Chief Policy and Collaboration

Summary Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United States government, integrating the instruments of national power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, and defeat foreign intelligence threats. Learn more about this agency Duties The NCSC/Security Directorate (SD) The Security Directorate (SD) protects the nations security interests by providing comprehensive security solutions. SD develops and implements policies, guidance, and standards for personnel security, IC-wide and SCI security-relevant issues, and security clearance reform. SD also engages with government and industry partners to protect national security equities against foreign intelligence and security threats, and advance the U.S. Governments risk management environment to safeguard against adversarial and insider threats. The NCSC/SD directly supports the DNIs responsibilities as the Security Executive Agency (SecEA) across the Executive Branch and serves as the DNIs designee for oversight of national security programs across the Intelligence Community (IC). The SD/Group Chief is responsible for leading the successful formulation, development, coordination, production, and evaluation of Executive-level security-policies, processes, and guidance in support of the NCSC mission, enabling functions, and the intelligence disciplines. The Group Chief is also responsible for the communicating, coordinating, and supporting implementation of these policies and guidance across the Executive Branch, including IC Stakeholders. The selected candidate will: - Lead and oversee staff in the formulation, development, production, and evaluation of a broad range of policies processes, and guidance on Security-related topics including mission enabling functions, and intelligence oversight disciplines and communicate these policies, processes, and guidelines to community stakeholders. Lead and oversee Security professionals in 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 captured and relevant concerns are resolved. Lead and direct the development of substantive intelligence briefings, presentations, reports, and other materials to inform senior leadership and other major stakeholders on policy issues. Lead and oversee Security professionals in communicating policy needs, trends, and developments relative to organizational leadership, senior policymakers, and other senior U.S. Government officials. Oversee, lead, foster, and promote communications that increase stakeholders, consumers, IC colleagues and U.S. Government executive agents overall understanding of NCSC, USG and IC policies, processes, and procedures to best promote mission effectiveness. Lead and oversee Security professionals in the planning and preparation of communications and reports that address Executive Branch taskings and Congressional hearings; direct staff in 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. Lead and oversee Security professionals in reviewing an extensive volume of written materials and preparing or contributing to written and verbal products including congressional testimony or responses to inquiries, senior-level issue papers or briefings, and letters and memoranda. Lead, 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. Requirements Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI) Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI. Qualifications 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]). 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. 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. 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. 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. Required Qualifications - A minimum of ten years of expert-level experience leading and managing personnel security disciplines and deep knowledge and understanding of personnel security reform efforts. - Expert ability to supervise or lead and guide senior and expert staff members. Set priorities, goals, and deadlines, and make final determinations on how to plan and accomplish work. - Expert knowledge of IC and related U.S. Government policies, directives, and standard operating procedures and superior ability to develop a broad range of IC-wide policies, processes, and guidelines. - Expert ability to 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. - Expert 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; superior understanding of the authorities, roles, and responsibilities of the organizations within the IC community. - Expert knowledge of and superior experience in the research, formulation, development, and coordination of national-level policies and directives, including expert knowledge of qualitative and/or quantitative methods for policy development and assessment. - Expert ability to apply knowledge of ODNI and IC organizations and relevant customer organizations or operations (e.g., intelligence disciplines, military, policymakers, and law enforcement) to effectively address their national intelligence requirements and provide appropriate policy responses to meet IC needs. - Superior interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including superior ability to work independently and in a collaborative environment effectively with senior officials, management, teams, and colleagues. - Superior written and oral communication skills with expert 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. - Expert ability to build and sustain professional networks and collaborate with both management and staff to continuously improve community relationships, products, and services. - Expert 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. - Expert ability to direct taskings, assess and manage performance, collaborate on goal setting, and support personal and professional development at all levels of personnel. - Other duties, as assigned. Desired Qualifications - Expert knowledge of personnel security disciplines. - Expert knowledge of current National-level security-related topics such as Trusted Workforce 2.0, clearance process timelines, reciprocal recognition of security clearances and access approvals, and security business practices. - Expert experience leading government-wide initiatives and achieving improvements. Education Bachelor's Degree. Additional information JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) 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 Chief of Human Resource Management. In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's 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, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate 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 email at [email protected], by telephone at (703)275-3900 or by FAX at (703)275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodations will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION 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. Expand Hide  additional information Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. 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