Interdisciplinary(BiologistGenEngrPhyScientistOpsResearchAnalystDataScientist)

Summary

About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the National Ground Intelligence Center, Military S&TI Directorate, Anti-Access Area Denial Division, Air Defense Branch, Charlottesville, VA 22911.

Duties

• •Serves as a branch chief in the Military Scientific and Technical Intelligence Directorate, in the Anti-Access Area Denial Division.
• •Responsible for planning, directing, and evaluating resources for scientific and technical intelligence (S and TI) production.
• •Leads a branch that assesses technology trends, underlying technologies, and characteristics and performance of ground force weapons systems and/or military applications of emerging technologies.
• •Position requires significant judgement and ingenuity to integrate a wide variety of specialized analytical functions.
• •Plans and prioritizes both ongoing work and special projects, effectively using employee skills, applicable scientific and technical (S and T) principles, and branch resources to accomplish objectives.
• •Reviews work for S and T soundness, adherence to policy, and accomplishment of program objectives.
• •Collaborates to develop and execute professional development plans that grow knowledge, skills, and abilities of branch members.
• •Work requires frequent contact within an extensive service and customer network that includes S and T organizations, warfighters, and decision makers outside of NGIC.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GG/GS-13 grade level in the Federal service which includes demonstrating the skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of an Interdisciplinary Branch Chief. This includes experience evaluating scientific and technical intelligence programs, applying scientific or engineering methodologies, managing analytical projects, or representing technical positions on intelligence issues. Specialized experience is progressively responsible intelligence-related security work directly related to the position being filled. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector or in another government agency as long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower band in the series.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html