Senior Exercise Planner Jobs

Summary The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives. Responsibilities Lead the design, development, and execution of discussion-based counterterrorism exercises that meet the training needs of international, federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and private sector partners. Manage engagements with international, federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and private sector partners to identify exercise purpose, scope, and objectives based on the need to develop new intelligence and information sharing plans, policies, and procedures or test existing ones. Research and develop a variety of complex terrorism scenarios based on terrorism case studies, real-world threats, and tactics, techniques and procedures. Design and develop all types of exercise documentation, as outlined in the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program, to include scenarios, injects, discussion questions, exercise evaluation guides, facilitator guides, and after-action reports. Lead facilitated discussions during exercise execution to meet exercise objectives and identify best practices/areas for improvement. Compile and analyze information captured during the exercise and draft an after-action report. Provide context and recommendations to managers on exercise-related issues, policies and procedures. Maintain productive working relationships with ODNI staff, other IC organizations, and private service providers in order to effectively prepare for and respond to counterterrorism issues, and coordinate strategic planning, best practices, lessons learned, programming, and policy issues. Recommend the transfer of personnel, funds, or additional resources, across the IC to improve efficiency of effectiveness of intelligence activities against their assigned missions. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Mandatory Requirements: Demonstrated ability to balance responsibilities among program/project activities; ability to manage transitions effectively from task to task, adapting to varying customer needs, or ongoing emergencies. Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, organize, and draw inferences from incomplete data and present a compelling analysis of findings and issues; ability to identify, articulate, document, and mitigate knowledge gaps or alternatives approaches. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage capabilities, including that ability to effectively direct taskings. Demonstrated ability to establish regular contact with high-level internal and external resources and have periodic contacts with other offices, supplying or seeking information on specialized and non-specialized matters; thorough use of tact when expressing ideas or opinions to senior leaders, customers, contractors, and other stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to observe, measure, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives and direct the development and implementation of solutions and/or organizational changes. Demonstrated interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment; and to lead and mentor junior colleagues. Demonstrated ability to communicate, both oral and in written, complex information in a clear, concise manner that is targeted to and meets the needs of diverse audiences with different perspectives and objectives. Demonstrated ability to understand substantive and administrative issues, exert influence to senior leadership, communicate cogently and effectively with people at all levels (both internal and external), brief management on reviews and findings, and organize and edit written reports of varying length and complexity. Demonstrated ability to listen to, clarify, and convey understanding of others' ideas, comments, and questions as well as to integrate and build upon diverse opinions in a manner that encourages the formation of integrated solutions and positions. Extensive experience in designing, developing, and evaluating various types of exercises as outlined in the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. Extensive knowledge of IC organizations' missions and authorities to support NCTC's development of, or participation in, exercise planning, conduct, and evaluation. At least two years of experience managing the successful efforts of a government or private organization. Minimum of 5 years of experience in the intelligence or counterterrorism communities. Bachelor's degree or 10 years of equivalent experience. Desired Requirements: Demonstrated experience working within the counterterrorism community, successfully leading or serving as representational lead for one or more phases of the exercise cycle commencing with planning through evaluation and recommendation development. Education Bachelor's degree. Additional Information Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area 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 Director/ Human Resource Management. On occasional instances 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 but not less than the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum rate (i.e., step 10) 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 classified email at dnireasonableaccommodation[email protected], by unclassified email at DNI[email protected], by telephone at 703-275-3900 or by FAX at 703-275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY. COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement: To ensure compliance with an applicable nationwide preliminary 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. The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.