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Liaison Officer Office of the Director of Nional Intelligence Summary ODNI established the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) in response to increasing demand for improved intelligence on the applicion of disruptive technologies and reled global supply chains. Improved IC posture in this area is critical to enabling the whole-of-government response th maintains United Stes' economic and technological competitive advantage and ensures U.S. access to goods and services central to its nional security. Learn more about this agency Summary ODNI established the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) in response to increasing demand for improved intelligence on the applicion of disruptive technologies and reled global supply chains. Improved IC posture in this area is critical to enabling the whole-of-government response th maintains United Stes' economic and technological competitive advantage and ensures U.S. access to goods and services central to its nional security. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 07/01/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2026 This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Locion few vacancies in the following locion: Bethesda, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $143,913 - $197,200 per year GS-15 accepting GS-14 Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0301 Miscellaneous Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12988519-DNI/OESET Control number 873336700 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Open to current and former Federal employees with competitive or excepted stus; and all U.S. Citizens. Former members of the Peace Corps may be considered for ODNI employment only if five full years have elapsed since separion from the Peace Corps. Help This job is also open in another announcement to: Federal employees - Competitive service Federal employees - Excepted service Internal to an agency Duties Help Support the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) by liaising and networking with policy agencies to gher requirements, faciliting dialogue between policy agencies and the Intelligence Community, and leveraging the Intelligence Community's analytic, collection, counterintelligence and supporting capabilities to tackle policymaker priorities; Support the Nional Security Council, Nional Economic Council, Commerce Department, and other major economic policymaking agencies as assigned by providing or faciliting access to intelligence products, briefings, and other types of intelligence support; Support DNI, PDDNI, DDNI, and Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET) participion in high-level policy and partnership (prive and foreign) meetings with talking points, background informion, and the results of relevant engagements with IC agencies; Support briefings to senior IC officials and other major stakeholders on collaborion progress, issues and challenges; Collabore closely with other OESET and IC officers to coordine IC support to economic policymakers the tactical level. Provide OESET timely, actionable, and granular insights into policymaker priorities, challenges, activities, plans, and stregic goals; Support OESET in outreach to prive sector partners in an effort to gain stregic and commercial advantage to benefit the economic and nional security of the United Stes, and propose innovive solutions to resource shortfalls or inequities; As requested by leadership, represent the ODNI in nional level working groups, committees, and exercises, including other governmental agencies and associed centers of excellence, academia, the prive sector, and with internional partners as approprie Inform integred nional security response planning and IC stregy development; deliver on planned and ad hoc tasking for IC leadership and the policy community; fulfill responsibilities for ensuring effective alignment and timely implemention of specific portfolio efforts to flagship collaborion initiives; and to th end, identify relevant performance measures, valide outputs, and demonstre accountability. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United Stes Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determinion, as determined by a completed background investigion. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented informion (SCI) Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Registrion. A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI. Qualificions This is an excepted service GS-15 position open to the public and all current federal employees the GS-15 and one level below. Current federal employees the GS-15 and one level below may apply to this position, and if selected will maintain pay set their current grade and step. Current federal employees grade levels GS-13 and below are not eligible for this position and their applicion will not be forwarded to the hiring manager. All current federal employees th apply for this position must submit their most recent SF-50, Notificion of Personal Action (i.e., ded within the last 52 weeks from the closing de of this vacancy announcement) to verify their stus of eligibility.
FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS
All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify th you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]). How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United Stes inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiives th are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.
Mandory Requirements:
Superior ability to focus targeting and collection on coordined intelligence gaps. Expert understanding of IC resource processes, prioritizion processes, and mission management principles. At least four years of experience in the Intelligence Community as a collector, analyst, mission manager, liaison officer, or manager. Superior ability to develop ph-breaking initiives; solve tough problems; lead projects to achieve common goals; and experience in driving interagency progress. Superior leadership skills and ability to lead interagency working groups, build coalitions, and consider alternives. Expert analytical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to think stregically; meet stregic goals and objectives; adapt views and approaches as needed; develop and coordine recommendions leading to lasting change; and evalue outcomes against requirements, goals and objectives. Superior interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborive environment. Expert oral and written communicion skills, including ability to draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity and to communice effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise.
