Social Science Research Specialist
Location: Washington, D.C.
Announcement Number: SII-WJ229-23-DH
Salary: $64,957 - $102,166
Closing Date: July 7, 2023
Do you have a passion for public service? The United States Secret Service (USSS) is looking for you! The USSS is a premier law enforcement organization with two (2) critical national security missions: protect our nation’s leaders and to conduct criminal investigations.
Duties
Joining the Secret Service, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information, Protective Intelligence and Assessment Division, National Threat Assessment Center will allow you to apply a wide range of behavioral and social science research principles, concepts, and methods which are related to the prevention of targeted violence, threat assessment, terrorism, criminal behavior and protective intelligence.
The selectee will serve as a Social Science Research Specialist in the Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information, Protective Intelligence and Assessment Division, National Threat Assessment Center. Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Performs in-depth analysis and research of broad areas associated with targeted violence, threat assessment, terrorism, criminal behavior, and protective intelligence sufficient to provide detailed recommendations regarding the application of research findings to operational policy and protocols.
- Writes reports for internal and external distribution, summarizing the research findings and implications.
- Provides technical expertise sufficient to communicate established methods and procedures used to establish or define the problem being researched, and isolate data that is pertinent to the study for analysis; develops and executes information sharing initiatives, training and consultative frameworks for diverse audiences to assist with the development of threat assessment programs.
- Uses new and innovative research techniques to evaluate, synthesize and summarize data and information to independently conduct research, training and consultative initiatives in regard to targeted violence, other types of violence, terrorism and protective intelligence.
