Job Description

Job Title:

Lead Intelligence Specialist

PP-SRS-GRD:

S-0132-12

Location:

RAF Molesworth

Vacancy Number:

975189

Open Date:

05 September 2025

Close Date:

12 September 2025

Work Hours Per Week:

72 hours over two weeks

Salary (Per Hour):

22.23 - 31.45

Hourly rate of pay is 22.23 + 15% shift differential totaling 25.11

Several vacancies may be available - multiple selections may be made

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join a premier team of Intelligence Specialists at the NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre, Royal Air Force (RAF) Molesworth, United Kingdom.

What will be your primary role?

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Senior Watch Officer, providing operational leadership for intelligence watch activities at the NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre (NIFC). You will function as the Team Leader for the NIFC Watch, ensuring continuous situational awareness, intelligence fusion, and crisis monitoring in support of NATO Allied Command Operations (ACO). You will oversee the coordination, refinement, and delivery of intelligence briefings to ensure NATO leadership receive timely, relevant, and strategically aligned assessments. You will oversee the execution of intelligence tracking, briefing coordination, and crisis response and will act as the primary operational lead for crisis response, ensuring rapid and coordinated intelligence support during critical incidents. In Addition, you will support senior intelligence leadership by coordinating operational plans and team priorities to sustain mission continuity and support leadership in rostered shift planning and coordination of on-boarding and continued training efforts.

For specific qualification requirements for the position, you can visit:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/intelligence-series-0132/

One year's specialized experience that clearly demonstrates the Key Skills and Abilities (KSAs) required for the role.

We offer fantastic company benefits include:

Competitive salary:

the starting salary for this position is 22.23 an hour

Holiday:

Annual Leave + US Federal Holidays

Paid Sick Leave

Pension Scheme

Free On-Site Parking

Employee extras such as:

Life Assurance scheme, Employee Assistance Program, Specialized Training, Development Opportunities, Receive time off, cash, and honorary awards for significant contributions

Overview of our Mission

U.S. Air Forces in Europe - United Kingdom (USAFE-UK), a forward detachment of USAFE, is headquartered at RAF Mildenhall, England a premier employer of over 1,200 local national employees with a right to work in the United Kingdom. Our jobs ranging from Administrative; Logistics; Trade and Labor (Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning (HVAC), electrician, plumbers, and general Maintenance); Civil Engineers, Lawyers, Doctors and Administrative and Management positions. The organization further serves as the focal point for overseas negotiations with His Majesty's government on a wide range of issues. Our team is dedicated to excellence, innovation, and the highest standards of operational readiness.

The 501st Combat Support Wing tracks its lineage back to the 501st Bombardment Group, which was activated June 1, 1944, at Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas. Almost 2,000 Airmen serving one wing with two groups, 14 squadrons, and 17 wing staff agencies. The 501st serves a community of more than 14,000 personnel spread across ten installations. The 501st CSW remains the only combat support wing in the USAF and carries on its storied heritage of generating combat missions around the globe and projecting diplomacy through its ten geographically separated locations across the United Kingdom, Norway and Cyprus. 501st Combat Support Wing Locations: RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Welford, Blenheim Crescent, RAF Alconbury, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Molesworth, and Stavanger, Norway. The United States and the United Kingdom share a special bond nurtured over decades of commitment to our shared values of peace, security and prosperity. The depth of the US and the UK partnership will only grow as together we face the increasingly complex, high-end threats of today and tomorrow.

What are the Key Skills required for this role?

1. Knowledge of intelligence collection, production, and dissemination principles.

2. Proficiency in written and oral communication, ensuring effective intelligence reporting and coordination.

3. Understanding of intelligence analysis methodologies, supporting decision-making and situational awareness.

4. Experience in team coordination and task execution, ensuring watch operations run smoothly.

5. Ability to work within intelligence networks, maintaining situational awareness and operational coordination.

6. Competence in preparing intelligence briefings and reports, ensuring clarity and relevance for leadership.

7. Familiarity with data processing systems, supporting information organization and workflow efficiency.

8. Ability to provide operational guidance and functional leadership, foster team cohesion and responsiveness.

What are the conditions of employment for this role?

You will be required to handle and safeguard sensitive information in accordance with applicable US and UK laws, rules and regulations. You may be required to travel by military and/or civilian aircraft, and you may also be required to travel to the US or other country, in the performance of official duties or attend necessary training, this position may also be coded as mission essential. You will be required to complete a 6-month probationary period. Overtime may be required, and you may be assigned other duties not included in this position description, but that are appropriate to the grade and skill set of the incumbent. Hours of work: 72 hours bi-weekly (shift work to include weekends and evenings between 0000-2359). Start & end times may be modified due to mission needs and in accordance with organization's flexible working policies. You must be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. A degree in Political Science, International Relations, Security Studies, or a related discipline, or UK equivalent, is desired but not required. You must obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance required of the position. This position requires a NATO SECRET clearance. You may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, as rostered. You will observe US holidays in lieu of UK holidays. This is a Mission Essential position, needed to ensure the continued operation of mission essential functions of the activity. Mission Essential personnel may be required to report for duty at normal times when the base is closed or delayed reporting and remain on duty during phased or early release. The Local National Direct Hire (LNDH) Program does not participate in regular drug testing; however, positions covered by this document may be subject to drug testing upon reasonable suspicion of substance abuse, and safety mishap or accident testing.

NOTE:

You will require a security clearance and a right to work in the UK.

This position may have certain restrictions to US citizens including US dual nationals due to the Status of Forces Agreement. For additional information contact the LNDH team on 01638 544955.

LNDH Application:

https://forms.osi.apps.mil/r/HiHn37upJw

Supporting Documents to be submitted via email to

100fss.fsmc6@us.af.mil

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 47,005.92-66,493.44 per year

Benefits:

Bereavement leave Company pension Free parking Life insurance On-site parking Sick pay
Work Location: In person