Summary You will serve as a senior management official on broad issues in intelligence research and operations areas affecting U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. TENTH Fleet (FCC/C10F), the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS), and the U.S. Navy.
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- You will initiate new intelligence programs or recommend significant changes to existing programs based on assessment of changes, foreign threat doctrine, strategy and policy.
- You will represent Navy cryptologic interests in advocating actions by other agencies, and in committing resources to DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) requirements. Requires extensive knowledge of the role and activities of NSA/CSS.
- You will manage extremely broad and diverse analyses in areas where little information is available, conflicts exist in interpretation, new theories or methodologies must be devised, and/or established assumptions may be challenged.
- You will exercise the authority to coordinate and integrate cryptologic intelligence collection efforts of agency components in order to prepare assessments.
- You will coordinate with national and naval intelligence authorities, to include NSA/CSS, Chief of Naval Operations and Office of Naval Intelligence. Represent all Special Program billets regarding assignments, rotations, and training.
- You will advise NSA/CSS senior leadership officials and serve as the FCC/C10F representative on boards, panels and committees involved in intelligence issues of national or international importance.
- You will provide authoritative advice to senior management officials in other government agencies or allied governments, and serve as a consultant on critical and wide ranging issues throughout the IC.
- You will prepare and present briefings on controversial and precedent setting proposals. Serve on various panels and boards, representing FCC/Cl0F, involved in Combat Support Agency operational planning and execution.
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Conditions of employment - Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-278e within 30 days of appointment.
- You must obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance and access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). Failure to do so may result in the withdrawal of an offer or removal. Indicate the level and date of your clearance in your resume.
- Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
- Males born after must be registered for Selective Service.
- You may be required to successfully complete a polygraph examination.
- You may be subject to a 1-year trial period in the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service unless required trial has been served.
- Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
- This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
- You will be required to sign a mobility agreement to accept relocation to other geographic locations if required by the employer.
- Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR .
- You must be willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Qualifications Applicants will be assessed against three areas: Intelligence Community Senior Officer Core Qualifications (ICSOCQs), Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs). Failure to provide a separate narrative statement which describes fully and concisely how your experience meets the competencies described in ICSOCQs, ECQs and MTQs will eliminate you from consideration.
Each technical qualification must be addressed separately in your Supplemental Narrative Statement. IC SENIOR OFFICER CORE QUALIFICATION: You will be assessed against the ICSOCQ Standard - Leading the Intelligence Enterprise to determine your interagency or multi-organizational (business, mission or professional) leadership competencies.
(The ICSOCQs must not exceed 2 pages.) 1) Collaboration and Integration. Senior officers have a responsibility to share information and knowledge to achieve results, and in that regard are expected to build effective networks and alliances with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or with other United States Government (USG), state, local, tribal and foreign officials, as appropriate; actively engage these peers and stakeholders; involve them in key decisions; and effectively leverage these networks and alliances to achieve significant results. Senior officers are expected to create an environment that promotes employee engagement, collaboration, integration, information and knowledge sharing, and the candid, open exchange of diverse points of view. Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate knowledge, skill, and/or ability to:
(a) Build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or in other government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission outcomes; and integrate joint/multi-agency activities, effectively exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual, joint, or multi-organizational goals.
2) Enterprise Focus. Senior officers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of how the missions, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC components interact and connect; synthesize resources, information, and other inputs to effectively integrate and align component, IC, and USG interests and activities to achieve IC-wide, national, or international priorities. In addition, senior officers are expected to encourage and support Joint Duty assignments and developmental experiences that develop and reinforce an enterprise focus among their subordinates. Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate knowledge, skill, and/or ability to:
(a) Understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the intelligence enterprise; apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi- organizational mission accomplishment.
(b) Understand how organizations, resources, information, and processes within the IC or interagency/multi-organizational environment interact with and influence one another; apply that understanding to solve complex interagency or multi-organizational problems.
