Geographer/Physical Scientist

About the role

This position serves as the Chief, Partnership Branch and concurrently as the Civil Applications Committee (CAC) Executive Secretary. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 2 to 3 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.

Responsibilities

• Advises the Civil Applications Committee (CAC) Chair, CAC Vice-Chair(s), and CAC Principal Members on policy and procedural issues related to access to and use of U.S. National Imaging System (USNIS) data and capabilities used to meet their agency's statutory missions.
• Plans and conducts CAC meetings and working groups and documents the CAC's decisions ensuring that proper oversight responsibilities and documentation is maintained that shows Federal Civil agency use of USNIS data follows applicable laws and Executive Orders and Office of the Director for National Intelligence, Intelligence Community (IC), and Department of War (DoW) regulations and policies.
• Oversees CAC member's requests for the collection of IC and DoW remotely sensed data to ensure the protection of Constitutional and other legal rights of U.S. persons and to ensure that such requests and the use of such data are consistent with the authorities and responsibilities of such organizations and are in accordance with authorized programs.
• Represents the CAC Chair and CAC Federal Civil agencies to National System for Geospatial Intelligence, DoW, and IC counterparts to enhance the development of advanced imagery acquisition systems, exploitation, and dissemination of data and information derived from USNIS.
• Supervises the Partnership Branch staff that also functions as the CAC Secretariat who assist the incumbent in managing the CAC, its activities, and the intergovernmental relationships necessary for successful collaboration.

Requirements

• Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.

Qualifications

• To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:
• Basic Educational Requirement AND Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying.
• Specialized Experience Requirement: One year of appropriate professional experience that is in or directly related to the duties of the position to be filled is qualifying if it is equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service, and if it equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Pay and Schedule

GS-14 Salary $143,913 - $187,093. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Benefits

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Application Instructions

Clarification from the agency: This announcement is open to United States Citizens; U.S. Nationals; and Career transition eligibles (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).