Personnel Security Policy Analyst
Office of the Director of National IntelligenceSummary
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.
The NCSC/Security Directorate (SD) protects the nation's 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. Government's risk management environment to safeguard against adversarial and insider threats. The NCSC/SD directly supports the DNI's responsibilities as the Security Executive Agency (SecEA) across the Executive Branch and serves as the DNI's designee for oversight of national security programs across the Intelligence Community (IC). The SD/PCG Personnel Security Policy Analyst is responsible for supporting the PCG, Chief in 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 Personnel Security Policy Analyst 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: - Support 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. - 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.
Develop and conduct substantive intelligence briefings, presentations, reports, and other materials to inform senior leadership and other stakeholders on policy issues.
Research, evaluate, and communicate policy needs, trends, and developments to organizational leadership, senior policymakers, and other senior USG officials.
Support efforts to promote communications that increase stakeholders', consumers', IC colleagues', and USG executive agents' overall understanding of USG and IC policies, processes, and procedures to promote mission effectiveness.
Develop communications and reports that address Executive Branch taskings, Congressional hearings, and executive-level briefings; explain organizational equities to the IC and other government agencies at meetings, conferences, and other public fora.
Review an extensive volume of written materials and contribute to written and verbal products including congressional testimony or responses to inquiries, senior-level issue papers or briefings, and letters and memoranda.
Conditions of employment
Must be a current permanent ODNI employee OR must be a current permanent Federal employee with supervisory approval to apply to the Joint Duty Assignment (JDA). JDA applicants must be currently at the grade level specified in the advertisement. No temporary promotion opportunities will be granted for this position. The program does not apply to members of the Military service or contractors.
Joint Duty applicants may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency. Joint Duty applicants must have a current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or have the ability to obtain one. The ODNI does not conduct polygraphs or provide security clearances for detailees.
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.
Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements:
Thorough knowledge of IC and related USG policies, directives, standard operating procedures and ability to develop a broad range of IC-wide policies, processes, and guidelines.
Thorough knowledge of the USG and its IC components, missions, and interrelationships and experience working either with or in a major USG or IC organization; thorough understanding of the authorities, roles, and responsibilities of the organizations within the IC community.
Ability to apply knowledge of ODNI and IC organizations and relevant customer organizations or operations (e.g., intelligence disciplines, military, policymakers, and law enforcement) in order to effectively address their national intelligence requirements and provide appropriate policy responses to meet IC needs.
Interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including ability to work independently and in a collaborative environment effectively with senior officials, management, teams, and colleagues.
Written and oral communication skills with ability to articulate complex intelligence issues to a wide audience, including the ability to write policy or analytic products for the senior USG officials and the IC workforce.
Ability to build and sustain professional networks and collaborate with both management and staff to continuously improve community relationships, products, and services.
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.
Desired Requirements:
Knowledge of personnel security disciplines.
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.
Experience as a contributor to government-wide initiatives and achieving improvements.
Education
Bachelor's degree
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.
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