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BASIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Deputy Director for the Aeronautical Navigation Office, in conjunction with the Director, is accountable for the development and accuracy of a global portfolio of safety-of-navigation products used to navigate onboard all Department of Defense (DoD) aircraft. The individual is responsible for developing and executing strategy to meet long term goals within NGA and DoD community guidance, and adhering to the requirements and constraints of US Code and international regulatory agencies. The individual must understand the provider/aviator relationship and promote effective aeronautical information and data user relations via interface with senior military leaders of all Services, the Commonwealth, and NATO. The individual assists customers in maintaining global readiness through analysis of available products, production timelines and strategies, and dissemination capabilities.

The Deputy Director must be able to work across the DoD, Intelligence Community (IC), and international partnerships to drive strategy and implementation for future technologies and processes, including performance-based navigation (PBN) and the Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) data format. The individual will lead and coordinate modernization efforts and seek and implement business improvements, including automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning and change detection to bring new data sources and processes to bear on aeronautical safety-of-navigation related issues and production capabilities. The Aeronautical Navigation Office Deputy Director interacts with a variety of senior intelligence, defense, national, and international partners on matters of national and international interest to share data; information and tradecraft; develop collaborative practices; and shape doctrine, operating concepts, and business models that affect the geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT) enterprise within the IC and DoD. The individual represents the IC and DoD at national and international forums to enhance data, cost, and burden sharing for GEOINT production supporting next generation Foundation GEOINT services. The Deputy Director oversees the quality, accuracy, and currency of geospatial information produced in-house or in cooperation with contractors and national and international co-producers for government, military, allied, and civil partners. The individual must possess a wide range of product/data knowledge and understand the capabilities of systems used to support extraction, analysis, and finishing of in-house, co-production, commodity, and contract data.

Conditions of employment

• US Citizenship is required.
• Designated or Random Drug Testing required.
• Security Investigation

Qualifications

MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Eligibility for this executive level position will be based upon a clear demonstration that the applicant has experience of the scope and quality sufficient to effectively carry out the assignments of the position. The successful applicants will be distinguished from other applicants by a review of the Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQs) Standards, the Technical Qualifications, and education requirements. Failure to meet a Qualification requirement will disqualify an applicant. Visit OPM's website for more information regarding drafting SOCQs using the ECQ's Challenge-Context-Action-Result model; NGA recommends this model for the SOCQs too.

IC SENIOR OFFICER CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ) Standard - Leading the Intelligence Enterprise: Required for all positions effective 1 October 2010. This SOCQ Standard involves the ability to integrate resources, information, interests, and activities effectively in support of the IC's mission and to lead and leverage cross organizational collaborative networks to achieve significant mission results. Inherent to this Standard is a deep understanding of the intelligence enterprise and a shared commitment to the IC's core values. For those without IC experience, draft narrative related to your past experience demonstrating these competencies at a comparable interagency or multi-organizational environment. (Include as separate attachment one page maximum per ICSOCQ)

(1) Collaboration and Integration: IC Senior officers have a responsibility to share information and knowledge to achieve results, and in that regard are expected to build effective networks and alliances; actively engage these peers and stakeholders; involve them in key decision; and effectively leverage these networks and alliances to achieve significant results. Senior officers are expected to create an environment that promotes employee engagement, collaboration, integration, information and knowledge sharing, and the candid, open exchange of diverse points of view. Candidates assessed against this competency must:
* Build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or in other government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission outcomes
* Integrate joint/multi-agency activities effectively exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual IC, joint, or multi-organizational goals.

(2) Enterprise Focus: IC Senior officers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of how the missions, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC components interact and connect; synthesize resources, information and other inputs to effectively integrate and align component, IC, and USG interests and activities to achieve IC-wide, national, and international priorities. Senior officers are expected to encourage and support Joint Duty assignments and developmental experiences that develop and reinforce enterprise focus among their subordinates. Candidates assessed against this competency must:
* Understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the intelligence enterprise; apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi-organizational mission accomplishment.
* Understand how organizations, resources, information, and processes within the IC or interagency/multi-organizational environment interact with and influence one another; apply that understanding to solve complex interagency or multi-organizational problems.

(3) Values-Centered Leadership: IC Senior officers are expected to personally embody, advance and reinforce IC core values. Senior officers are also expected to demonstrate and promote departmental and/or component core values. Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate:
* A Commitment to selfless service and excellence in support of the IC's mission, as well as to preserving, protecting, and defending the Nation's laws and liberties;
* The integrity and Courage (moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the truth, to innovate, and to change things for the better, regardless of personal or professional risk;
* Collaboration as members of a single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the diversity of all members of the IC, their background, their sources and methods, and their points of view.
* Promote, reinforce, and reward IC, departmental/component core values in the workforce and ensure that actions, policies, and practices are aligned with, and embody those values.
* Ensure that organizational strategies, policies, procedures, and actions give appropriate focus, attention, and commitment to diversity of people, point of view, ideas, and insights.


TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

In addition to the ECQs and IC SOCQs that are mandatory for all DISES level positions, the employee occupying this position must possess technical qualifications. Applicants will be rated on the TQ's identified below which are essential for successful performance in the position. These statements should be a narrative explanation of your relevant background and experience. They must show that your experience, education, and accomplishments reflect the competence and professional standing required to provide expertise required by this position. Technical Qualification Statements that do not clearly address the qualification criteria will not be adequate for evaluation. (Include as separate attachment, one page maximum per TQ)

1. Experience in an aviation related field (pilot, navigator, air traffic controller, airfield management), including demonstrated experience in the use of DoD Flight Information Publications (FLIP) and/or aeronautical navigation system data reflecting knowledge of DoD aeronautical navigation requirements.

2. Demonstrated understanding of the DoD aviation community and its associated organizations in relation to aeronautical safety of navigation policies and programs.

3. Demonstrated knowledge of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) structure and functions relative to aeronautical safety of navigation.

4. Executive/expert level experience leading a large (i.e., several hundred or more), complex operations or production unit including budgeting, resourcing and contracts oversight .

Specialized Experience:

This executive level position requires experience in an aviation related field (pilot, navigator, air traffic controller, airfield management) and an educational background to include a bachelor's degree or higher. The position requires recent experience demonstrating effective leadership regarding DoD aeronautical issues at the equivalent or next lower equivalent level (GS-15, PB5, military O-6). Successful candidates will reflect a working knowledge of DoD Flight Information Publication (FLIP) content requirements and publication processes. The position also requires familiarity with advanced technology capabilities, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and change detection. The position also requires an understanding of DoD aeronautical safety of navigation related organizations, policies, programs and modernization initiatives focused on performance-based navigation, as well as a general knowledge of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aeronautical safety of navigation related international organizations.

How you will be evaluated

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

APPLICANT EVALUATION PROCESS:

Applicants will be evaluated based on job-related criteria identified under the Qualification Requirements by a screening panel of senior representatives with functional backgrounds relevant to this position. Interviews may be conducted.