Intelligence Research Specialist LIC

These Intelligence Research Specialist (Liaison Intelligence Coordinator) positions are located within the DEA in the following locations:

• Intelligence Division/Office of National Security Intelligence. Intelligence Community Integration Section-NSA San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas
• Intelligence Division/Office of National Security Intelligence. Intelligence Community Integration Section (NNI-DIA Joint Base Anacostia Bolling(JBAB) in Washington, DC

This is a Temporary Promotion NTE 3 years. If selectee is promoted into this position, he/she will return to their former grade at the end of the 3 years and be reassigned to an equivalent position in a different location.

• Provide assessments of Special Intelligence production for DEA objectives and value to address foreign threats to homeland security, identifying, and formulating strategies to mitigate gaps;
• Review and interpret policies, guidelines, methods and procedures associated with the evaluation and analysis of data classification, declassification, and protection of classified national sensitive information;
• Perform routine intelligence research functions by maintaining situational awareness of significant issues affecting national intelligence counter narcotic and transnational crime issues related to the U.S. homeland security and the broader community;
• Provide analytic production strategies to ensure that major intelligence gaps and shortfalls on counter narcotic and transnational organized crime issues are being examined either as a community or by individual analytics;
• Collaborate with DEA Liaison officers assigned within the IC focused on national intelligence counter narcotic and transnational organized crime issues related to the U.S. Homeland and facilitate improvement of DEA/IC collective efforts;
• Represent DEA at internal and external meetings and conferences on subjects of national intelligence related counter narcotic IC issues;
• May be required to testify during career as an Intelligence Research Specialist.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Background and/or Security Clearance.
• Incumbent is subject to random drug testing.
• Polygraph Required
• Mobility Agreement Required
• Successful completion of a one-year supervisory probationary period is required (unless already completed)

This position is at an IC agency and you are required to successfully complete a variety of security requirements before you are able to start this position. This position requires a polygraph that will be adjudicated by the IC agency before you can start this position. The polygraph may be administered by DEA or the IC agency depending on availability. You may be required to meet a variety of other security protocols before you can start this assignment.

It is at the discretion of the IC agency to change those protocols at any time and if they do change, you will be required to meet the new protocols to continue in this position. In addition, since this is a detail position, DEA is required to obtain DAG approval prior to you starting this position.

For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility

Applicants applying for the GS
- 14 must meet the following requirements:

Have at least one full year of specialized experience that is at least equivalent to work performed at the GS
- 13 grade level. Specialized experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) 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.

GS-14:
Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 Federal grade level performing such duties as providing direction and leadership to a multi-agency staff engaged in the collection, analysis, evaluation, production, and dissemination of drug law enforcement intelligence in support of drug law enforcement activities; and performing preliminary research, analysis and evaluation of raw intelligence data for segments of large research projects and studies.

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