Supervisory Intelligence Specialist (Operations)

U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command•Charlottesville, VA

18h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS), in the Excepted Service, and is located at the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), Operations and Production Directorate, Foundational Services Branch, Charlottesville, Virginia. The position serves as a Branch Chief responsible for supervising and overseeing NGIC’s day-to-day internal and external operations. The branch supports the quality, foreign disclosure, and dissemination of finished intelligence production. The Branch Chief provides administrative and technical supervision to civilian and contractor personnel, including evaluating performance, guiding professional development, and fostering a collaborative, respectful, high-morale team culture. The role directs production-support pipelines, coordinates resource allocation and task queues with division leadership, the Senior Intelligence Production Strategist, and analytic directorates, and advances workflow modernization through automated, data-driven solutions and operational metrics. The position also promotes compliance with intelligence-community directives, ODNI standards, National Disclosure Policy, and publishing schemas, and serves as a liaison to support early workflow integration and uphold standards. The position requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GG/GS-13 level. A Top Secret clearance based on an SBI, with eligibility for SCI, is required. TDY travel is required 20% of the time. During crisis operations, employees may face extended TDY or worldwide deployments, expanded or irregular hours, and possible recall, including weekends and holidays. Situational telework may be authorized based on agency policy.

Requirements

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GG/GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.
Experience providing administrative, technical, or project leadership to civilian, military, or contractor personnel, including setting priorities, mentoring staff, and fostering a collaborative team culture.
Experience planning, directing, or optimizing multi-stage operational, analytical, or production-support pipelines, including balancing resources and deconflicting high-volume queues under competing deadlines.
Experience modernizing workflows or business processes through automated tools, data-driven solutions, or performance metrics (KPIs) to improve operational efficiency and quality.
Experience applying, enforcing, and diplomatically defending intelligence-community directives, security classification, foreign disclosure, editorial tradecraft, or data-governance standards across organizational stakeholders.
Progressively responsible intelligence-related experience involving research, analysis, collection, or operations, such as intelligence analysis or production, intelligence collection or operations, counterintelligence, or directly related threat support.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for SCI.
Must pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use before appointment and periodically thereafter.
Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
Applicants must meet an eligible employment-authority category specified in the announcement.
Must complete a two-year trial period.

Responsibilities

Supervise and oversee the day-to-day internal and external operations of the branch.
Provide administrative and technical supervision to civilian and contractor personnel, evaluate performance, guide professional development, and foster a collaborative, respectful, high-morale team culture.
Direct and coordinate high-volume production-support pipelines.
Allocate resources and deconflict task queues with division leadership, the Senior Intelligence Production Strategist, and analytic directorates to support timely delivery.
Modernize workflows by integrating automated, data-driven solutions and establishing operational performance metrics (KPIs).
Promote compliance with intelligence-community directives, ODNI standards (ICD 203), National Disclosure Policy, and publishing schemas.
Serve as a primary liaison to promote early workflow integration and diplomatically uphold standards.