This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
This recruitment may be used to fill other similar positions within the Colorado Department of Public Safety in the next 12 months.
CDPS is an equal opportunity employer. See our EEOD Utilization Report (2020)
Our Mission – Engaged employees working together to safeguard lives and to provide diverse public safety services to local communities.
Our Vision – Creating safer and more resilient communities across Colorado.
Our Core Values – Unity, Honor, Service
CDPS commits to cultivating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive work environment. We ensure that we recruit, retain, and promote engaged employees. Our approach to diversity is simple – it’s about embracing everyone! We strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a reflex, not an initiative. Our strength is our promise to be inclusive with intentional strategies to welcome and uplift our employees to thrive – while building a more equitable workplace.
Why I love My Job at CDPS
At CDPS we nurture a centric culture driven by our commitment of creating a safer Colorado, an inclusive workplace where everyone can be their own authentic self. We model a culture of collaboration, support and growth to our employees. Our culture has public service focus, and we strive to provide innovative solutions and services to our fellow Coloradans!
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Careers With a Purpose
If you are passionate about public safety service, and are eager to dedicate your career to serving Coloradans, this is the organization you want to join!
We are committed to providing public safety services to our fellow Coloradans in their times of greater needs such as: safety on our roads, preparing and mitigating environmental disasters, disaster recovery, combating crime, school safety, and victim recovery.
You’ll have the opportunity to challenge yourself and acquire new capabilities to build a rewarding and fulfilling career while making a difference in our community!
When you join CDPS, you are joining a team of exceptional individuals and together you will be inspired, motivated and supported to become the best you can be.
Unmatched Benefits
We highly value work life balance and offer excellent work-life programs, training, and professional development opportunities!
Did you know that only 15% of employers offer a defined contribution plan? CDPS offers unmatched retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus 401K and 457 plans.
The Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP) is available in every region of the state. It is our effort to support the well-being of employees and the workplace. EAPs provide short-term counseling, referrals and resources, as well as training and organizational development services.
CDPS provides generous time off including 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation, sick leave, and wellness days.
Medical and dental options are available for permanent employees and their dependents. We also offer short and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance that includes legal resources and discounts.
Additional benefits we offer include free ECO passes for qualifying State employees within the RTD service area, and reduced college tuition at CSU Global and DeVry University.
For a complete review of the benefits we offer, please click on this link.
Description of Job
DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
This position is located within the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM). The Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) is a dynamic and diverse team that is committed to developing, administering and coordinating comprehensive and integrated statewide emergency management and homeland security programs. The Division’s work ensures the safety and security of Colorado and its infrastructure through unity of effort with local, tribal, state, federal, private, and nongovernmental partners.
Our Mission: To lead and support Colorado’s effort to prevent, protect, mitigate, respond to and recover from all-hazards events.
Our Vision: A prepared, safe and resilient Colorado!
Our Core Values: Service, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Vision and Excellence.
Our Guiding Principles: Results-Focused, Innovative, Service-Oriented and Employee-Centric.
The Division Accomplishes Its Mission Through The Following Offices
Our mission is accomplished through a comprehensive and coordinated program of mitigating hazards, preparing for emergencies, preventing terrorist attacks and other criminal activity, coordinating resources for response to a disaster and supporting subsequent recovery efforts. The division also serves as the conduit for state and federal funding to prepare for and recover from all hazard events.
About The Work Unit
The Colorado Information Analysis Center (CIAC) serves as the focal point within the state for receiving, analyzing and sharing threat-related information among private sector, local, tribal, and federal partners. The CIAC includes representatives from various departments and partner agencies that analyze threat information with a focus on protecting civil rights, civil liberties and privacy concerns. The CIAC also provides situational awareness and a common operating picture and coordinated information collection, analysis, and dissemination for the Colorado Department of Public Safety (CDPS).
About The Section
The Watch Center component operates 24/7 and supports CDPS leadership as well as other partners with overall situational awareness and real time information collection, dissemination and analysis during a critical incident affecting Colorado and will be the main point of intake and notification of incidents and emerging threats for the Department.
Safe2Tell Colorado is a school safety prevention program administered by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. The tips are received and disseminated to schools and law enforcement by CDPS
The All Threats Intelligence Unit is responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of all threat information for the purpose of information sharing on criminal activities and terrorism-related threats affecting Colorado. The Center collaborates with private sector, local, tribal and federal partners to support, prevent, and protect Colorado and its citizens.
The infrastructure protection and cyber-security program promotes greater resiliency of government, non-government, and private-sector facilities, systems, assets, and employees through an array of prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery strategies designed to deter, delay, detect and defend against human threats and technological hazards, while reducing the impact of natural hazards.
