Support Officers, also known as Deployed Support Officers (DSO), are responsible for providing and coordinating the entire range of administrative support services to the US Intelligence mission worldwide. They must be able to acquire and tailor support services to fit the specific requirements of their assigned location or component as a result of knowledge of both the customer's mission and available administrative resources.

At junior levels, Support Officers usually provide service directly, or coordinate requests for more complex support on behalf of a small overseas location or component. At more senior levels, they are expected to be able to directly supervise and implement the provision of integrated support services to large locations, components or programs. Support Officers succeed in their work through innovation, risk-taking and by building cooperative alliances between mission partners and service providers to address increasingly rapid changes in organizational priorities, resources and work processes.

Candidates must possess, develop and apply expertise in several of the traditional administrative fields of logistics, human resources, budget and finance, training, security, contract management, information management, program management and change management. They must also demonstrate competency in: adaptability/versatility; planning and organization; initiative; customer service orientation; technical/professional knowledge of administrative disciplines; oral and written communications; judgment/decision-making; interpersonal effectiveness; individual leadership/influencing; and self-development. In addition, DSO candidates must be willing and able to serve anywhere in the field, or in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, as determined by the needs of the mission.

Support Officers will spend their first year of employment in a combination of classroom training and developmental assignments in the areas of Agency procedures, personnel, budget and finance, logistics and security. Upon completion of training and successful overseas temporary duty (TDY) assignments, the individual will generally spend the next several years PCS (permanent change of station) overseas. There will then follow a mixture of Headquarters and field assignments, with an emphasis on gaining maximum experience in support of a variety of Agency functions.

Minimum requirements include a BA or MBA, with an emphasis on business, public administration, or personnel administration. (Other degrees will also be considered.) Candidates must also be willing to serve overseas for extended periods of time (2-3 years), and prior overseas living experience is desirable, along with foreign language capability or a demonstrated aptitude to learn a new language. Good problem-solving skills, interpersonal effectiveness, personal resilience, potential supervisory talent and the ability to tolerate ambiguity are also needed.

All applicants must successfully complete a thorough medical and psychological exam, a polygraph interview and an extensive background investigation. US citizenship is required.

To be considered suitable for Agency employment, applicants must generally not have used illegal drugs within the last twelve months. The issue of illegal drug use prior to twelve months ago is carefully evaluated during the medical and security processing.

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