Intelligence Research Specialist

Intelligence Research Specialist Department of Ste Department of Ste - Agency Wide Summary This position is Excepted Service under

U.S.C. 50

§ 3024(v) and appointments are made without regard to requirements of the Competitive Service by laws, Executive order, or OPM regulions. This position is in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Analysis for Europe & Eurasia (INR/EUR). INR/EUR develops & execute program analysis of classified, unclassified, & open-source merials concerning political, economic, social, internal security, etc. of European & Eurasian countries. Summary This position is Excepted Service under

U.S.C. 50

§ 3024(v) and appointments are made without regard to requirements of the Competitive Service by laws, Executive order, or OPM regulions. This position is in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Analysis for Europe & Eurasia (INR/EUR). INR/EUR develops & execute program analysis of classified, unclassified, & open-source merials concerning political, economic, social, internal security, etc. of European & Eurasian countries. Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 02/24/2026 to 03/02/2026 Salary $169,279 to - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework may be approved Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional travel of 0-10% may be required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) 0132 Intelligence Supervisory stus No Security clearance Top Secret Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

S/INR-EXC-2026-0002

Control number 858582900 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency U.S. Department of Ste employees within the Bureau of Intelligence and Research Duties Help Serves as the Senior Intelligence Officer on intelligence analysis for Russia providing analysis on foreign and domestic policy, including leadership intentions, with emphasis on U.S. foreign policy implicions of Russia's internional behavior. Represents INR and the Department during IC coordinion and collaborion, including for the President's Daily Briefing (PDB), Nional Intelligence Estimes, and other Intelligence Community (IC) analytic products and activities Represents on IC committees, such as ODNI and Nional Intelligence Manager & Nional Intelligence Officer analytic, stregy & planning boards, and working groups within the IC, or meetings designed by the Office Director or INR Front Office. Guides Analysis and prepares analytical intelligence assessments on informion derived from relevant sources and presents briefings/ papers to officials within INR, the Department, the IC, the White House, and other executive branch departments. Serves as a formal mentor within INR/EUR and an informal mentor within INR, for example by mentoring, guiding and developing the professional tradecraft capabilities of other analysts. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Incumbent subject to random drug testing. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. Obtain/maintain eligibility to access Sensitive Compartmented Informion Qualificions Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstre the following: Experience working with theories and principles of political science, internional relions, economics, history, geography, or other reled disciplines applied in analyzing and evaluing factors and conditions involved in the analysis of Russian domestic and foreign policies. Experience working with the Department of Ste and the Intelligence Community (IC) in carrying out nional intelligence activities. Experience analyzing Russian leadership decision making and Russian domestic and foreign policies to provide expert advice and guidance about the policy implicions of these issues and developments. Experience with intelligence analysis methods and techniques to produce policy relevant assessments th involve the research and analysis of informion derived from a variety of sources. There is no substitute of educion for specialized experience for the GS-15 position. Educion Educion requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement. Additional informion For reasonable accommodion the U.S. Department of Ste, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodions (202) 663-3474 or OAA@ste.gov. If eligible, situional telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. For this announcement, all applicants assessed to determine if they meet the qualificions for this position, specifically the educion, specialized experience, and knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) necessary to perform the work of the position. All applicions th meet the required qualificions and determined to be best-qualified referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview. Your resume limited to two pages serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and educion (if applicable) as it reles to this job opportunity. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. Your qualificions evalued on the following KSAs and other characteristics th are relevant to the duties of this position and must be fully supported by informion in your resume: Knowledge of the theories and principles of political science, internional relions, economics, history, geography, or other reled disciplines applied in analyzing and evaluing factors and conditions involved in the analysis of Russian domestic and foreign policy. Knowledge of the Intelligence Community (IC) programs, processes and policies to develop new hypotheses and concepts for intelligence analysis reled to Russia Ability to provide advice, guidance, and consultion to the most senior officials regarding the interpretion and applicion of analyses Knowledge of Russian leadership decision making and Russian domestic and foreign policy topics, to include deep, cross-disciplinary understanding of the stregic impacts of Russian policies on political, economic, social, cultural, and foreign policy issues globally Ability to monitor, identify and meet the intelligence analysis needs of Department Principals to facilite tailored analytic intelligence support

Veterans:

Although considerion of Veterans' Preference is not required under 50 U.S.C. § 30240(v) to the extent it would be under the competitive service; the Department of Ste considers veterans' preference as a positive factor in the hiring process. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Most recent SF-50s (Notificion of Personnel Actions). The SF-50s must show: effective de, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required informion (e.g., promotion, within-grade increase, and separion SF-50s). Award SF-50s often do not show the required informion. 3. Performance appraisal, strongly encouraged for current or former Federal employees. Submit a copy of your most recent (i.e., usually within the last 18 months) final (i.e., not a mid-year review) official (i.e., signed by the ring official and in original form) annual performance appraisal for the hiring manager's considerion. If a performance appraisal is not available, you may provide a stement and/or a stement from your supervisor explaining the reason one is not available and your servicing HR Office contact informion (name, email address, phone number).

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You may be requested to provide an appraisal to the hiring official if one was not provided with your applicion. To receive a promotion, the employee's most recent performance ring must be "fully successful" or an equivalent level or higher. Employees who are tentively selected to receive a promotion required to provide performance documention within two business days of request. Servicing HR Offices may be contacted to verify performance rings. How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk mgshelp@monster.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Agency contact informion Tony Rice Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 RiceTL@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Most recent SF-50s (Notificion of Personnel Actions). The SF-50s must show: effective de, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required informion (e.g., promotion, within-grade increase, and separion SF-50s). Award SF-50s often do not show the required informion. 3. Performance appraisal, strongly encouraged for current or former Federal employees. Submit a copy of your most recent (i.e., usually within the last 18 months) final (i.e., not a mid-year review) official (i.e., signed by the ring official and in original form) annual performance appraisal for the hiring manager's considerion. If a performance appraisal is not available, you may provide a stement and/or a stement from your supervisor explaining the reason one is not available and your servicing HR Office contact informion (name, email address, phone number).

Note:

You may be requested to provide an appraisal to the hiring official if one was not provided with your applicion. To receive a promotion, the employee's most recent performance ring must be "fully successful" or an equivalent level or higher. Employees who are tentively selected to receive a promotion required to provide performance documention within two business days of request. Servicing HR Offices may be contacted to verify performance rings. How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into

USAJOBS. STEP 2

Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk mgshelp@monster.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Tony Rice Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 RiceTL@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 02/24/2026 to 03/02/2026 Salary $169,279 to - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—Situional Telework may be approved Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional travel of 0-10% may be required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 15 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

S/INR-EXC-2026-0002

Control number 858582900