Deputy Assistant Administrator, Intelligence Division, Strategic Intelligence

Drug Enforcement Administration•Arlington, VA

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About The Position

The Deputy Assistant Administrator (DAA), Intelligence Division, Strategic Intelligence (NI) is a senior advisor to the Chief of Intelligence, Intelligence Division. The role develops, integrates, and executes strategic intelligence capabilities that provide senior decision-makers with timely, objective, and forward-looking assessments of transnational criminal organizations, illicit drug markets, trafficking networks, emerging threats, and risks to the United States. The DAA provides executive direction for DEA’s strategic intelligence mission, establishing long-range goals, enterprise priorities, governance, and performance measures for intelligence collection, analysis, production, dissemination, and evaluation. The position ensures the intelligence program anticipates changes in the global illicit-drug environment and supports national policy, resource, operational, and enforcement decisions. The DAA produces or oversees authoritative assessments, estimative products, strategic warning, executive briefings, and decision-support materials on transnational criminal organizations, illicit drug production and supply chains, synthetic-drug threats, trafficking routes, financial and facilitation networks, emerging technologies, and geopolitical developments affecting DEA’s mission. The role establishes analytic standards and tradecraft, safeguards intelligence sources and methods, and promotes objectivity, rigor, transparent sourcing, alternative analysis, and effective dissemination. The position also provides management oversight and substantive leadership for intelligence policy, planning, program evaluation, and resource execution. It conducts comprehensive reviews of intelligence authorities, policies, procedures, goals, and organizational arrangements; recommends major national initiatives; and realigns objectives and resources as needed to support DEA and Department of Justice missions, strategic plans, and long-term goals. This is a Senior Executive Service (SES), Excepted Service position.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a background and/or security clearance.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service, unless exempt under applicable law.
Must meet the Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications, demonstrated in a resume of no more than two pages.
Technical Qualification 1: Knowledge of advanced management, executive, and organizational principles and practices at the national level related to programs including intelligence development and execution across HUMINT, SIGINT, Cyber, MASINT, GEOINT, OSINT, identity intelligence, special communications, foreign material acquisition and exploitation, and clandestine and sensitive activities and operations.
Technical Qualification 2: Demonstrated ability to provide direction, operational advice, and consultation for enterprise-level activities to top-level Department of Justice officials.
Technical Qualification 3: Demonstrated experience liaising with high-level Congressional, international, federal, state and tribal, and/or local officials or organizations on drug-trafficking issues, and crafting and coordinating national-level policies, regulations, and legislation.
Must demonstrate the five Executive Core Qualifications: commitment to the rule of law and principles of the American founding; driving efficiency; merit and competence; leading people; and achieving results.
New appointees must successfully complete a one-year probationary period.
Must comply with the position’s drug-testing requirements and DEA drug-use policy.
Academic degrees and coursework must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions.

Nice To Haves

Undergraduate or graduate education, or equivalent experience.
For applicants seeking noncompetitive appointment to the SES, SES membership, successful completion of an OPM-approved SES Candidate Development Program, or SES reinstatement eligibility, with supporting documentation.

Responsibilities

Provide executive direction for DEA’s strategic intelligence mission.
Establish long-range goals, enterprise priorities, governance, and performance measures for intelligence collection, analysis, production, dissemination, and evaluation.
Ensure the intelligence program anticipates changes in the global illicit-drug environment and supports national policy, resource, operational, and enforcement decisions.
Produce or oversee authoritative assessments, estimative products, strategic warning, executive briefings, and decision-support materials concerning threats and developments affecting DEA’s mission.
Establish analytic standards and tradecraft; safeguard intelligence sources and methods; and promote objectivity, rigor, sourcing transparency, alternative analysis, and effective intelligence dissemination.
Provide management oversight and substantive leadership for intelligence policy, planning, program evaluation, and resource execution.
Review intelligence authorities, policies, procedures, goals, and organizational arrangements; recommend major national initiatives; and realign objectives and resources when needed.
Advise the Chief of Intelligence, Intelligence Division, on the development, integration, and execution of strategic intelligence capabilities.