Personnel Security Policy Officer

Summary The mission of the National Counterintelligence & Security Center is to lead and support the U.S. Governments counterintelligence (CI) and security activities critical to protecting our nation; provide CI outreach to U.S. private sector entities at risk of foreign intelligence penetration; and issue public warnings regarding intelligence threats to the U.S. Responsibilities This position is located in NCSC Special Security Directorate (SSD). SSD is the source for security policy advocacy, advice and guidance regarding security practices/procedures, security -relevant issues, and security clearance reform initiatives. This position leads Personnel Security Policy and Collaboration and supports the DNIs responsibilities as the Security Executive Agent (SecEA). The selected candidate will promote effective and uniform policies and procedures for personnel vetting, national security investigations, and the determination of eligibility requirements for access to classified information or to hold a sensitive position, and for the Trusted Workforce (TW) 2.0 personnel vetting reform initiative. The selected candidate will also: Maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, experts, IC members, and policy committees and utilize these relationships to share information of IC interest. Attend internal and external training, seminars, or conferences on broad personnel vetting and intelligence topics. 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. Execute meetings to share information with ODNIs senior leadership and other major stakeholders on issues relating to personnel vetting policies and standards. Provide analysis and recommendations that ensure IC and Executive Branch programs align with strategic objectives. Support the planning, research, development, and communication of trends and developments relative to personnel vetting policies and procedures for IC/ODNI leadership and other senior USG officials. Support the ODNIs position on key personnel vetting matters and advocate on behalf of the ODNI at IC and Executive Branch agency working groups, conferences, and public forums, sharing information relative to ODNIs personnel security programs and eliciting expertise on policies in support of the protection of national security equities. Represent the ODNI as a member to the National Industrial Security Program and/or Policy Advisory Council and to the State, Local, Tribal and Private Sector Policy Advisory Council, where government and industry partners collaborate to advance the national security industrial security programs. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Mandatory Requirements: A minimum of eight years of successful experience in the personnel security discipline and familiarity with personnel vetting reform efforts (TW 2.0). Extensive knowledge of applicable federal laws, Presidential Directives, and Executive Orders; as well as, IC and USG policies, directives, and standard operating procedures relating to personnel vetting with familiarity in the following disciplines: insider threat, counterintelligence, and polygraph. 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 work independently and in a collaborative environment effectively with senior officials, management, teams, and colleagues. Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability to build and sustain professional networks and collaborate with both management and staff to continuously improve community relationships, products, and services. Desired Requirements: Extensive experience and demonstrated success developing and coordinating policies, directives, and standard operating procedures. 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. Demonstrated experience working in more than one Executive Branch agency or federal agency. Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area. Education Bachelors degree. Additional Information Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview. Salary Determination: The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Director/ Human Resource Management. On occasional instances when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidates personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to but not less than the employees current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum rate (i.e., step 10) of the GS grade to which assigned. Relocation Expenses: For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds. Reasonable Accommodations: The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by classified email at dnireasonableaccommodationwma@cia.ic.gov, by unclassified email at DNIDRA@dni.gov, by telephone at 703-275-3900 or by FAX at 703-275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY. The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.