Desired Qualificions:
Must list the Lowest Educional Degree Level (High School, Bachelors, Masters, PhD). Experience representing the IC in engagements with senior government officials. Experience in the economic security mission area. Experience with multiple portions of the intelligence cycle (e.g. planning and direction; collection; processing; analysis and production; and disseminion). Experience directly supporting non-military policy customers. Experience in the prive sector or in intelligence roles th require significant interaction with the prive sector. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area. Educion Bachelor's Degree Additional informion
JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL
Candides from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.
SALARY DETERMINATION
The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is tached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualificions, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the approprie GS grade and step as determined by the Chief of Human Resource Management. In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position th is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candide's personal grade downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay set the step th is closest to, and not less than, the employee's current annual base re of pay, not to exceed the maximum step re of the GS grade to which assigned.
RELOCATION EXPENSES
For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocion is discretionary based on availability of funds.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
The ODNI provides reasonable accommodions to otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodions Office Representive by email DNI_COO_HRM_RA_ALL@odni.gov, by telephone (703)275-3900 or by FAX (703)275-1277. Your request for reasonable accommodions addressed on a case-by-case basis.
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.
The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulions. 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. You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documention to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for considerion and may be called for an interview. 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 A complete applicion package must include: a.
RESUME:
Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages removed from considerion. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualificions relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required informion and you organize it so we can associe the following informion for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending des of employment (month/day/year form), and hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise sted. Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, reled skills and responsibilities, to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable), and series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position). b.
ESSAY QUESTION RESPONSES
The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question (please see questions in the Requirements section above). By submitting your responses to these questions, you certify th you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]). c.
COVER LETTER
Applicants must submit a professional narrive as a supplement to the resume to elabore on their qualificions and previous work performed. d.
CURRENT SF-50
Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., ded within the last 52 weeks from the closing de of this vacancy announcement). An SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action , is used to verify current federal stus, position, title, grade, and organizion of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the informion needed to make a final determinion for qualificion, you found ineligible for the position. e.
POSITION NUMBER
Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your applicion. In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJOBS. The ODNI will not accept emailed applicions. Your applicion must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of this announcement. Applicions received after the closing de will NOT be eligible for considerion. All tachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF form. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents Agency contact informion
ODNI HRM HOST ODNI
_HRM_HOST_Team@odni.gov Address Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies Director Of Nional Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt email. Please note th the acknowledgement email does not ensure completion of your applicion. You must ensure th you submit all required documention. The most highly qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interview. We expect to make a selection within 60 days of the closing de of this announcement. Due to the large number of applicions received, applicants contacted ONLY if they have been selected for an interview. 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 A complete applicion package must include: a.
RESUME:
Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages removed from considerion. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualificions relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required informion and you organize it so we can associe the following informion for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending des of employment (month/day/year form), and hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise sted. Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, reled skills and responsibilities, to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable), and series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position). b.
ESSAY QUESTION RESPONSES
The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question (please see questions in the Requirements section above). By submitting your responses to these questions, you certify th you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]). c.
COVER LETTER
Applicants must submit a professional narrive as a supplement to the resume to elabore on their qualificions and previous work performed. d.
CURRENT SF-50
Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., ded within the last 52 weeks from the closing de of this vacancy announcement). An SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action , is used to verify current federal stus, position, title, grade, and organizion of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the informion needed to make a final determinion for qualificion, you found ineligible for the position. e.
POSITION NUMBER
Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your applicion. In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJOBS. The ODNI will not accept emailed applicions. Your applicion must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of this announcement. Applicions received after the closing de will NOT be eligible for considerion. All tachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF form. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion
ODNI HRM HOST ODNI
_HRM_HOST_Team@odni.gov Address Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies Director Of Nional Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt email. Please note th the acknowledgement email does not ensure completion of your applicion. You must ensure th you submit all required documention. The most highly qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interview. We expect to make a selection within 60 days of the closing de of this announcement. Due to the large number of applicions received, applicants contacted ONLY if they have been selected for an interview. 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 Posted this week • Apply by 07/01/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 1, 2026 This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Locion few vacancies in the following locion: Bethesda, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $143,913 - $197,200 per year GS-15 accepting GS-14 Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12988519-DNI/OESET Control number 873336700
