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Intelligence Operations Specialist (Collection Strategist)
Office of Intelligence and Analysis · Posted 74 days ago
Hybrid District of Columbia, DC $71K – $158K Apply by Jul 24, 2026 Intelligence INFJINTJINTPISTJ Operations
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This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Functional Management Branch, Collection Management Division (CMD). The primary purpose of this position is to assists in the creation and actioning of Collection Strategies, Postures, and Plans to close intelligence gaps. Assists in identifying and documenting qualitative and quantitative measures to determine level of impact on collection activities. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.
What You'll Do
- →As a Intelligence Operations Specialist (Collection Strategist), GS-0132-9/11/12/13, your typical work assignments may include: Responsible for supporting DHS I&A and the DHS Intelligence Enterprise (IE) as a functional management representative in one or more of the assigned intelligence disciplines (INTs).
- →Ensures collection planning is consistent, coordinated, and integrated throughout the homeland defense community - IC organizations, interagency counterparts, and DHS offices.
- →Assists I&A and DHS IE collection managers, analysts, and stakeholders in creating and/or refining collection strategies to satisfy intelligence gaps and ensure collection is levied against customer needs.
- →Identifies opportunities for collection using national, operational, and tactical intelligence collection strategies and postures in support of priority or emerging intelligence needs.
- →Monitors intelligence collection capabilities, advocating for the optimal apportionment and allocation of intelligence assets and resources in support of DHS I&A and IE missions and stakeholders.
- →Presents findings and recommendations from collection postures, strategies, and functional management developments to superiors and department leadership.
- →Evaluates the sufficiency and adequacy of intelligence collection capabilities against requirements, and plans and coordinates the innovation and development of new means, methods, and approaches to support collection performance.
- →Conducts and supports collection assessments for continuous improvement through monitoring collection progress against identified intelligence gaps.
- →Provides results of studies, analyses, and evaluations to counterpart agencies to improve coordination and improve the interchange of information on collection capabilities, deficiencies, and technology applications.
- →Prepares correspondence (memoranda, briefing materials, and collection management products) addressing multiple factors impacting INT-specific collection, including the evaluation of findings and monitoring of ongoing or planned collection activities.
- →Prepares correspondence (memoranda, briefing materials, and collection management products) addressing multiple factors impacting INT-specific collection, including the evaluation of findings and monitoring of ongoing or planned collection activities.
- →Coordinates with Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) stakeholders to collection is completed in a timely and resourceful manner.
- →Leverages DHS I&A and IE analysts, collection managers, and stakeholders to understand holistic DHS intelligence needs and gaps to develop and implement collection postures, plans, and strategies.
- →Attends and serves as the DHS representative to appropriate homeland security and Intelligence Community (IC) functional management working groups, committees, subcommittees, task forces, and forums to represent DHS equities; provides preparatory materials for Division and I&A supervisors to attend senior-level meetings.
Requirements
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions.
- ✓Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
- ✓Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
- ✓Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
- ✓You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Personality Fit
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