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Summary
For over sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America's advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.
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Overview
- Hiring complete
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Open & closing dates
04/24/2023 to 05/05/2023
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Salary
$141,022 - $212,100 per year
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Pay scale & grade
IE 00
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Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
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Remote job
No
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Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
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Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
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Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes— You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
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Appointment type
Permanent
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Work schedule
Full-time
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Service
Excepted
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Promotion potential
None
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Job family (Series)
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Supervisory status
Yes
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Security clearance
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Drug test
Yes
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Position sensitivity and risk
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Trust determination process
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Announcement number
NRO-23-11941733-DISES
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Control number
721491800
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This job is open to
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The public
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
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Federal employees - Competitive service
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
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Federal employees - Excepted service
Current excepted service federal employees.
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Senior executives
Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Clarification from the agency
All qualified applicants
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Duties
The DIRECTOR, GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIRECTORATE (IE-1101-00):
- Directs the formulation and execution of long-range, strategic plans for the entire GEOINT Directorate. Ensures key national and NRO goals, priorities, and values are part of the planning process. Forecasts for technology advancements and integrates these advances into strategic plans. Directs reviews and adjustments of strategic plans as needed based on changes in national goals, technology, and resource constraints. Communicates challenging goals, translates vision into specific initiatives, and effectively delegates, coordinates and motivates individuals to achieve results.
- Directs the development and promulgation of policies and programs to achieve long-range strategic plans. Establishes the organizational strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the Directorate; manages the integration and execution of Directorate activities and resources across GEOINT; and provides management, guidance, and day-to-day oversight of GEOINT personnel in achieving the mission and goals of the NRO Strategic Framework.
- Evaluates GEOINT's management control processes and objectives for alignment with the NRO Strategic Framework. Manages GEOINT acquisitions to satisfy current and future community-validated requirements. Provides accurate, complete and timely reporting to DNRO/PDDNRO.
- Ensures the development and execution of the GEOINT portion of the NRO budget; prepares thorough estimates of financial and personnel resources required to execute GEOINT programs; ensures lifecycle costs are appropriately considered.
- Determines long-term acquisition strategies, coordinates DNRO/PDDNRO approval of the strategies, postures the organization to support those strategies, and oversees the implementation to ensure necessary integration, cohesiveness, and optimal use of resources are executed.
- Allocates resources required to execute the mission throughout the Directorate (i.e.; civilian, military personnel, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), and contract Advisory and Assistance Services (CAAS)/Systems Engineering Technical Analysis (SETA) personnel). Ensures subordinate staff and agencies have sufficient funds to conduct acquisition activities.
- Interfaces directly with Congressional members and staff, Office of Management and Budget, ODNI, and DOD principals, mission partners, user communities, and industry to develop, communicate, and defend end-to-end solutions or technology options that maximize the contribution of the NRO to near-term GEOINT problems and optimize strategies that enable the availability and unfettered sharing multi-INT data to meet user requirement for actionable integrated information per prescribed timelines.
- Promotes continuous improvement by identifying deficiencies, and redundancies in directorate processes, facilitates agreement and acceptance of corrective action, communicates procedural changes, and monitors the effectiveness of implementation. Establishes and communicates programmatic and mission execution authorities, personnel management responsibilities, and
expectations for general conduct to the GEOINT Senior Leadership Team (SLT). Provide guidance and direction to GEOINT SLT members and adjudicates between offices on business management issues. - Serves as a Source Selection Authority unless delegated for all GEOINT contractual activities. Serves as chair of applicable Award Fee Boards and executes Fee Determining Official authorities.
- Responsible for the development of military and civilian personnel within assigned career fields to provide the skills, experience, and training needed for the future. Ensures personnel management initiatives are consistent with strategic plans. Exercises leadership and management in acquiring a diverse work force and enforces equal opportunity and treatment. Exercises final authority for the spectrum of personnel actions recommended by subordinate organization leadership.
