Supervisory Intelligence Research Specialist

Overview Accepting applications Open & closing dates Opening and closing dates08/20/2021 to 08/26/2021 Service Competitive Pay scale & grade

GS 14

Salary $122,530 to $159,286 per year Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Duties SummaryThe United States Marshals Service (USMS) is the nation's oldest and most versatile federal law enforcement agency. The missions of the Service include protection of the judiciary, court security, witness security, asset seizure and forfeiture, apprehension of fugitives, prisoner transportation and custody.JUDICIAL SECURITY DIVISION / ARLINGTON, VAResponsibilities This position is located within the Judicial Security Division's Office of Protective Intelligence (OPI). The OPI is the USMS's preeminent expert in identifying, investigating, analyzing, assessing and mitigating threats against USMS protected persons, facilities, and events. The OPI's core function is to organize, train and equip the USMS Protective Intelligence Program and to direct, manage, and oversee its execution. The OPI performs these core functions by leveraging the protective intelligence cycle to ensure all threats are investigated thoroughly and mitigated fully in a timely fashion and by providing direct support to USMS Districts to this end. The OPI ensures mitigation primarily through a combination of traditional and cyber investigative support, application of analytic tradecraft throughout the protective intelligence cycle, and provision of counter-surveillance, surveillance detection, and surveillance support. The OPI's Threat Information Sharing and Analysis Center (TISAC) is the USMS's central repository, coordination, and analysis center for all threat information, assessments, and investigations. This position's incumbent will supervise the day-to-day activities of the TISAC personnel and will be responsible for directing, managing, and overseeing the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of protective intelligence related to the safety and security of USMS protected persons, facilities, and events.Duties include but are not limited to the following:Supervising research and analysis in order to determine the degree of threat.Supervising the preparation of intelligence reports.Supervising the use law enforcement databases to retrieve intelligence information.Exercising full supervisory responsibility over subordinate positions.Planning work to be accomplished; establishes priorities and assigns work to subordinates OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE, FUSION CENTER, AND INTERAGENCY EXPERIENCE IS HIGHLY DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED Travel RequiredOccasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Supervisory status Yes Promotion Potential 14 Requirements Conditions of Employment Must pass a pre-employment security investigation and drug screening. This position is a Testing Designated Position and subject to random drug testing May be required to successfully complete a trial/probationary period. May be required to successfully complete a supervisory probationary period. Shift work is required and to included weekends. This is a mission essential position. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Must be able to obtain and maintain Top Secret security clearance with SCI security eligibility. Qualifications You may qualify at the GS-0132-14 level, if you fulfill the following qualifications:GS-14:Specialized Experience: You must have at least one full-time year (12 months) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service that included: Analyzing threat information to support law enforcement investigations and/or intelligence research;Evaluating intelligence data obtained from law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community;Maintaining consolidated/central information databases; andParticipating in the development of organization policies, procedures and guidelinesYou must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). 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). 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 EducationAdditional informationThe Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified (score of at least 85) for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified or better category using established category rating criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. For more information about ICTAP eligibility click here.The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified (score of at least 85) for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and rate equivalent to the Highly Qualified or better category using established category rating criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. For more information about CTAP eligibility click here. Note:Multiple selections may be made from this announcement. Salaries listed above are an approximation and are subject to duty station locality adjustment. Recruitment incentive may be authorized. How You Will Be EvaluatedYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Your application will be evaluated and rated under DOJ's Category Rating and Selection Procedures. Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are basically qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the online assessment questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job. Your application will then be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified.Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;Highly Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job;Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors. Although veterans' preference points are not assigned under category rating procedures, veterans' preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each category for which they are qualified. In addition, qualified veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more are placed at the top of the highest quality category. (i.e. Best Qualified.) Names of all candidates in the Best Qualified category will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration (unless a sufficient number of qualified veterans are found - in which only those names will be initially certified). Candidates within the Best Qualified category who are eligible for veterans' preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):Data ManagementManaging Human ResourcesOral CommunicationResearchWritingBackground checks and security clearanceSecurity clearance Sensitive Compartmented Information Drug test required Yes Position sensitivity and riskSpecial-Sensitive (SS)/High RiskTrust determination processCredentialing, Suitability/Fitness, National securityThis job is open to Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee. The public U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. This job is also open in another announcement to: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Family of overseas employees Federal employees - Competitive service Individuals with disabilities Land & base management Military spouses Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Veterans