Summary The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Directorate for Mission Integration (MI) creates a consistent and holistic view of intelligence from collection to analysis and serves as the Director of National Intelligence's (DNI) principal advisor on all aspects of intelligence. MI integrates mission capabilities, informs enterprise resource and policy decisions, and ensures the delivery of timely, objective, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Responsibilities Major Duties and Responsibilities: The National Intelligence Council (NIC) consists of the most senior intelligence analysts supporting the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in carrying out responsibilities as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC) and as the principal adviser to the President for intelligence matters related to national security. The NIC produces a variety of all-source, IC coordinated intelligence reports, including its flagship product, the National Intelligence Estimate, which represents the Intelligence Community's most authoritative statement on a key national security issue. Collaborate with DNI/MI leadership to lead the Intelligence Community production of strategic analysis of issues of importance to U.S. interests involving Russia and Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan), and advise the DNI on key developments and issues. Lead the IC production of strategic analyses on issues of importance to United States (US) interests for Russian and Eurasian regional issues and advise the DNI on key developments and issues. Lead and oversee the preparation, production, and coordination of National Intelligence Estimates and other community-coordinated papers (Intelligence Community Assessments and Sense of the Community Memoranda).Provide expert analytical assessments to the DNI regarding Russian and Eurasian regional issues. Lead, plan, and oversee the preparation of background papers and briefing books for the DNI's participation in National Security Council, Cabinet meetings, and other senior-level policymaking meetings. Provide strategic guidance, direction, and leadership to establish national intelligence collection and analysis priorities, and in doing so identity critical intelligence gaps and support collection initiatives based on customer needs and analytic requirements. Lead, plan, and facilitate community sessions attended by IC specialists and non-US Government subject matter experts to address major events and trends and represent the IC, DNI, NIC, and the National Intelligence Officer (NIO) in the sessions. Lead and oversee the preparation of correspondence and/or products in response to congressional tasking, including testimony, talking points, and statements for the record for the DNI and senior DNI staff. Brief senior IC members, policymakers, military decision makers, members of Congress, and other major stakeholders on Russian and Eurasian regional issues. Review and analyze IC analytic components research and production plans on Russian and Eurasian regional issues, identify redundancies and gaps, direct strategies to address gaps, and advise the DNI on gaps and shortfalls in analytic capabilities across the IC. Establish and foster liaison relationships with IC analysts, analytic managers, and collection managers as well as academia, the business community, and other non-government subject matter experts to ensure the IC has a comprehensive understanding of emerging Russian and Eurasian regional issues. Support and/or stand in for the NIO for Russia and Eurasia. Develop and continually expand personal knowledge in area of expertise and achieve a government-wide reputation as a subject matter expert in this area. Provide leadership and expert guidance to the planning, analysis, and application of a full-range of methodological tools and approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex analytical issues and incorporate insights and findings into well-crafted, in-depth intelligence products. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Mandatory Requirements: Expert knowledge of Russian and Eurasian issues, knowledge of the IC's Russia-Eurasia analytic community, and understanding of collection issues sufficient to lead the IC's analytic production and identify collection requirements and gaps. Excellent critical thinking and reasoning skills and the ability to prepare finished intelligence assessments and other written products with emphasis on clear organization, and concise, logical presentation. Advanced interpersonal, organizational, and management skills to conceptualize and effectively lead complex analytic projects with minimal supervision. Expert ability to work with and represent the Community when analytic views differ among agencies. Excellent communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively with people at various levels of leadership and levels of knowledge of Russian and Eurasian issues, to give oral presentations and to otherwise represent the NIC in interagency meetings. Advanced knowledge of, and ability to apply, analytic, diagnostic, and qualitative techniques to produce authoritative finished intelligence products, and the ability to employ innovative approaches to analyze information. Creative problem-solving skills and ability to provide leadership in carrying out mission responsibilities. Superior levels of flexibility and superior ability to remain open-minded and change opinions on the basis of new information and requirements; superior ability to support group decisions and solicit opinions from coworkers. Bachelor's degree in subject matter area, or closely related discipline. Desired Requirements: Generally, twelve or more years of related work experience. Desired Foreign Language: Proficiency at Reading level 3 and/or Listening level 3 is desired in the following languages: Russian A selected candidate who has the desired foreign language capability may qualify for language use pay in the ODNI if he or she has current test scores at the minimum proficiency levels in each modality as specified. If qualified, the ODNI will provide language use pay at the rate applicable to the parent agency. Education Bachelor's degree in subject matter area, or closely related discipline. 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 dni reasonable accommodation wma@cia.ic.gov, by unclassified email at DNI DRA@dni.gov, 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. The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.