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JOB DESCRIPTION: S&T Programmatics Officers apply technical and programmatic management expertise to investigate Government and industry R&D programs, determine resource requirements, and direct activities that create customized methodologies and products to address a variety of geospatial-intelligence problems. They recommend ways to facilitate technology transfer and insertion and may develop multiple intellige
Learn more about this agency02/18/2020 to 02/29/2020
$102,663 - $157,709 per year
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Many vacancies in the following location:
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25% or less - Travel Required 25% or Less
Yes—PERMANENT CHANGE IN STATION: PCS expenses are authorized.
Permanent - This is a permanent position.
Full-time - Full Time
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Research Communications Action Officer (CXO) for NGA Research will assist the Research Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Lead (SPEL) with a full range of communications and administrative responsibilities to ensure efficient and effective operation of the Research organization and ensure mission success. The CXO must be a self-motivated, detail-focused, highly capable, critical thinker to provide oversight to key coordination activities in support of both tactical and strategic communications for the Research organization. Will assist in the design and implementation of communication projects and activities of scientific and technical material that result in effective engagements with NGA Research stakeholders including NGA teammates, Intelligence Community leadership and collaborators, other federal agencies, Congress, industry, academia, the nonprofit sector, and international partners. The CXO will assist with the Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Lead (SPEL) in the following ways. * Develop key messaging and branding for scientific research material and coordinate consistent implementation across all appropriate internal and external communications media and products while adhering to journalism best practices. * Fill strategic communication requirements of NGA executive leaders, including presentation development, interview talking points, speech writing, and Congressional testimony for scientific research material. * Develop and maintain productive relationships with NGA Research technical staff and cogently articulate the value of their research projects to various audiences. * Organize outreach events and activities, including liaison to the NGA Office of Corporate Communications (OCC) to identify and develop opportunities to implement collaborative communications campaigns. * Engage with NGA OCC and other Directorate communications teams to promote awareness of joint endeavors, issues, and accomplishments in support of the NGA mission. * Work with the NGA Office of Counsel on legal, regulatory and ethics issues. * Work with NGA OCC Congressional Affairs on communications with the executive and legislative branches of government. * Manage a team consisting of government employees and contractor support to achieve defined communications and engagement goals and objectives. * Manage a team to perform quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) on all Research communication products, supporting and protecting the NGA and Research corporate brands by ensuring that all communication products follow Associated Press style and NGA corporate style guidelines. * Manage a team to perform QA and QC on all Research communication products, supporting and protecting security classification guidelines for scientific research material. * Anticipate the need for communications collateral and assemble and maintain a library of materials approved for release to audiences with various security clearances. * Coordinate the public release of information from NGA Research with the NGA OCC in accordance with defined procedures. * Provide timely and accurate responses to agency tasking and internal and external requests for information. Additional Application Requirement: You may be asked to complete one or more assessments in addition to the application you submit on this website as part of your application to NGA. These assessments may include but are not limited to: 1) Online questionnaires or assessments that require you to describe your job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics that are aligned with the mandatory and desirable qualifications of this job posting. The information you provide in the application you submit must support the response you provide to this questionnaire. You will receive an email to describe any additional assessments required. Please monitor your emails and complete any required assessments as soon as possible.
SPECIAL INFO:
As a condition of employment at NGA, persons being considered for employment must meet NGA fitness for employment standards.
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Security Clearance (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information)
- Polygraph Test Required
- Position Subject to Drug Testing
- Two Year Probationary Period
- Direct Deposit Required
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
You must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. In addition, you are subject to a Counterintelligence Polygraph examination in order to maintain access to Top Secret information. All employees are subject to a periodic examination on a random basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Refusal to take the examination may result in denial of access to Top Secret information, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.
Employees with SCI access and who are under NGA cognizance are required to submit a Security Financial Disclosure Report, SF-714, on an annual basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Failure to comply may negatively impact continued access to Top Secret information, Information Systems, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.
