Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team Officer Senior Level

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives.

**Qualifications:**
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. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position. Required Qualifications: Experience serving in a public safety or first responder capacity (e.g., law enforcement, fire service, emergency medical services, health and human services, emergency management). Extensive knowledge of IC organizations; IC mission posture, structures, capabilities, processes, and policy development. Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated ability to draft and edit written reports of varying length and complexity, and to orally communicate effectively with audiences of varying seniority and expertise. Demonstrated interpersonal skills and superior ability to work effectively in both independent and in a team or collaborative environment. Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to lead interagency interactions, build coalitions with IC elements and partners to achieve common goals. Demonstrated ability to anticipate counterterrorism issues relevant to the IC, United States Government, public safety partners and the private sector and recommend needed actions. Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills, including the demonstrated ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, develop recommendations, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives. Support briefings to Senior IC officials and other major stakeholder on progress, issues, and challenges. Other duties, as assigned.