- Supports and reviews, in coordination with the Chief of Staff, GEOINT's hiring, training, development, retention, and succession planning activities to maintain continuity of mission operations and objectives during personnel transitions. Delegates personnel management responsibility to subordinate organization chiefs consistent with NRO management philosophy.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Must be a U.S Citizen.
- Male born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Resume and supporting documents received by 11:59 PM EST May 5, 2023 will be considered.
- This is a Drug Testing designated position.
- Position is a DCIPS Position in the Excepted Service under U.S.C 1601.
- Work Schedule: Full Time
- Overtime: DISES are not eligible for overtime
- Tour of Duty: Max- Flex
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS): May be Authorized
- Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA): Exempt
- Financial Disclosure: OGE-278e, Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure, is required.
- Telework Eligibility: This position is Telework eligible but is not a full time telework position. The incumbent will be required to report to the office on a routine basis.
- This position is designated Special Sensitive, the incumbent must obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.
- The incumbent may be subject to a one-year trial period in the Defense intelligence Senior Executive Service, unless required trial period has been served.
- The incumbent may be subject to a two-year DCIPS trial period, unless required trial period has been served.
- This position may require occasional Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) and/or local Travel.
- This position is designated as Mission Essential.
- COVID19: See additional information.
Qualifications
EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): Applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) describing accomplishments that would satisfy the ECQs. You must address each ECQ separately. You are required to respond to all five ECQs. If you fail to do so, you will be rated as "ineligible". Additional information on the ECQs is available at www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp. Each narrative statement should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed, and results of your actions. Please limit your written statements to no more than 2 pages per ECQ not to exceed a total of 10 pages.
ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals.
Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the (three) Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ), (three) Technical Qualifications (TQs) and other qualifications, if applicable, listed below.
Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ) - Leading the Intelligence Enterprise: Required for all senior executive positions effective 1 October 2010. This SOCQ involves the ability to integrate resources, information, interests, and activities effectively in support of the IC's mission and to lead and leverage cross organizational collaborative networks to achieve significant mission results. Inherent to this Standard is a deep understanding of the Intelligence enterprise (or other comparable interagency or multi-organizational environment)
and a shared commitment to the IC's core values. (Include a separate attachment one page maximum per competency).
IC Senior Officers have a responsibility to share information and knowledge to achieve results, in that regard are expected to build effective networks and alliances; actively engage these peers and stakeholders; involve them in key decision; and effectively leverage these networks to achieve significant results. Senior officers are expected to create an environment that promotes employee engagement, collaboration, integration, information and knowledge sharing, and the candid, open exchange of diverse points of view. Candidates assessed against this competency must:
1. Collaboration and Integration: Build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or other government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission outcomes.Integrate joint/multi-agency activities effectively exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual IC, joint, or multi-organizational goals.
2. Enterprise Focus: IC Senior officers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of how the missions, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC components interact and connect; synthesize resources, information and other inputs to effectively integrate and align component, IC, and the United States Government interests and activities to achieve IC-wide, national, and international priorities. Senior officers are expected to encourage and support Joint Duty assignments and developmental experiences that develop and reinforce enterprise focus among their subordinates. Candidates assessed against the component must:
Understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the intelligence enterprise; apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi-organizational mission accomplishment. Understand how organizations, resources, information, and processes within the IC interagency/multi-organizational environment interact with and influence one another; apply that understanding to solve complex interagency or multi-organizational problems.
3. Values-Centered Leadership: IC Senior officers are expected to personally embody, advance and reinforce IC core values. Senior officers are expected to demonstrate and promote departmental and/or component values. Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate:
A Commitment to selfless service and excellence in support of the IC's mission, as well as to preserving, protecting, and defending the Nation's laws and liberties. The Integrity and Courage(moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the truth, to innovate, and to change things for the better, regardless of personal or professional risk. Collaboration as members of a single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the diversity of all members of the IC, their background, their sources and methods, and their points of view. Promote, reinforce, and reward IC, departmental/component core values in the workforce and ensure that actions, policies, and practices are aligned with, and embody those values. Ensure that organizational strategies, policies, procedures, and actions give appropriate focus, attention, and commitment to diversity of people, points of view, ideas, and insights.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQ): All applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) of accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications. You must address each technical qualification separately. Please limit your written statements to 2 pages per technical qualification.
