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 U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), Mission Support Command (MSC)/ACoS, G3, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Responsibilities Serves as a Senior Plans Officer and Team Leader in the Plans Division of the G3 Directorate, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Assists and supports the G3 Plans Director in managing the staff element responsible for INSCOM's organizational strategy development and operational planning. Drafts, coordinates, and publishes plans documents for INSCOM and its major subordinate commands. Teams with MSCs, theater Army, and HQ Department of Army planners to leverage all INSCOM intelligence capabilities in support of coalition and joint warfighters and Army component commanders. Develops, refines, validates and articulates targeting efforts into strategic planning. Uses multi-source intelligence to support the joint targeting process. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. 10-Point Other Veterans' Rating 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans 5-Point Veterans' Preference Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30% Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Prior Federal Service Employee Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position 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 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. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GG/GS-13 grade level in the Federal service which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: drafting, improving, and conducting quality reviews of operational plans, contingency plans, deliberate and crisis action plans; Assisting with the intelligence related requirements of the Department of Army (or equivalent) planning process; Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting SIGINT, GEOINT, CI, Cyber, and HUMINT intelligence; Using multi-source intelligence to support the joint targeting process; Developing, refining, validating and articulating targeting efforts into strategic planning; and acting as a SME on all planning-related policy matters and targeting doctrine. Progressively responsible experience is that which has included intelligence-related research, analysis, collections and /or operations. This experience should have included intelligence analysis and/or production, intelligence collection and/or operations, counterintelligence, or threat support directly related to the position to be filled. This experience should demonstrate: Knowledge of intelligence processes, cycle and organizations; Knowledge of and/or ability to use research tools such as library holdings, photographs, statistics, graphics and maps; Knowledge of the systems, procedures and methods of analyzing, compiling, reporting and disseminating intelligence data; and/or Knowledge of organization(s) for and methods of collecting and analyzing intelligence data. Applicants should include on their resume evidence that their experience demonstrates knowledge of all intelligence disciplines (including but not limited to SIGINT, GEOINT, CI, Cyber, and HUMINT); in depth knowledge of DoD Planning and Operational doctrine; mastery of the principles, concepts, and methodology of the targeting cycle and doctrine; ability to analyze intelligence used by the DoD to make decisions/recommendations impacting new or existing policies and programs and execute joint targeting operations; and demonstration of well developed oral and written communication skills along with confidence and interpersonal skills to brief senior personnel and represent Command at joint planning conferences, working groups, and high-level meetings. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector, or experience gained in a government agency so long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower grade in the series (GS/GG-13). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Manages and Organizes Information Organizational Awareness Planning and Evaluating Technical Competence Education Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. All INSCOM employees may be subject to extended TDY or worldwide deployments during crisis situations to perform mission essential functions as determined by management. Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a General Intelligence Career Field (35) position. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest. Situational or ad-hoc telework may be authorized on case-by-case basis. Advanced In-Hire (AIH) may be authorized. Recruitment/Relocation Incentives may be authorized.
