Clarification from the agency

See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.

• Manage and oversee all intelligence, counterintelligence, and security programs, gathering, and exploitation efforts and requirements.
• Develop concepts, plans, and policies for required intelligence support.
• Formulate policies and plans concerning the oversight, tasking, resourcing, and execution of a wide range of multi-discipline intelligence and counterintelligence programs/operational activities.
• Conduct continuous evaluation of the effectiveness and adequacy of multi-discipline intelligence plans and programs.
• Provide specialized briefings to the Commander, visitors, staff members, policy makers, and individuals traveling to the ARCENT area of responsibility.
• Provide direct staff intelligence/security activities, ensuring USARCENT intelligence, counterintelligence, and security policies are consistent with those at national levels.
• Provide for the integration and coordination of intelligence/security matters and assist other staff elements and activities on issues with intelligence/security implications.
• Provide technical supervision of intelligence, security, and counterintelligence activities in the command.
• Develop plans, provide authoritative guidance, and oversee special training for intelligence personnel.
• Provide the full range of administrative supervision to subordinate employees.
• Oversee civilian personnel actions and manage career program requirements for civilian intelligence personnel.

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.
• Incumbent is required to have and maintain a TOP SECRET Special Access security clearance as a result of a current and favorable Special Background Investigation (SBI), with access to SCI.
• Financial Disclosure Statement (OGE-450) will be required. *For more information, please see "Qualifications" below
• This position is a TERM and OBLIGATED position. *For more information, please see "Qualifications" below
• Position is considered Emergency Essential. *For more information, please see "Additional Information" below

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 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 managing ground intelligence functions at the operational or strategic level, and experience utilizing budget or resource management principles to plan and coordinate mission requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-14).

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

• Customer Operations and Requirements
• Intelligence Staff Management
• Intelligence Strategic Planning

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.

*Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08). Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation, dated 17-Nov-2011.

*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 six years; however, they may be extended an additional two years with Agency approval. A DCIPS term employee may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a DCIPS permanent appointment. (To be converted to such an appointment, the employee must: 1. Be initially selected from an announcement that specifically stated that the individual could be eligible for noncompetitive conversion to a permanent DCIPS appointment at a later date; 2. Have completed at least two years of continuous service with at least a "Successful" overall evaluation of record; and 3. Be converted to a permanent DCIPS position in the same work level or grade for which hired.)"

"This announcement is for a term position that may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a DCIPS permanent appointment.

*OBLIGATED POSITION: This is an Obligated Position to an employee who has reemployment rights back to the position. When the employee returns, the incumbent may be (1) required to accept reassignment to another position at the same grade; (2) accept a change to lower grade (demotion); or (3) be separated if there is no position available. Should the employee choose not return to their obligated position, the position obligation will be removed and position may be converted to permanent without further competition after completion of two years of continuous service in this position.

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.