INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Duties As an Intelligence Operations Specialist, GS-0132-11, you will: Assist the Senior Intelligence Officer in assuring the Intelligence function maintains a capability to provide timely and accurate operational intelligence support and fully trained intelligence personnel during peacetime and contingency operations. Coordinate with the Gaining Command on operational intelligence elements needed to carry out coordination and liaison with counterparts and colleagues in such other major command intelligence organizations as Air Combat Command (ACC) and Air Mobility Command (AMC), Air National Guard Bureau Headquarters (NGB), United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and such other governmental agencies as Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM), Air Intelligence Agency (AIA), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Incumbent represents the organization at interagency conferences and meetings that deal with specialty functions and internal training requirements at the unit level. Incumbent is recognized as an organization expert within functional assignment. They are the unit authority on all aspects of internal intelligence training. Incumbent is empowered to commit personnel and unit intelligence resources to missions and special exercises, including coordinating with outside agencies, under the general direction of supervisor. Represent the unit and the Intelligence section in making agreements and commitments within the scope of his/her assigned functional area of expertise. Provide guidance and assistance to unit and Gaining Command Intelligence specialists and serve to coordinate on projects jointly undertaken by the unit, Gaining Command, and other organizations. Coordinate training requirements with Gaining Command Intelligence Section. Plan and develop objectives and work schedules for training assigned intelligence personnel during Unit Training Assemblies (UTA), Annual Training (AT), and unit deployments. Identify training requirements and conduct or organize training courses for intelligence personnel on operational intelligence related subjects to include worldwide surface-to-air missile (SAM), air-to-air missile (AAM), anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), aircraft capabilities and employment, and the marking and destruction of classified material. Subject Matter Expert (SME), trainer, and task certifier for all intelligence Initial Qualification Training (IQT), Mission Qualification Training (MQT), and Continuation Training (CT) to include all intelligence computer systems (non-targeting specific automated systems), order of battle maintenance, mission planning, and GI&S support. Upon compiling the training requirements, incumbent works with the Intelligence Operations Specialist and Group Training Manager to identify shortfalls and develop plans to correct them. Assist in training and testing aircrew on worldwide threats that potentially could affect mission success to include surface-to-air missile (SAM), air-to-air missile (AAM), anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), and aircraft threats. Provide clarity to mission training and employment taking into account worldwide threat employment capabilities, tactics, techniques, and procedures. Train aircrews on matters such as survival, evasion, resistance, and escape; search and rescue; and visual recognition studies and techniques. Develop scenarios for unit training missions. Create and update Threat of the Day files for mission planning study for peacetime and contingency operations. Geospatial (GI&S) Program Manager for the unit. Create and update the unit's classified and unclassified intelligence reference libraries in accordance with supervisor, ANG, MAJCOM, and Air Force instructions. Perform assigned operational intelligence research and analysis, and, based on thorough understanding of the significance of conditions and trends, develops and projects data and draws meaningful conclusions and clear estimates based on current and past intelligence situations. Briefs the findings and estimates of these special assignments to superiors, planners, and policy makers. Provides detailed threat analysis for mission planning and pre-mission briefings to the Mission Planning Cell (MPC). Subject matter expert on debriefing aircrews flying all mission types, extracting critical information on mission results and threats encountered. Provides in-depth finished analysis of missions through the fusing of Mission Report (MISREP), and other intelligence sources. Assists the Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO) in the oversight of the Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) program. Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment * NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. * This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement. * Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. * Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. * Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement. * Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. * Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation. * May be required to successfully complete a probationary period. * Participation in direct deposit is mandatory. * Must obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance and be eligible for access to Special Compartmented Information (SCI). * Required to fly in military or commercial aircraft. * May be required to work uncommon tours on short notice. * Requires an Admin ASVAB score of 60. Qualifications Military Grades: Enlisted/Officer. Compatible Military Assignments: Any AFSC. General Experience: Candidate must possess experience, education, or training which demonstrates administrative, professional, investigative, or technical work requiring the ability to deal effectively with others, to collect, evaluate and organize pertinent facts; experience preparing clear and concise written reports. Specialized Experience: Candidate must possess at least 36 months experience, education or training developing and recommending policy, organizing and carrying out specific programs, evaluating and recommending changes in methods of intelligence operations. Experience in administrative, investigative, or technical work which required the applicant to deal effectively with others. Experience collecting, evaluating and organizing pertinent facts and to analyze and prepare clear and concise reports. Predictive Success Model: Must obtain minimum score of 20. Education Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience:A maximum of 12 months of the required experience may be substituted by successful completion of undergraduate study in an accredited college or university at the rate of 30 semester hours for 12 months of experience. The education must have been in fields directly related to the type of work of the position. Additional information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx ). * 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 that 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 information on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): * Planning and Evaluating * Researching * Teaching Others * 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 that 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 information on the specific benefits offered. * Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. 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