1. Extensive experience in acquiring state-of-the-art intelligence collection systems and recent knowledge of the NRO mission.
2. Extensive experience in the identification and adaptation of state-of-the-art/best practices in acquisition, project/program management, frameworks, software programming, computing engineering, digital computing, collection systems, and overhead communication systems or special communications systems technologies.
3. Thorough knowledge of:
a. the intelligence program budget cycle and building program plans and congressional budget justifications;
b. resource management and strategic planning to secure and manage resources and apply those resources to affect desired outcomes; familiarity with GEOINT capital planning, investment policy, and procedures;
c. current collection technology trends, potential for the application of current and emerging technology solutions to meet customer requirements or to identify software engineering, programming, etc., technology gaps/shortfalls in current capabilities and processes;
d. space survivability issues; and
e. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) and ODNI IC directives pertaining to Major Defense Acquisition Programs.
Failure to submit ECQs, ICSOCQ's and TQS will disqualify applicants from consideration.
ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals.
Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show in your resume that you possess the (three) Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ), (three) Technical Qualifications (TQs) and other qualifications, if applicable, listed below.
Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ) - Leading the Intelligence Enterprise: Required for all senior executive positions effective 1 October 2010. This SOCQ involves the ability to integrate resources, information, interests, and activities effectively in support of the IC's mission and to lead and leverage cross organizational collaborative networks to achieve significant mission results. Inherent to this Standard is a deep understanding of the Intelligence enterprise (or other comparable interagency or multi-organizational environment)
and a shared commitment to the IC's core values. (Include a separate attachment one page maximum per competency).
IC Senior Officers have a responsibility to share information and knowledge to achieve results, in that regard are expected to build effective networks and alliances; actively engage these peers and stakeholders; involve them in key decision; and effectively leverage these networks to achieve significant results. Senior officers are expected to create an environment that promotes employee engagement, collaboration, integration, information and knowledge sharing, and the candid, open exchange of diverse points of view. Candidates assessed against this competency must:
1. Collaboration and Integration: Build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or other government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission outcomes.Integrate joint/multi-agency activities effectively exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual IC, joint, or multi-organizational goals.
2. Enterprise Focus: IC Senior officers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of how the missions, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC components interact and connect; synthesize resources, information and other inputs to effectively integrate and align component, IC, and the United States Government interests and activities to achieve IC-wide, national, and international priorities. Senior officers are expected to encourage and support Joint Duty assignments and developmental experiences that develop and reinforce enterprise focus among their subordinates. Candidates assessed against the component must:
Understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the intelligence enterprise; apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi-organizational mission accomplishment. Understand how organizations, resources, information, and processes within the IC interagency/multi-organizational environment interact with and influence one another; apply that understanding to solve complex interagency or multi-organizational problems.
3. Values-Centered Leadership: IC Senior officers are expected to personally embody, advance and reinforce IC core values. Senior officers are expected to demonstrate and promote departmental and/or component values. Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate:
A Commitment to selfless service and excellence in support of the IC's mission, as well as to preserving, protecting, and defending the Nation's laws and liberties. The Integrity and Courage(moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the truth, to innovate, and to change things for the better, regardless of personal or professional risk. Collaboration as members of a single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the diversity of all members of the IC, their background, their sources and methods, and their points of view. Promote, reinforce, and reward IC, departmental/component core values in the workforce and ensure that actions, policies, and practices are aligned with, and embody those values. Ensure that organizational strategies, policies, procedures, and actions give appropriate focus, attention, and commitment to diversity of people, points of view, ideas, and insights.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQ): All applicants must submit written statements (narrative format) of accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications. You must address each technical qualification separately. Please limit your written statements to 2 pages per technical qualification.
