Intelligence Specialist (GMI Analyst)

About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located in the Forces Directorate at National Ground Intelligence Center in Charlottesville, Virginia Develop NGIC's collection specifications for national collection assets for input into IC planning. Under the guidance and oversight of the Forces Director, work with the Middle East/Africa/Latin America Division Chief and Senior Intelligence Analysts (SIA) to plan production, ensure its focus on priority issues, identify gaps and plan collection. The SIO develops policy guidance at all levels of interactions and forms the basis of authoritative intelligence assessments or agency positions. Use expert knowledge of the evolving threat environment, define the critical intelligence issues that the Division and Directorate must address to provide war-fighters, combat developers, and policy makers with the decision advantage they require. Use expert GMI and analytical judgment to design, develop, apply and/or validate innovative methodologies for solving the most difficult intelligence problems. Responsible for the effective implementation of DNI directives that concern the quality of analytical products and the application of analytical integrity standards. Serve as the NGIC representative on national level committees which provide recommendations to IC decision makers on solutions to critical and/or long range collection management issues. Provide expert technical advice to the Commander, Director, Chief Analyst, Chief Scientist and others on complex, rapidly changing mission areas. 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. Current Civilian Employees of the Command 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Specialized Experience is defined as 1. experience planning and executing intelligence analysis on foreign state and/or non-state ground forces, systems, and/or operating environments; 2. planning and implementing principles, concepts, and methodologies to develop major program initiatives, drive intelligence collections, and/or applying analytical tradecraft; and 3. delivering analytic findings, in both verbal and written form, to a range of audiences of varied size and seniority within the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. 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.