Intelligence Operations Specialist (Executive Briefer)

This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A). This position provides DHS and I&A Leadership with timely intelligence to inform decision-making while acting as a liaison for I&A's integration in the National Security Enterprise. The mission consists of curating intelligence briefings for DHS Leadership and proactively responding to the intelligence requests of executive customers. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

The HEIST provides a variety of services to I&A and DHS Headquarters executive leadership, their Staff, the DHS IE, and the broader Intelligence Community (IC). The HEIST's mission consists of curating daily intelligence briefings and readbooks for the DHS Enterprise, to proactively respond to the intelligence requests of senior executive customers in I&A and DHS, to socialize, provide, and promote I&A intelligence to our customers, to facilitate the integration and enhanced performance of I&A and its various offices with itself, their customers, and partners throughout the DHS Enterprise and Interagency, and with acting as a liaison and force multiplier for I&A's workforce and its integration in the National Security Enterprise. Additionally, this position serves as critical touch point for the DHS IE, ensuring that I&A, DHS IE, and IC products are effectively disseminated to DHS leaders and tactical operators. As a Intelligence Operations Specialist (Executive Briefer), GS-0132-9/11/12/13, your typical work assignments may include: Identifies and researches requirements, directives, intelligence databases, and various ancillary sources to gather and disseminate intelligence information in support of ongoing or emerging intelligence program or project requirements. Prepares and presents relevant products and key analytic judgements to DHS HQ and DHS IE customers by applying knowledge of homeland security missions, intelligence priorities, and I&A production process and collaborates with analysts, senior intelligence officers, mission managers, and other intelligence producers to inform decision makers on the full spectrum of homeland security issues. Serves as an action officer for DHS and I&A leadership to work on integration efforts between I&A, the DHS Enterprise, and the IC. Provides excellent customer service and force multiplier functions to I&A Mission Centers by providing them with engagement and outreach opportunities, situational awareness of DHS and I&A executive leadership priorities and taskings, and the socialization of I&A intelligence with customers. Responsible for coordinating all-source (GEOINT, HUMINT, SIGINT, MASINT, OSINT, and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)) products ensuring customer needs are clearly articulated and entered into appropriate systems/processes, and that intelligence data is properly collected, exploited, and disseminated to supported organizations. With the team members, the incumbent works with counterparts across the DHS and IC to advocate for DHS information and capability needs, and leverage national intelligence resources, information, and capabilities. The incumbent is responsible for supporting ongoing substantive intelligence collection and dissemination activities in any of the established intelligence specialty areas, facilitating customer feedback and follow-on taskings. Develops data for stakeholders based upon knowledge of current and past intelligence situations and an understanding of the significance of the conditions and threats, assisting in presenting findings and recommendations to superiors. Participates in departmental and IC presentations, briefings, and forums and serving as a DHS representative to appropriate homeland security and IC working groups or on committees and subcommittees made up of peer group representatives. Participates in preparing briefings for government leadership on collection management issues and technical topics. Organizes meetings and conferences, creates agendas, and prepares senior personnel for participation through oral and written briefs. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.