1. Extensive experience in acquiring state-of-the-art intelligence collection systems and recent knowledge of the NRO mission.
2. Extensive experience in the identification and adaptation of state-of-the-art/best practices in acquisition, project/program management, frameworks, software programming, computing engineering, digital computing, collection systems, and overhead communication systems or special communications systems technologies.
3. Thorough knowledge of:
a. the intelligence program budget cycle and building program plans and congressional budget justifications;
b. resource management and strategic planning to secure and manage resources and apply those resources to affect desired outcomes; familiarity with GEOINT capital planning, investment policy, and procedures;
c. current collection technology trends, potential for the application of current and emerging technology solutions to meet customer requirements or to identify software engineering, programming, etc., technology gaps/shortfalls in current capabilities and processes;
d. space survivability issues; and
e. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) and ODNI IC directives pertaining to Major Defense Acquisition Programs.
Failure to submit ECQs, ICSOCQ's and TQS will disqualify applicants from consideration.
Education
Education Requirement: A Bachelor's degree, advanced degree preferred in relevant area. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
Additional information
Incumbent may need to work overtime, long hours, or unusual work schedules to satisfy position requirements, will need to frequently travel, and may occasionally be required to travel on military/civilian aircraft to domestic or foreign locations for temporary duty.
If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions.
COVID19 - To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.
Selection under this appointment authority does not confer civil service competitive status.
Veteran's preference is not applicable to the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (DISES).
Joint Duty Assignment (JDA) Program certification is required for promotion or assignment into an Intelligence Community Senior Officer position. Existing IC senior officers outside of the NRO must submit an approved Intelligence Community Joint Duty Claim Form as part of their applicant package for this position. Existing NRO Cadre senior officers already met this requirement and do not need to provide additional certification documentation. Non-IC senior officers and the general public will be adjudicated by NRO.
DAWIA Key Leadership Position (KLP): This position is designated a Key Leadership Position (KLP) which carries significant responsibility, primarily involving supervisory or managerial duties in acquisition. Requirements include:
1. A 3-year service agreement to stay in this position for at least that amount of time. In signing such an agreement, the employee does not forfeit any employment rights, nor does such agreement alter any other terms or conditions of employment.
2. Advanced level certification in Program Management.
3. 10 years of acquisition experience or equivalent, 4 of which were in a CAP, KLP, or equivalent position.
Benefits
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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.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills and abilities required of this position. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
Benefits
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 windowLearn more about federal 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. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. RESUME - Your Resume listing your name, contact information, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be referred for consideration.
2. ECQs- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that provides specific examples of work experiences addressing each of the five Executive Core Qualifications. Your narratives should be no more than 2 pages per ECQ, not to exceed a total of 10 pages. More information on how to prepare/address ECQs can be found at www.opm.gov/ses.
3. ICSOCQs- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that gives specific examples of work experiences addressing each Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ). Your narrative should be no more than 1 page for each (SOCQ).
4. Technical Qualifications- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that gives specific examples of work experiences addressing each Technical Qualification. Your narrative should be no more than 2 pages for each Technical Qualification
5. Joint Duty Credit Information, if applicable.
6. Transcripts: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Special note: Current and former career Senior Executive Service (SES) employees are not required to address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) since you have already demonstrated your ECQs, however, you must address ALL of the ICSOCQs (If you are not a current Defense Intelligence Senior Executive/Senior Leader), and Technical Qualifications (TQs) for this position. If you are a current SES/DISES please provide a copy of your ECQs. (All other candidates must submit all required paperwork). Candidates who have successfully completed an Office of Personnel Management approved SES Candidate Development Program must submit a copy of their ECQ certification.
Current and former career SES members must provide an SF-50 showing their status or reinstatement eligibility.
Applications received without the required ECQ, ICSOCQs and TQ supplemental narratives WILL NOT receive consideration.
