Clarification from the agency

Open to current permanent ODNI employees

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) consists of the most senior and expert intelligence analysts supporting the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in carrying out responsibilities as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC) and as the principal adviser to the President for intelligence matters related to national security. The NIC produces a variety of all-source, IC coordinated intelligence reports, including its flagship product, the National Intelligence Estimate, which represents the Intelligence Community's most authoritative statement on a key national security issue.

The NIO/South Asia will oversee Intelligence Community wide production and coordination of the full range of analytic assessments on South Asia including strategic analysis on South Asia (NIEs, other community papers, IC Assessments and Sense of the Community Memoranda), and, as appropriate and required, more focused, time-sensitive analysis for the most senior decision makers in the USG.

Orchestrate, direct, and draft Community-wide immediate and long-term strategic and estimative analysis to support and advance senior policy maker and warfighter understanding of South Asia. Serve as subject matter expert and analytic advisor on South Asian issues in support of the DNI's role as the principal intelligence advisor to the President.

Develop the analytic portion of the UIS for South Asia, in concert with analysts from across the IC. In the implementation of the UIS, provide assessments of IC analytic efforts on South Asia, ensure robust tradecraft is applied against the target, and develop strategies for enhancing community expertise on South Asian targets.

Liaise and collaborate with senior policy makers in ensuring that policy maker priorities guide national-level intelligence collection and analysis.

Develop and sustain a professional network with IC analysts and analytic managers to ensure timely and appropriate intelligence support to policy customers regarding South Asian issues. Similarly, develop and sustain a network with industry, academic, and other USG South Asian subject matter experts.

Brief senior IC members, policy makers, military decision makers, members of Congress, and other major stakeholders as necessary on the IC's analytic assessment on South Asian issues.

Be familiar with and support the research and production plans on South Asian issues of the Community's analytic components, identify redundancies and gaps, identify strategies to address gaps, and advise the DNI on gaps and shortfalls in analytic capabilities across the IC.

Work with the NIM/South Asia team to assist in ensuring that analysis and collection are fully integrated, and participate as appropriate in helping to determine the state of collection on South Asian issues, identifying gaps, and supporting integrated Community-wide strategies to mitigate any gaps.

As a member of the NIM/South Asia team, represent analytic positions in liaison relationships with key foreign intelligence services, government officials, and other experts on South Asia.

Lead, manage, and direct a professional level staff, evaluate performance, collaborate on goal setting, and provide feedback and guidance regarding personal and professional development opportunities.

Conditions of employment

Must be a current permanent ODNI employee.

Qualifications

Established and recognized substantive expertise in South Asia.

Experience and expertise effectively working with senior policy makers and warfighters, to include a deep and current understanding of their intelligence/analytic requirements and priorities related to South Asia.

Experience working with outside experts, academia, think tanks, and foreign liaison on South Asian issues.

Expertise and experience in managing analytic processes, understanding IC analytic capabilities and priorities, and working at senior levels across the community to drive analytic product.

Knowledge of IC collection enterprise, particularly efforts against South Asian targets.

Demonstrated capability to direct interagency, interdisciplinary IC teams against a range of functional and/or regional analytical issues.

Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and management skills to conceptualize and effectively lead complex analytic projects with limited supervision. Ability to work with and fairly represent the IC when analytic views differ among agencies.

Excellent communication skills, including ability to exert influence with senior leadership and communicate effectively with people at all levels, both internal and external to the organization, to give oral presentations and to otherwise represent the NIC in interagency meetings.

Proven critical thinking and writing skills including the ability to draft finished all source intelligence assessments on complex topics and review written products with an emphasis on clear organization, and concise, and logical presentation.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.