3) Values-Centered Leadership. IC senior officers are expected to personally embody, advance, and reinforce IC core values: a Commitment to selfless service and excellence in support of the IC's mission, as well as to preserving, protecting, and defending the Nation's laws and liberties; the integrity and Courage (moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the truth, to innovate, and to change things for the better, regardless of personal or professional risk; and Collaboration as members of a single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the diversity of all members of the IC, their background, their sources and methods, and their points of view. In addition, senior officers are also expected to demonstrate and promote departmental and/or component core values, which may be incorporated in writing, as applicable. Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate knowledge, skill, and/or ability to:
(a) Promote, reinforce, and reward IC, departmental component core values in the workforce and ensure that actions, policies, and practices are aligned with, and embody those values.
(b) Ensure that organizational strategies, policies, procedures, and actions give appropriate focus, attention, and commitment to diversity of people, points of view, ideas, and insights.
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: You will be assessed against the ECQs. They are designed to assess executive experience and potential - not technical expertise. They measure whether you have the broad executive skills needed in a variety of senior executive positions. Failure to meet a qualification requirement will disqualify an applicant.
(The ECQs must not exceed 10 pages.) 1) Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
2) Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent in this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
3) Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent in the ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high- quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
4) Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
5) Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:
(Each must be addressed separately in your Supplemental Narrative Statement. Each MTQ must not exceed 2 pages.) 1. Broad senior leadership and management experience across Navy, Joint, Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) enterprises required to address fast pace and rapidly evolving operational challenges as well as substantive policy and programmatic coordination to deliver sustained and valuable outcomes.
2. Detailed knowledge of naval capabilities and fleet organizational constructs across all mission areas in competition, crisis and conflict. Intimate knowledge of the Navy's information warfare domain to include cryptologic, electronic warfare, and cyberspace capabilities for integration with Navy operational missions, functions and tasks and to satisfy intelligence support requirements.
3. Clear understanding of Signals Intelligence authorities, restrictions, delegations, and oversight and compliance regimes implemented to maintain civil liberties and protect constitutional rights while performing intelligence missions in defense of the nation.
4. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to guide cross functional groups toward an idea, assumption, or conclusion that delivers or facilitates a required mission capability. Must be able to effectively communicate both at a technical mission level and with partners or consumers not fully knowledgeable of cryptologic disciplines.
5. Demonstrated understanding of Navy and NSA/CSS Cryptologic Enterprise strategic plans/priorities and their underpinned organizational structures and processes to include planning, programming and execution of operational, research and development and manpower functions.
Additional information This position is in the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (DISES), a small elite group of top government leaders. DISES members possess a diverse portfolio of experiences including strong skills to lead across organizations. As an executive, you will influence the direction of innovation and transformation of the federal government and lead the next generation of public servants.
Veteran's preference does not apply to the Senior Executive Service.
This position is not covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: Defense Intelligence positions under the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) are in the excepted service by specific statute, 10 U.S.C. 1601. This position is in the excepted service. Non-DCIPS applicants selected for a DCIPS position must acknowledge in writing, prior to actual appointment to the DCIPS position, that the position for which he or she has been selected is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS. Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must also acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS position. This acknowledgement is necessary as movement between the excepted service and competitive service may be limited if the employee does not possess competitive status.
Joint Duty Assignments - Joint IC Duty certification is a prerequisite for appointment to senior executive, senior professional, and DCIPS positions classified above GG grade 15.
The ECQs describe the leadership skills needed to succeed as an SES; they also reinforce the concept of an "SES corporate culture." Refer to the OPM Guide to SES Qualifications for specific information and guidance on the ECQ requirements, the C-C-A-R model, and examples of good qualifications statements at the website: Current career Senior Intelligence Service (SIS), Senior Foreign Service (SFS), Senior National Intelligence Service (SNIS) and Senior Executive Service (SES) or Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (DISES) members, former SES or DISES members who are reinstatement-eligible and graduates of OPM-certified Candidate Development Programs are not required to address the ECQs, but must address the MTQs.)
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