DO NOT submit additional information (i.e. cover letters, awards, appraisals, pages in excess of the page limit for ECQs, ICSOCQs and TQs).
1. RESUME - Your Resume listing your name, contact information, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be referred for consideration.
2. ECQs- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that provides specific examples of work experiences addressing each of the five Executive Core Qualifications. Your narratives should be no more than 2 pages per ECQ, not to exceed a total of 10 pages. More information on how to prepare/address ECQs can be found at www.opm.gov/ses.
3. ICSOCQs- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that gives specific examples of work experiences addressing each Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ). Your narrative should be no more than 1 page for each (SOCQ).
4. Technical Qualifications- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that gives specific examples of work experiences addressing each Technical Qualification. Your narrative should be no more than 2 pages for each Technical Qualification
5. Joint Duty Credit Information, if applicable.
6. Transcripts: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Special note: Current and former career Senior Executive Service (SES) employees are not required to address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) since you have already demonstrated your ECQs, however, you must address ALL of the ICSOCQs (If you are not a current Defense Intelligence Senior Executive/Senior Leader), and Technical Qualifications (TQs) for this position. If you are a current SES/DISES please provide a copy of your ECQs. (All other candidates must submit all required paperwork). Candidates who have successfully completed an Office of Personnel Management approved SES Candidate Development Program must submit a copy of their ECQ certification.
Current and former career SES members must provide an SF-50 showing their status or reinstatement eligibility.
Applications received without the required ECQ, ICSOCQs and TQ supplemental narratives WILL NOT receive consideration.
DO NOT submit additional information (i.e. cover letters, awards, appraisals, pages in excess of the page limit for ECQs, ICSOCQs and TQs).
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package as described in REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
Click 'Apply Online' to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.
1. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents.
2. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application.
3. Applications must be received by the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.
To review the status of an application through USAJOBS:
1. Log into your USAJOBS account
2. Click Application Status within your profile to expand your application
3. Locate the job announcement and click the more information link under the Status column for this position. You will be routed to Application Manager. The Details tab displays by default. The Details tab displays comprehensive information about the selected Application Package including: assessment(s) and the status, supporting documents and their status, correspondence sent to you by the hiring agency, and your application processing status.
Agency contact information
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IC - National Reconnaissance Office
14675 Lee Road
Chantilly, VA 20151
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Next steps
Once you successfully complete the application process, you will receive a notification of receipt. Your application package will be reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualifications requirements, and you will receive a notification. A review will be made of your documentation you submitted to support your responses. A list of qualified applicants will be created and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notification letter.
The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision.
*NOTE: If you submit a resume but no ECQ, ICSOCQs, or TQ's, you cannot be considered for the position. If you submit a questionnaire but no resume, you cannot be considered for the position. Your application will be appropriately documented and you will be removed from further competition against this announcement.
REGARDING INTERVIEWS: Interviews may be required for this position.
Accommodations may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants. Note: Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview will be considered as a declination for further consideration for employment against this vacancy.
The National Reconnaissance Office provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the point of contact for this job announcement. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
Please contact Ms. Teri Telega, 703-808-7705 if you have HR related questions.
Fair and Transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
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Required Documents
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. RESUME - Your Resume listing your name, contact information, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be referred for consideration.
2. ECQs- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that provides specific examples of work experiences addressing each of the five Executive Core Qualifications. Your narratives should be no more than 2 pages per ECQ, not to exceed a total of 10 pages. More information on how to prepare/address ECQs can be found at www.opm.gov/ses.
3. ICSOCQs- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that gives specific examples of work experiences addressing each Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ). Your narrative should be no more than 1 page for each (SOCQ).
