Homeland Security Program Analyst 1

Description

Duties Description

The incumbent will report to the Office of Counter Terrorism, Public Safety Unit. Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Develop, implement, evaluate, and analyze New York State’s Red Team initiative. Through real time exercise, Red Team activities identify strengths and gaps in New York State’s suspicious activity reporting programs, and New York State’s security and counter terrorism posture.
• Coordinate and conduct outreach regarding suspicious activity reporting programs to the public and private sector and target audiences. Suspicious activity reporting programs support the early recognition and reporting of potential terrorist activity to the New York State Intelligence Center (NYSIC) and law enforcement.
• Conduct analysis on identified topics or program areas to evaluate New York State’s security and counter terrorism posture, and provide findings, both in written and presentation form, to executive staff and other audiences as requested.
• Conduct comprehensive research on select homeland security/public security policy trends at the state, federal and international levels interacting extensively with agency representatives, subject matter experts, advisory services, and legal resources as relevant. Draft preliminary reports, recommendations and alternatives based on gathered information.
• Plan, organize and conduct analytical studies involving the development and implementation of major agency projects and initiatives. Develop gap and risk analyses, documenting current, expected, and required resources for management review/approval.
• Draft correspondence, policy, white papers, standards, bulletins, advisories, progress reports and study results on targeted topics.
• Represent the agency at conferences, meetings and in program reviews as appropriate.
• Support the development of project plans, deliverables, and analytical analysis for executive review.
• Develop and present targeted information for first responders, county, local and state stakeholders, and staff on programs of the Office of Counter Terrorism.
• Travel will be required (approximately 40%), including during evening and weekends, depending on mission and assignment.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Non-competitive: bachelor’s degree and two years of experience in intelligence analysis, homeland security, counter terrorism, emergency preparedness analysis and assessment, or investigations.

A master’s degree may substitute for one year of the experience

Additional Comments

NOTE: Support of operations during times of emergency and disaster from State Emergency Operations Center (EOC), state field offices and/or local deployments may be required, which would result in a change and/or increase in working hours, locations and/or duties.

NOTE ON TELECOMMUTING: Employees are required to apply and obtain approval through management to telecommute according to the agency’s Telecommuting Program Guidelines.