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Personnel Security Senior Policy Officer
Office of the Director of National Intelligence · Posted 7 days ago
On-site Bethesda, MD $144K – $187K Apply by Jun 29, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United States government, integrating the instruments of national power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, and defeat foreign intelligence threats.
What You'll Do
- →The NCSC/Security Directorate (SD) protects the nation's security interests by providing comprehensive security solutions.
- →SD develops and implements policies, guidance, and standards for personnel security, IC-wide and SCI security-relevant issues, and security clearance reform.
- →SD also engages with government and industry partners to protect national security equities against foreign intelligence and security threats and advance the U.S.
- →Government's risk management environment to safeguard against adversarial and insider threats.
- →The NCSC/SD directly supports the DNI's responsibilities as the Security Executive Agency (SecEA) across the Executive Branch and serves as the DNI's designee for oversight of national security programs across the Intelligence Community (IC).
- →The SD, Personnel Security Policy Officer, is responsible for supporting the Chief in leading the successful formulation, development, coordination, production, and evaluation of executive-level security-policies, processes, and guidance in support of the NCSC mission, enabling functions, and the intelligence disciplines.
- →The Policy Officer is also responsible for the communicating, coordinating, and supporting implementation of these policies and guidance across the Executive Branch, including IC Stakeholders.
- →The selected candidate will: Support the formulation, development, production, and evaluation of a broad range of policies processes, and guidance on Security-related topics including mission enabling functions, and intelligence oversight disciplines.
- →Initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, experts, IC members, and policy committees and use these relationships to share information of IC interest; attend internal and external training, seminars, or conferences on broad intelligence topics or more strategic subject areas.
- →Plan, develop, and provide substantive intelligence briefings, presentations, reports, and other materials to inform senior leadership and other stakeholders on policy issues.
- →Plan, research, produce, and communicate trends and developments to organizational leadership, senior policymakers, and other senior U.S.
- →Government officials.
- →Plan, develop and promote communications that increase stakeholders', consumers', IC colleagues', and USG executive agents' overall understanding of USG and IC policies, processes, and procedures to promote mission effectiveness.
- →Plan and develop communications and reports that address Executive Branch taskings, Congressional hearings, and executive-level briefings; explain organizational equities to the IC and other government agencies at meetings, conferences, and other public fora.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a current permanent ODNI employee OR must be a current permanent Federal employee with supervisory approval to apply to the Joint Duty Assignment (JDA).
- ✓JDA applicants must be currently at the grade level specified in the advertisement.
- ✓No temporary promotion opportunities will be granted for this position.
- ✓The program does not apply to members of the Military service or contractors.
- ✓Joint Duty applicants may be considered for this position as a reimbursable detailee, if endorsed by the employing agency.
- ✓Joint Duty applicants must have a current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or have the ability to obtain one.
- ✓The ODNI does not conduct polygraphs or provide security clearances for detailees.
- ✓FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions.
- ✓The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question.
- ✓By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).
- ✓How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government?
- ✓Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
- ✓In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness?
- ✓Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
Personality Fit
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