Intelligence Research Specialist - Washington, United States - US Customs and Border Protection

US Customs and Border Protection

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Washington, United States

1 day ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Duties:

In this position as a Intelligence Research Specialist you will provide situational awareness, information reporting, and intelligence sharing to senior leaders, CBP agents, intelligence officers/analysts and support personnel.

This position starts at a salary of $82, GS-11, Step 1) to $107, GS-11, Step 10) with promotion potential to $153,354 (GS-13 Step 10).

In this Intelligence Research Specialist position major duties include, but are not limited to:

Gathering, evaluating, analyzing, and abstracting intelligence data from multiple or specific sources.
Contributing to short and long term planning through indepth research and analysis regarding threats to border security.
Compiling, collating, extrapolating, and exploiting both unclassified and classified sources of information and reporting.
Engaging in research and analysis to develop and publish finished tactical, operational, and strategic level intelligence products.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service
Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below)
You may be required to pass a background investigation
CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures
DHS uses E-Verify, an Internetbased system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about
E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.

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Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.

Qualifications:

Experience:
You qualify for the GS 11 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:

Assisting in the research, screening, evaluation and consolidation of a large quantity of information related to CBP issues and threats within assigned area of responsibility.
Demonstrating proficiency using DBS and IC databases and tools to gather, review and collate allsource message traffic and other communications.
Drawing meaningful conclusions and produces clear assessments. Presents findings in written products or oral briefings to superiors, planners, and policy makers.
Providing situational awareness of all events, issues and threats being monitored by the National Intelligence Watch (NIW) and promptly informs leadership of significant or unusual incidents.

NOTE:
Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements.
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Education Substitution:You may substitute a Ph.
D.

or an equivalent doctoral degree, or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.M.

for experience at the GS-11 grade level. Such education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise three years of graduate study. If that information is not available, use 54 semester or 81 quarter hours.
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Combining Education and Experience: To combine your education and experience, convert each to a percentage and then add the percentages. If your education is described in quarter hours, multiply by the fraction 2/3 to convert into semester hours, then divide the semester hours by 18. To determine your percentage of qualifying experience, divide your total months of experience by the required number of months of experience. Add your percentages together. The total must equal at least 100% in order to qualify.

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.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Noncareer SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

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Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity. During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convi