NGA utilizes all processes and procedures of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Non-executive NGA employees are assigned to five distinct pay bands based on the type and scope of work performed. The employee's base salary is established within their assigned pay band based on their unique qualifications. A performance pay process is conducted each year to determine a potential base pay salary increase and/or bonus. An employee's annual performance evaluation is a key factor in the performance pay process. Employees on term or temporary appointments are not eligible to apply for internal assignment opportunity notices.
This position is a DCIPS position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are an external applicant claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must self-identify your eligibility in our ERecruit application.
MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement: 1. Demonstrated experience successfully managing a team with strategic functions, to include: developing and maintaining internal and external relationships, compliance with policy, resource allocation, and supervision of personnel. 2. Demonstrated experience with four of the following eight areas: strategic planning, messaging strategy, corporate communications, public relations, brand development, content development, presentation development, and technical writing for scientific technical material. 3. Knowledge of current legal and public policy issues pertaining to science and technology. 4. Demonstrated experience tailoring technical communications to a variety of audiences including three of the following four: direct-reports, technical audiences, senior-level executives, and representatives of external oversight functions. 5. Demonstrated experience performing quality assurance and quality control on communication products. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A. Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Science, Computer Science, or a related discipline that included 24 semester hours in Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Science, and/or a related Engineering Science such as Dynamics, Electronics, Mechanics, and Properties of Materials. Such coursework includes, but is not limited to, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Geographic Information Systems, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, or Statistics. Although not mandatory, coursework in differential and integral calculus is preferred. -OR- B. Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework as listed in option A, plus experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals to 4 years.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired:
1. Experience with Heilmeier criteria and developing materials communicating Heilmeier information to a variety of audiences including technical audiences, senior-level executives, and representatives of external oversight functions.
2. Experience developing materials/content for the communication of research-oriented scientific topics.
3. Experience maintaining security classification requirements for scientific research material.
4. 2+ years of experience in personnel management.
5. 5+ years of experience with the Mandatory Qualifications.
6. 5+ years experience in a fast-paced R&D environment supporting contracts and programs of size, scope, complexity similar to those at NGA Research.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants are not required to submit a cover letter. The entire cover letter cannot exceed the specified limits provided in the Cover Letter field (3,000 characters). Pages exceeding this limit will not be considered. THE COVER LETTER IS RECOMMENDED BUT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATION WITH THE NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
APPLICANT EVALUATION PROCESS: Applicants will be evaluated for this job opportunity in three stages: 1) All applicants will be evaluated using the Mandatory Qualification Criteria, 2) Qualified applicants will then be evaluated by an expert or panel of experts using a combination of qualification criteria to determine the best-qualified candidates, 3) Best-qualified applicants may then be further evaluated through an interview process. Military retiree applicants, if selected, may be impacted by the 180-day appointment restrictions of DODI 1402.01. HD personnel will provide additional information if applicable. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the Assignment Description, Additional Information Provided By the Selecting Official, and the Qualification Requirements; and then construct their resumes to highlight their most relevant and significant experience and education for this job opportunity. This description should include examples that detail the level and complexity of the performed work. Applicants are encouraged to provide any education information referenced in the announcement. If education is listed as a mandatory requirement, only degrees obtained from an institution accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the Secretary, US Department of Education will be accepted. As a condition of employment at NGA, persons being considered for employment must meet NGA fitness for employment standards. In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e., retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 300, at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.) All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation. NGA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applications will only be accepted online. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us at recruitment@nga.mil. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
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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.
Application submission involves applying using NGA's on-line application process. Application Instructions can be found by visiting: http://www.intelligencecareers.gov/NGA
All announcements close at 11:59PM EDT on the closing date listed. Be sure to complete and submit your application by that time in order to be considered.
ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
After visiting https://www.nga.mil/Careers and applying via NGA's on-line application process, applicants can follow their status via that same NGA on-line application functionality. Several other topics relating to what is involved in the hiring process and how long it takes can be found by visiting http://www.intelligencecareers.gov/NGA and choosing Frequently Asked Questions.
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