affairs, and regional geopolitical developments involving Southeast Asia: Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, Timor Leste, Australia, New Zealand and the States/territories of the Pacific region. Experience working with the Department of State and the Intelligence Community in carrying out national intelligence activities.
Experience in providing oral briefings and written analysis for senior government policymakers on all relevant issues involving Southeast Asia: Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, Timor Leste, Australia, New Zealand and the States/territories of the Pacific region. Experience working with interagency processes, particularly but not exclusively within the Intelligence Community and other national security agencies. There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-15 position.
Major Duties
Directly supervises five analysts in providing consistent intelligence support (including oral briefing and original written analysis) to Department of State policymakers.
Provides analytical support to the Director of National Intelligence, the National Intelligence Council, and Senior Director for East Asia and the Pacific, including through service on interagency Strategy Boards as appropriate.
Coordinates actively with other agencies of the U.S. Intelligence Community in support of the President's Daily Brief, National Intelligence Estimates and other interagency processes.
Serves as the Department's expert representative at meetings concerning regional foreign affairs intelligence analysis and in exchanges concerning division issues and chairs working groups and task forces in support of foreign policy development.
Directly advises the EAP Asst. Secretary, the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, the Secretary of State and other senior U.S. policymakers, Members of Congress and senior staff members on highly sensitive geopolitical developments in the region,
Education
Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.
How You Will Be Evaluated
For this announcement, all applicants will be assessed to determine if they meet the qualifications for this position, specifically the education, specialized experience, and knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) necessary to perform the work of the position. All applications that meet the required qualifications and determined to be best-qualified will be referred to the hiring official for further consideration and possible interview.
Your resume limited to two pages serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. Resumes longer than two pages will be deemed ineligible and will not be considered further.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following KSAs and other characteristics that are relevant to the duties of this position and must be fully supported by information in your resume: Knowledge of a professional discipline, the principles and techniques of inductive and deductive reasoning, and a subject-matter Knowledge of either a geographical area or a functional area to the production of finished intelligence reports Knowledge of a professional discipline such as international relations, current history, military science, or political science Knowledge of the operations and resources of the organizations which make up the intelligence community to a subject-matter specialty in the field of intelligence operations Ability to extend and refine existing techniques to develop new approaches to the work Veterans: Although consideration of Veterans' Preference is not required under 50 U.S.C. Β§ 30240(v) to the extent it would be under the competitive service; the Department of State considers veterans' preference as a positive factor in the hiring process.
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Additional Information
For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or [email protected]. If eligible, situational telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.
How to Apply
Prepare your application in USAJOBS To start your application, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to attach a resume and any required documents. 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. 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.
To learn how to view the status of your submitted supporting documentation and application, visit the Application Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site. Technical assistance with your on-line application is available through the Help Desk at [email protected] or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET 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.
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.
- Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, education and training. Include the start and end dates (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered.
Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages will be deemed ineligible and will not be considered further.
- Most recent SF-50s (Notification of Personnel Actions). The SF-50s must show: effective date, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required information (e.g., promotion, within-grade increase, and separation SF-50s). Award SF-50s often do not show the required information.
- Performance appraisal, strongly encouraged for current or former Federal employees. Submit a copy of your most recent (i.e., usually within the last 18 months) final (i.e., not a mid-year review) official (i.e., signed by the rating official and in original format) annual performance appraisal for the hiring manager's consideration. If a performance appraisal is not available, you may provide a statement and/or a statement from your supervisor explaining the reason one is not available and your servicing HR Office contact information (name, email address, phone number).
Note: You may be requested to provide an appraisal to the hiring official if one was not provided with your application. To receive a promotion, the employee's most recent performance rating must be βfully successfulβ or an equivalent level or higher. Employees who are tentatively selected to receive a promotion will be required to provide performance documentation within two business days of request. Servicing HR Offices may be contacted to verify performance ratings.