INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH SPECIALIST

Overview

TOUGH WORK. VITAL MISSION. Challenge yourself! You have the power to help combat drug trafficking. Be a part of DEA! It's tough work, but a vital mission. Whatever your background or expertise, your work at DEA will be tremendously rewarding because it will have a daily impact on national security and the quality of life of all Americans. These positions are located in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Major Duties

As a INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH SPECIALIST, your typical work assignments may include: The incumbent is a newly hired Intelligence Research Specialist who assists Senior Intelligence Research Specialists and Special Agents by performing preliminary research, analysis, and evaluation of raw intelligence data for segments of large projects and studies. As an Intelligence Research Specialist, work assignments may include, but not limited to: Assists in projecting and revising long-range estimates in their assigned field and may be required to participate on high-level committees of DEA to evaluate, discuss, test, and validate intelligence research reports and intelligence collection programs, plans, guides, and manuals before they are finalized for approval and release. Provides oral briefings and/or recommendations on developed information, interrelationships, and intelligence gaps. Participates in evaluating incoming intelligence reports and information, prepares assigned portions of finished intelligence reports, and supplies pertinent intelligence information to enforcement groups for on-going investigations Assesses unforeseen developments, new phenomena and difficulties encountered, and may recommend changes in direction and approach. Analyzes drug law enforcement intelligence reports and data to recommend decisions to the Agency, other law enforcement agencies, and the intelligence community. Collects, reviews, interprets, evaluates, and integrates large volumes of intelligence data from multiple sources pertaining to extensive, interrelated geographical or functional fields Participates in maintaining the oversight of intelligence planning that supports Counter Drug operations and provides operational and intelligence consultation and advice to DEA Special Agents/Task Force Officers as dictated by operational requirements

Qualifications

An additional assessment questionnaire includes four short, free-response essay questions which provides an opportunity for you to highlight your dedication to public service for the hiring manager and agency leadership (or designee(s)). While your responses are not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question. Please provide a response of 200 words or less to each question. You will be asked to certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT or Copilot. For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility Applicants must meet all of the required qualification requirements described below by the closing of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education or if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. Applicants applying for the GS-11 and GS-12 must meet one of the following requirements: GS-11: Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 Federal grade level performing the following duties: monitoring of projects, performing research, conducting special studies, analyzing and evaluating intelligence data, discussing, testing, validating intelligence research reports, and may be required to provide guidance/directions to lower-graded specialists. Collects, processes, analyses, produces, and disseminates criminal investigative-derived Intelligence products OR a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related; OR a combination of both, experience and education. GS-12: Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 Federal grade level performing the following duties: monitors projects, performs research, conducts special studies, analyzes and evaluates intelligence data, discusses, tests, validates intelligence research reports, and provides guidance/directions to lower-graded specialists. Assesses the validity, accuracy, reliability, relevance, and urgency of all information related to their assignment area. Collects, processes, analyses, produces, and disseminates criminal investigative-derived Intelligence products. Analyzes highly specialized, particularly sensitive intelligence information pertaining to drug law enforcement. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

See the qualification section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php. If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, click here.