Strategy Management Officer

Description:

The National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center (NCBC) leads the Intelligence Community and the interagency to counter and halt the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems, related technologies, and expertise. The NCBC also serves as the lead for the integration, mission management, and coordination of intelligence activities pertaining to biosecurity and foreign biological threats

Requirements:

Mandatory Requirements:

Expert knowledge of strategy development and planning and a demonstrated ability to identify emerging trends and strategic issues and incorporate these into organizational strategic plans.

Expert knowledge of IC organizations' missions in order to develop the national-level strategies and polices necessary to support U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.

Superior ability to evaluate strategic trends, strategy and implementation plans, results, and programmatic data, to propose innovative solutions and implement change.

Superior knowledge of the GEOINT constellation and associated tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination process and systems.

Superior knowledge of persistent, space-based phenomenology, and how it informs mission utility.

Expert knowledge of analytic methodologies and how overhead systems are used within those methods.

Superior ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in written reports, and to logically filter and synthesize data, and produce clear, logical, and concise products.

Superior interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment, often under pressure with short operating deadlines.

Superior ability to coordinate, network, and communicate with individuals across the ODNI, IC, and U.S. interagency counterproliferation and/or biosecurity community to build and sustain effective working relationships to ensure superior intelligence support to the interagency policymaking process, and superior intelligence community understanding of policy objectives.

Superior ability to exercise independent judgment on time-sensitive issues and work collaboratively across the IC.

Superior critical thinking skills, including demonstrated ability to think strategically, to identify intelligence requirements, and to develop innovative recommendations and solutions.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, XX/XX/2024.

Degree: Master's degree in a field related to national security, strategic acquisition, resource strategy, weapons of mass destruction or counterproliferation; Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B. or J.D., in a field related to space-based technology, engineering, intelligence, physics, program planning and evaluation, national security, weapons of mass destruction, or counterproliferation.

or

Combination of education and experience: At least 15 years of experience in space-based systems phenomenology; collection management processes; strategic planning and implementation; integrated strategies to address science and technology gaps; weapons of mass destruction, counterproliferation, or an equivalent combination of college-level education and training that provided professional research and development; collection management processes; strategic planning and implementation; integrated strategies to address science and technology gaps; weapons of mass destruction, counterproliferation, or international security policy.

The overall rating evaluation of qualifications will also include the following competencies:

Ability to Focus on the End Goal

Attention to Detail

Collaboration/Networking with Customers, Outside

Experts, Peers, and Senior Policymakers

Collegiality

Communication (Verbal and Written)

Critical Thinking

Flexibility/Managing Competing Deadlines

Influencing/Negotiating

Interpersonal Effectiveness

Positive Attitude

Problem Solving

Resourcefulness

Think Effectively on Your Feet

Understanding of Acquisition Process

Understanding the Problem before Attempting Solutions

Translating Complex Information for Executive Audiences

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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

Desired Requirements:

Expert negotiation and leadership skills, the ability to exert influence and build consensus, and experience in reconciling competing interests.

Superior experience and knowledge of including the relationship between collection needs and the analytic process, collection platforms and tradecraft crucial for WMD subjects, or challenges facing the counterproliferation intelligence community.

Expert knowledge of the organizational structures and cultures of NRO and NGA.

Expert knowledge of the IC's acquisition and resourcing processes.

Superior ability to work with commercial and non-title 50 organizations.

Superior experience and knowledge of intelligence needs of U.S. Government customers of counterproliferation customers, including intelligence needed to support international arms control treaties and export control regimes, negotiate United Nations Security Council Resolutions, conduct U.S. Government strategic messaging, disrupt WMD-related networks.