Clarification from the agency

Internal to an Agency = Open to current permanent ODNI employees Federal Employees = This detail opportunity is for current competitive and excepted service employees only. If you are not a current federal civilian employee you will not be eligible for this position. ODNI Joint Duty Assignments do not apply to members of the Military service or contractors. Applicants from federal agencies may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency.

The Policy & Capabilities (PC) Directorate ensures the IC is best postured for the threats and challenges of an uncertain future, through strategy, policy, and capabilities development. PC is comprised of the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) and Policy Strategy and Accountability (PSA) Office.

The Policy, Strategy, and Accountability (PSA) Office is at the forefront of developing, implementing, and evaluating the National Intelligence Strategy, to restore our clandestine technological dominance while ensuring the protection of American civil liberties. Key functions include strategy and prioritization management, the development of IC policy, IC strategy and guidance on science, technology, and data, and net assessments and comparative analysis.

Formulation, development, production and evaluation of a broad range of policies, processes, and guidance on mission, enabling functions, and intelligence disciplines and communicate these policies, processes, and guidelines to community stakeholders. Perform the review and analysis of policies, processes, and guidelines that are contained in United States Government (USG) and Intelligence Community (IC) Directives, Policy Guidance, Standards, plans, and memoranda to ensure equities are captured and relevant concerns are resolved.

Plan, promote, produce and develop a broad range of policies, processes, and guidance on subject areas including counterintelligence (CI), counterterrorism (CT), counterproliferation (CP), Cyber, Information Sharing Environment (ISE), Information Technology (IT), Human Capital (HC), Security, or other enabling functions, and intelligence disciplines and communicate these policies, processes, and guidelines to community stakeholders.

Plan and conduct the review and analysis of policies, processes, and guidelines that are contained in United States Government (U.S.) Government and Intelligence Community (IC) Directives, Policy Guidance, Standards, plans, and memoranda to ensure equities are addressed and relevant concerns are resolved.

Plan, develop, and provide substantive intelligence briefings, presentations, reports, and other materials to inform senior leadership and other stakeholders on policy issues.

Plan, research, produce, and communicate trends and developments to organizational leadership, senior policymakers, and other senior U.S. Government officials.

Plan, develop, and promote communications that increase stakeholders', consumers', IC colleagues', and U.S. Government executive agents' overall understanding of U.S. Government and IC policies and processes, and procedures to promote mission effectiveness.

Plan and develop communications and reports that address Executive Branch taskings and Congressional hearings, to include the production and coordination of executive-level briefings; represent organizational equities to the IC, and other government agencies at meetings, conferences, and other public fora.

Conduct substantive reviews of an extensive volume of written materials, and prepare or contribute to written and verbal products including congressional testimony or responses to inquiries, senior-level issue papers or briefings, and letters and memoranda.

Initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, experts, IC members, and policy committees and use these relationships to share information of IC interest; attend internal and external training, seminars, or conferences on broad intelligence topics or more strategic subject areas.

Conditions of employment

Must be a current permanent ODNI employee OR must be a current permanent Federal employee with supervisory approval to apply to the Joint Duty Assignment (JDA). JDA applicants must be currently at the grade level specified in the advertisement. No temporary promotion opportunities will be granted for this position. The program does not apply to members of the Military service or contractors.

Joint Duty applicants may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency. Joint Duty applicants must have a current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or have the ability to obtain one. The ODNI does not conduct polygraphs or provide security clearances for detailees.

FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS

All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).

1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
3. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.
4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Qualifications

Extensive knowledge of IC and related U.S. Government policies, directives, and standard operating procedures and demonstrated ability to develop a broad range of IC-wide policies, processes, and guidelines.

Extensive knowledge of the U.S. Government and its IC components, missions, and interrelationships and experience working either with or in a major U.S. Government or IC organization; extensive understanding of the authorities, roles, and responsibilities of the organizations within the IC community.

Extensive knowledge of and demonstrated experience in the research, formulation, development, and coordination of national level policies and directives, including extensive knowledge of qualitative and/or quantitative methods for policy development and assessment

Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge of ODNI and IC organizations and relevant customer organizations or operations (e.g., intelligence disciplines, military, policymakers, and law enforcement) in order to effectively address their national intelligence requirements and provide appropriate policy responses to meet IC needs.

Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative environment effectively with senior officials, management, teams, and colleagues.

Demonstrated written and oral communication skills with demonstrated ability to articulate complex intelligence issues to a wide audience, including the ability to write policy or analytic products for the senior U.S. Government officials and the IC workforce.

Demonstrated ability to build and sustain professional networks and collaborate with both management and staff to continuously improve community relationships, products, and services.

Demonstrated project leadership capabilities, including the ability to effectively coordinate business processes, deliver
within time constraints, manage competing priorities, and adjust quickly to deal with time sensitive requirements.

How you will be evaluated

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

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.