INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH SPECIALIST (WATCH OFFICER)

This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorist and Financial Intelligence - Intelligence Analysis. The purpose of this position is to provide staffing for the Treasury Intelligence Operation Centers. As an Intelligence Research Specialist, you will be responsible for monitoring incoming intelligence and national security information and notifying or distributing that information to Treasury senior leadership.

Pursuant to 50 USC 3024 (v), and with concurrence and consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, this position is being established in the excepted service as an element of the Intelligence Community within the Department of the Treasury. The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive on-the-job training to help you grow in this position. As an Intelligence Research Specialist, you will: Support TFI and OIA senior leadership, as well as Treasury Department principals, with current intelligence information via notification reports, situation reports, and preparation of read books and National Security Council (NSC) read books. Brief TFI senior officials as well as Treasury Department principals on current intelligence issues and late breaking developments. Receive, transmit, control, and distribute critical NSC documents for Treasury Department principals and TFI senior leadership. Operate intelligence and national security information systems; serve as the Department's link with the U.S. Intelligence Community and the NSC time-sensitive activities. Conduct research of complex operational issues and distribute information from intelligence, operations, and open sources. Provide Document Control management by ensuring all documents entering or exiting the IOC are controlled through proper logging, digitizing and storing.

Key Requirements: Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National. All newly appointed employees to the competitive (or excepted) service are subject to a probationary (or trial) period. During this time, your performance, conduct, and suitability for continued employment will be evaluated. You will not automatically convert to permanent status at the end of the probationary (or trial) period. Your supervisor must affirmatively determine that continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service. If no certification is made before the probationary (or trial) period ends, your appointment will be terminated. You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor, seek feedback, and understand role expectations. Additional guidance and support will be provided during onboarding. Must have, or be able to obtain and maintain, a Top Secret security clearance based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI). Must be eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access. Must successfully complete a background investigation. All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties. Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency. Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel. File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. Undergo an income tax verification Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment.

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.