4. Technical Qualifications- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that gives specific examples of work experiences addressing each Technical Qualification. Your narrative should be no more than 2 pages for each Technical Qualification
5. Joint Duty Credit Information, if applicable.
6. Transcripts: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Special note: Current and former career Senior Executive Service (SES) employees are not required to address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) since you have already demonstrated your ECQs, however, you must address ALL of the ICSOCQs (If you are not a current Defense Intelligence Senior Executive/Senior Leader), and Technical Qualifications (TQs) for this position. If you are a current SES/DISES please provide a copy of your ECQs. (All other candidates must submit all required paperwork). Candidates who have successfully completed an Office of Personnel Management approved SES Candidate Development Program must submit a copy of their ECQ certification.
Current and former career SES members must provide an SF-50 showing their status or reinstatement eligibility.
Applications received without the required ECQ, ICSOCQs and TQ supplemental narratives WILL NOT receive consideration.
DO NOT submit additional information (i.e. cover letters, awards, appraisals, pages in excess of the page limit for ECQs, ICSOCQs and TQs).
1. RESUME - Your Resume listing your name, contact information, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be referred for consideration.
2. ECQs- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that provides specific examples of work experiences addressing each of the five Executive Core Qualifications. Your narratives should be no more than 2 pages per ECQ, not to exceed a total of 10 pages. More information on how to prepare/address ECQs can be found at www.opm.gov/ses.
3. ICSOCQs- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that gives specific examples of work experiences addressing each Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualification (SOCQ). Your narrative should be no more than 1 page for each (SOCQ).
4. Technical Qualifications- Completed supplemental narrative in a separate document that gives specific examples of work experiences addressing each Technical Qualification. Your narrative should be no more than 2 pages for each Technical Qualification
5. Joint Duty Credit Information, if applicable.
6. Transcripts: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Special note: Current and former career Senior Executive Service (SES) employees are not required to address the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) since you have already demonstrated your ECQs, however, you must address ALL of the ICSOCQs (If you are not a current Defense Intelligence Senior Executive/Senior Leader), and Technical Qualifications (TQs) for this position. If you are a current SES/DISES please provide a copy of your ECQs. (All other candidates must submit all required paperwork). Candidates who have successfully completed an Office of Personnel Management approved SES Candidate Development Program must submit a copy of their ECQ certification.
Current and former career SES members must provide an SF-50 showing their status or reinstatement eligibility.
Applications received without the required ECQ, ICSOCQs and TQ supplemental narratives WILL NOT receive consideration.
DO NOT submit additional information (i.e. cover letters, awards, appraisals, pages in excess of the page limit for ECQs, ICSOCQs and TQs).
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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IC - National Reconnaissance Office
14675 Lee Road
Chantilly, VA 20151
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Once you successfully complete the application process, you will receive a notification of receipt. Your application package will be reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualifications requirements, and you will receive a notification. A review will be made of your documentation you submitted to support your responses. A list of qualified applicants will be created and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notification letter.
The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision.
*NOTE: If you submit a resume but no ECQ, ICSOCQs, or TQ's, you cannot be considered for the position. If you submit a questionnaire but no resume, you cannot be considered for the position. Your application will be appropriately documented and you will be removed from further competition against this announcement.
REGARDING INTERVIEWS: Interviews may be required for this position.
Accommodations may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants. Note: Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview will be considered as a declination for further consideration for employment against this vacancy.
The National Reconnaissance Office provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the point of contact for this job announcement. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
Please contact Ms. Teri Telega, 703-808-7705 if you have HR related questions.
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National Reconnaissance Office
This position is in the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (DISES), a small elite group of top government leaders. DISES members possess a diverse portfolio of experiences including strong skills to lead across organizations. As an executive you will influence the direction of innovation and transformation of the federal government and lead the next generation of public servants. This is a DISES Tier 3 position that reports directly to the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (D/NRO) and the Principal Deputy Director (PDD) of the NRO.
This position is in the Excepted Service under Title 10, Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System. Excepted Service includes all positions in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government which are specifically excepted from the competitive service by or pursuant to statute, by the President, or by the Office of Personnel Management.
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IC - National Reconnaissance Office
14675 Lee Road
Chantilly, VA 20151
US