Watch Analyst

• As a part of the Watch team, providing continuous operational situational awareness on special events, incidents, and crises affecting national level PH&M security by coordinating communications and analysis.
• Assisting in developing and preparing alerts, notifications, reports, and other senior leadership products as required.
• Ensuring Public Health and Medical (PH&M) threat and incident information is properly acquired, displayed, shared and archived.
• Receiving, tracking, and coordinating requests for information (RFIs) and requests for resources (RFRs) that require HHS/SOC action.
• Utilizing and updating HHS Alert/Warning/Notification systems, to include International Health (IHR) and Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC).
• Responsible for tracking of PH&M response activities, and maintaining knowledge of systems developed to support such activity tracking.
• Providing updates and information to HHS key leadership personnel, preparing correspondence and briefings summarizing significant events, researching subjects as necessary.
• Responsible for maintaining high level of readiness in preparation for SOC to successfully transition, either COOP or devolution, when necessary, into incident management operations.
• Supporting activities during periods of Continuity of Operations exercises, including potentially temporarily relocating to another site in the area for emergency or test scenarios.
• Participating in exercises directed by HHS and other government agencies.
• Operating and moderating traditional telephone and video teleconferencing systems.
• Monitoring, tracking, and logging any loss in communications capabilities.

• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent English communications skills (Written and Verbal)
• 2-5 years experience of Open-Source Intelligence Analysis
• Ability to process multiple actions in a timely manner under stressful circumstances.
• Demonstrated proactive problem-solving
• Strong decision-making capability
• Strong track record of being a highly resourceful team-player
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Proven ability be adaptable to various competing demands.
• Demonstrated high level of customer service.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in an extremely fast paced environment
• Advanced user skills of Microsoft Office 365 suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint),
• Basic user skills of Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft SharePoint, and ArcGIS skills
• Superior time management skills
• Possess a Bachelors Degree
• Possess a Valid Driver’s License

Security Requirements

• Secret Clearance
• HHS Suitability

Special Qualifications and Certifications

• It is highly desired to have personnel with at least three or more of following special qualifications and/or certifications.
• Military Veterans honorably discharged, retired, or actively serving National Guard or/ Reserve from the following Occupational fields; Intelligence, Infantry, Engineering, Operations, Radio, Military Police/Security Forces, Command and Control, Medical, Weather, CBRNE or Emergency Management.
• Emergency Management experience at a Federal, State, Local, Tribal, or Territorial level.
• 2-5 years Open-Source Intelligence Analysis experience
• 2-5 years’ experience working in one of the following a Federal, State, Local, Tribal or
• Territorial Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs), Department of Defense Tactical Operations Center (TOC), Combat Information Center (CIC), Command Post (CP), Cyber Security Operations Center (SOC), or higher-level Operations Center.
• Certified Security+, Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+), Open-Source Intelligence (COSINT), All-Source Intelligence Professional (CASIP), or Intelligence Fundamentals
• Professional Certification (IFPC)
• Certified Emergency Managers (CEM), Associate Emergency Manager (AEM), Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), FEMA Level I Professional Continuity Practitioners, National Registered Paramedics (NREMT-P), Certified Emergency
• Number Professional (ENP), or Certified Emergency Telecommunicator (ETC).
• Possessing an associate degree or bachelor’s degree from an accredited University or College in a related field