The preventing targeted violence (PTV) program promotes greater resiliency of communities and community agencies through an array of prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery strategies designed for early detection and prevention of targeted violent attacks. Targeted violence includes ideological and non-ideological mass attacks. The program also provides training and technical assistance to enhance awareness and prevention of targeted acts of violence. Through the development and maintaining of public-private partnerships and ongoing support of state government agencies, the program aims to expand information-sharing opportunities, enhance data collection and threat reporting to produce actionable intelligence, provide training and awareness, and adopt a layered, defense-indepth strategy to assure the resiliency of Colorado communities. PTV analysts maintain a broad scope of awareness on emerging and evolving targeted violence threats and behavioral indicators. The team works with local agencies to develop local prevention frameworks and provides continued support and guidance to local agencies as it relates to targeted violence prevention. The team also identifies community leaders and conducts community training to enhance threat reporting.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
About The Position
This position serves as a Intelligence Analyst in the Colorado Information Analysis Center. The position accesses and analyzes information gathered from databases and shared by local, state, Tribal, federal and private sector partners to develop finished intelligence reports that are provided to Federal, State, and Local Public Safety entities. The position creates intelligence products that address a broad spectrum of issues in a clear, concise and logical manner. This analyst position is to establish good working relationships with partners to support this information sharing and analysis process. Thus, the position is expected to attend and participate in relevant meetings to provide technical assistance, situation awareness/information sharing and foster partnerships. This may include giving intelligence briefings, trainings and presentations. The position will also make recommendations regarding the dissemination of intelligence information. This analyst position is to comply with State and Federal laws, regulations, executive orders and directives promulgated by the State of Colorado and the US Department of Homeland Security to achieve the goals and objectives of this state fusion center.
Position Duties
Intelligence Analysis
Implement and perform the tasks of the CIAC criminal and intelligence analyst for gathering and analyzing data, developing intelligence products and disseminating information or products to appropriate partners, as assigned. The assignments will pertain to the CIAC Standard Information Needs (SIN), Critical Infrastructure or Key Resources (CIKR), Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management priorities (including emergency response activities related to a natural or man-made disaster), classified briefings and special reports. The tasks of this position may involve collaboration with other analysts or investigators, as well as with external partnering agencies. These tasks will include long-term analytical or investigative projects as a component of the job assignment. Utilize personal knowledge and skills to determine the best approach for gathering, analyzing, and developing products to disseminate internally or to partners. This includes determining the variables to track for each assigned case or project and creating databases that support the analytical process for the purpose of developing conclusions and hypotheses on the potential impact of an unfolding event or project findings. Provide immediate assessments to support the Department of Public Safety partners for unfolding events.
Outreach and Liaison Officer Program Coordination
Attend and participate in meetings, trainings and exercises, and discussion related to unfolding events, performing within the scope of the analyst’s role or approved designated function for the activity. Participate in meetings with CIAC partners for the purpose of collaborative products, intelligence support, and information exchange related to the center’s priorities and tasks. The priorities and tasks will involve the Office of Prevention and Security’s standard information needs (SIN), critical infrastructure key resources (CIKR) protection, threat assessments or reviews, and support to a partner agency for criminal or intelligence analysis. The meetings may also involve planning and exercise development that may involve topics the Office of Prevention and Security may have a role in, response to unfolding events, and other activities. Participate in exercises as a representative of the Office of Prevention and Security, sharing information and performing tasks within the scope of this position. Educate others on the topics critical to the Office of Prevention and Security‘s mission; e.g. suspicious activity reporting, the intelligence cycle, etc.
After Hours On-Call
Perform the tasks of the CIAC on call person when assigned the function. This function includes the ability to handle developing critical incidents, receiving tips and leads related to terrorism by phone, email, or website submission, and providing information to partner agencies efficiently and without delay.
Other Duties As Assigned
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Please Note
*Application work history and supplemental questions must clearly articulate relevant professional experience as applicable to the position.*
Minimum Qualifications (education And Experience)
Option 1
Six (6) years of demonstrated full-time professional experience in intelligence work or a related field.
Option 2
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in in any field and two (2) years of full-time professional experience in intelligence work or a related field.
Option 3
A Master’s degree from an accredited institution and one (1) year of full-time professional experience in intelligence work or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications (not Required)
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
APPEAL RIGHTS
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for the position, you may protest the action by filing an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the date you receive notice of the elimination. Also, if you wish to challenge the selection and comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the receipt of notice or knowledge of the action you are challenging. Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director’s Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for more information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director’s Administrative Procedures are available at www.colorado.gov/spb. A standard appeal form is available at: www.colorado.gov/spb. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.
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