Supervisory Intelligence Research Specialist

Supervisory Intelligence Research Specialist Department of Ste Department of Ste - Agency Wide Summary This position is loced in the Near Eastern Affairs Division (NEA), Office of Intelligence and Thre Analysis (ITA), Directore of Thre Investigions and Analysis (TIA), Bureau of Diplomic Security (DS). ITA serves as the Department's principal authority for all source intelligence analysis concerning thres of terrorism, political violence, and targeted crime against U.S. diplomic missions, personnel, DS protected dignitaries and assets, and wider U.S. interests overseas. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Near Eastern Affairs Division (NEA), Office of Intelligence and Thre Analysis (ITA), Directore of Thre Investigions and Analysis (TIA), Bureau of Diplomic Security (DS). ITA serves as the Department's principal authority for all source intelligence analysis concerning thres of terrorism, political violence, and targeted crime against U.S. diplomic missions, personnel, DS protected dignitaries and assets, and wider U.S. interests overseas. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 06/25/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 25, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Arlington, VA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential 15 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional travel is required for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0132 Intelligence Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Announcement number

M/DS-MPI-2026-0038

Control number 873532800 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 Diplomic Security (DS), and CTAP employees only. Duties Help Provides direct supervision to subordine staff and oversees the work, either directly or through GS-14 Team Leads, in a mrixed structure th includes civil service intelligence research and contract personnel. Delivers authoritive analytical direction, enforces rigorous tradecraft standards, and guarantees the precision, objectivity, and operional relevance of ITA's thre assessment outputs. Exercises final approval authority over all division products, including thre assessments, cables, responses to IC taskings, SETL rings and specialized reports, ensuring compliance with timeliness, sourcing and alternive analysis requirements. Directs the full spectrum of analytical activities, from basic descriptive reporting to current intelligence updes and forward-looking assessments th support DoS and DS decision making on protective security measures and resource allocion. Develops and sustains professional networks across the Department, IC, federal law enforcement, and select non-governmental experts to enable rapid informion exchange, joint analytic efforts, and validion of sensitive reporting. 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 meet all the required qualificion requirements described below by the closing de of this announcement.

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Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing de of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements:

Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks the next lower grade to sisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. 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 providing authoritive informion on intelligence, thres, and other security reled analysis. Experience leading teams on technical and administrive mters, which includes: setting objectives, managing daily operions, and assigning and managing tasks. Experience collecting, analyzing, and defending analytical outcomes based on assessments of thres from terrorism, political violence, and crime affecting U.S. nional security. There is no substitute of educion for specialized experience for the GS-15 position. In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstre th the candide possesses the following qualities: Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others; Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situions on the facts and circumstances; Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situions without undue stress; Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and Capacity to "see the job through." 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 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 this Bureau for up to 240 days and may require a higher or lower security clearance. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. Agency & Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP & ICTAP): View OPM's

CTAP & ICTAP

eligibility website for more informion. You must be red in the Well-Qualified cegory and submit supporting documents under the required documents section of this announcement to receive selection priority considerion. To be considered Well-Qualified applicants must: score an 85 or above, meet Minimum Qualificions, and demonstre proficiency in some, but not all major aspects of the position. 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. A review of your resume conducted and compared against your responses to the crediting plan questions to determine if you are qualified for this job. Applicants who meet the minimum qualificion requirements, as described in the "Qualificions" section of this announcement, assigned a score between 70 and 100. The evaluion process consists of an online assessment and a subject mter expert resume review of applicants found to be among the top qualified candides based on the crediting plan assessment. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. Responses to questions th are not fully supported by the informion in your resume may result in adjustments to your ring . Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies: Knowledge of all source intelligence research methods and advanced analytical techniques. Knowledge of stregic program/project management techniques. Ability to lead and manage staff. Skill in and ability to prepare and present analyses though verbal and written communicion, to provide guidance, solicit informion, defend proposals, and negotie agreements. Ability to provide advice, guidance, and consultion to officials with regards to the interpretion and applicion of analyses. Ability to establish and maintain liaison with officials throughout the Intelligence Community (IC), federal law enforcement, and select non-governmental experts. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We do not make assumptions regarding your experience. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials may result in your removal from considerion. Applicants found to be among the top qualified candides referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview. Qualified non-competitive candides must be deemed best qualified based on the applicant assessment in order to be referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview.

Resume review:

Subject mter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine your qualificions for this position based on the required specialized experience. Your resume should demonstre how you meet all aspects of the specialized experience stement. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., links embedded in your resume will not be opened.). If meeting basic qualificions through educion only or a combinion of educion and experience, applicants will not be referred to the SME panel but reviewed by the HR Specialist for referral. Agency Career and Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP and ICTAP) candides must be considered well-qualified for the position and submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this job announcement to receive considerion for selection priority. To be considered well-qualified, in addition to earning a score of 85 or above and meeting minimum qualificions, candides must demonstre proficiency in some, but not all of the major aspects of the position. 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), if you are a current eligible DOS employee (per 3 FAM 2313.4(a)(5)), including current employees applying under a non-competitive hiring authority . 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 eligible DOS 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. 4. Non-competitive hiring authority eligibility documention, if applicable . If you are a current eligible DOS employee applying under a non-competitive hiring authority (e.g, FS tenured employees, USUN reinstement eligibles, Schedule A), you must submit proof of non-competitive eligibility with your applicion. For informion reled to Schedule A hiring authority for individuals with disabilities OPM's hiring informion site. 5. CTAP documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, certificion of expected separion, etc.). In addition submit a copy of your current (or last) performance ring of record which must be least fully successful or equivalent and submit all required documents listed above th apply to you (e.g., resume, transcripts, SF-50, etc.). 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 fedhirehelp@applygovernment.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 Brianna Skinner Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 SkinnerBD@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), if you are a current eligible DOS employee (per 3 FAM 2313.4(a)(5)), including current employees applying under a non-competitive hiring authority . 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 eligible DOS 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. 4. Non-competitive hiring authority eligibility documention, if applicable . If you are a current eligible DOS employee applying under a non-competitive hiring authority (e.g, FS tenured employees, USUN reinstement eligibles, Schedule A), you must submit proof of non-competitive eligibility with your applicion. For informion reled to Schedule A hiring authority for individuals with disabilities OPM's hiring informion site. 5. CTAP documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, certificion of expected separion, etc.). In addition submit a copy of your current (or last) performance ring of record which must be least fully successful or equivalent and submit all required documents listed above th apply to you (e.g., resume, transcripts, SF-50, etc.). 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 fedhirehelp@applygovernment.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 Brianna Skinner Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 SkinnerBD@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 Posted this week • Apply by 06/25/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 25, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Arlington, VA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential 15 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional travel is required for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Announcement number

M/DS-MPI-2026-0038

Control number 873532800