What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Integration Liaison Officer. position at Office of the Director of National Intelligence?
Duties
Serves as the senior liaison for NORTHCOM to support the integration, analysis, and production of CI information, facilitate communication, coordination, and integration of activities to ensure unity of effort and mission success.
Lead and support CI initiatives such as ongoing national level efforts, counter threats to military installations and sensitive facilities, and facilitate two-way communication and information sharing between organizations to ensure leadership has accurate, timely operational and strategic information.
Lead and participate in command briefings, boards, and working groups to represent organizational interests and ensure coordination of policies, programs, and operations; and deliver tailored intelligence support to NORTHCOM and home agency officials in a timely manner.
Maintain situational awareness of military operations, exercises, and initiatives, ensuring leadership remains informed of developments affecting organizational priorities, and identify issues impacting mission coordination and recommend solutions to improve operational effectiveness and interagency collaboration. Support briefings to senior IC officials and other major stakeholders collaboration progress, issues and challenges.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS
All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).
Superior ability to anticipate issues relevant to the IC and United States Government and recommend/implement needed actions. Superior leadership skills and ability to lead interagency working groups, build coalitions with IC elements to achieve common goals.
Superior ability to design and implement integration strategies for IC initiatives and programs, including the superior ability to manage human, financial, and information resources.
Superior analytical and critical thinking skills, including the superior ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, develop recommendations, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives.
Superior ability to manage strategic and tactical level topics, and develop innovative recommendations and solutions for improvement
Superior interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborative environment.
Superior oral and written communication skills, including superior ability to draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity, and to communicate effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise.
Education
Bachelor's degree
Additional information
JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL
Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.
SALARY DETERMINATION
The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Chief of Human Resource Management.
In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate of the GS grade to which assigned.
RELOCATION EXPENSES
For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by email at DNI_DRA@dni.gov, by telephone at (703)275-3900 or by FAX at (703)275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodations will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.
The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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.
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.
Serves as the senior liaison for NORTHCOM to support the integration, analysis, and production of CI information, facilitate communication, coordination, and integration of activities to ensure unity of effort and mission success.
Lead and support CI initiatives such as ongoing national level efforts, counter threats to military installations and sensitive facilities, and facilitate two-way communication and information sharing between organizations to ensure leadership has accurate, timely operational and strategic information.
Lead and participate in command briefings, boards, and working groups to represent organizational interests and ensure coordination of policies, programs, and operations; and deliver tailored intelligence support to NORTHCOM and home agency officials in a timely manner.
Maintain situational awareness of military operations, exercises, and initiatives, ensuring leadership remains informed of developments affecting organizational priorities, and identify issues impacting mission coordination and recommend solutions to improve operational effectiveness and interagency collaboration. Support briefings to senior IC officials and other major stakeholders collaboration progress, issues and challenges.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
- Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.
FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS
All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).
- How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
- In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
- How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.
- How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.
Superior ability to anticipate issues relevant to the IC and United States Government and recommend/implement needed actions. Superior leadership skills and ability to lead interagency working groups, build coalitions with IC elements to achieve common goals.
Superior ability to design and implement integration strategies for IC initiatives and programs, including the superior ability to manage human, financial, and information resources.
Superior analytical and critical thinking skills, including the superior ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, develop recommendations, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives.
Superior ability to manage strategic and tactical level topics, and develop innovative recommendations and solutions for improvement
Superior interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborative environment.
Superior oral and written communication skills, including superior ability to draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity, and to communicate effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise.
Education
Bachelor's degree
Additional information
JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL
Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.
SALARY DETERMINATION
The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Chief of Human Resource Management.
In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate of the GS grade to which assigned.
RELOCATION EXPENSES
For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by email at DNI_DRA@dni.gov, by telephone at (703)275-3900 or by FAX at (703)275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodations will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.
The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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.
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.