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 ).
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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
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