Department: Col of Humanities and Soc Science
Classification: Research Staff 12-month
Job Category: Research Staff
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Washington, D.C.
Workplace Type: On Site Required
Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Restricted: Yes
Criminal Background Check: Yes
Motor Vehicle Records Check: Yes
Security Clearance Check: Yes
Important Eligibility Requirement
Employees in this position are required to operate university vehicles in accordance with George Mason University Vehicle Use Policy 1411. Applicants must possess and maintain an active, valid driver’s license that satisfies university requirements. Final candidates are subject to a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) review, and successful completion of the review is a condition of employment.
Minor or major driving violations may affect eligibility for employment. Applicants with prior driving infractions need to review the Eligibility & MVR Review Information (English / Spanish) before applying.
About the Department:
The mission of the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (W/B HIDTA) Investigative Support Center (ISC) is to provide superior intelligence and case support to W/B HIDTA initiatives, participating agencies, and the HIDTA program. The mission is accomplished by utilizing the intelligence process to effectively and efficiently exploit law enforcement, drug treatment, and prevention data involving drug trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, drug money laundering, and gang activity within and around the W/B HIDTA region.
About the Position:
The Intelligence Analysts assigned to the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA will participate in all steps of the intelligence cycle: Planning and directing, collecting information, processing and collating information, analyzing, producing and disseminating intelligence to help attain the mission of the W/B HIDTA.
Responsibilities:
Intelligence Analysis
- Assists in identifying new end users and defining their intelligence needs;
- Collects, organizes and analyzes data;
- Utilizes intelligence specific software program;
- Determines suspicious or potential criminal activity or associations;
- Identifies leads for follow up investigations;
- Conducts link analysis and identify connections or associations;
- Conducts telephone toll analysis;
- Identifies and develops undocumented areas of investigations and identify leads for follow up criminal investigations for W/B HIDTA law enforcement agencies and initiatives;
- Conducts research on criminal investigations; and
- Assists in identification of criminal trends.
Reports and Presentations
- Prepares digital charts, graphs, tables, maps and other visual aids for case support and intelligence briefings; and
- Develops and prepares comprehensive reports and bulletins for use by law enforcement agency personnel in planning the deployment of resources for the prevention and suppression of criminal activities.
Law Enforcement Liaison
- Attends intra/inter-agency meetings, conferences to gather and share information;
- Attends continuing education/training opportunities; and
- Provides training to assist in the transfer of analytical skills to new HIDTA analysts, initiative personnel and area law enforcement.
Project Management
- Manages ISC special projects as needed on a permanent and temporary basis.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience;
- Understanding of and demonstrated experience with the Intelligence Cycle;
- Specific intelligence analyst training from law enforcement or an accredited organization such as Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) or International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEA);
- Knowledge of federal regulations regarding the collection and dissemination of intelligence information (28CFR, part 23);
- Knowledge of the Intelligence Cycle and Criminal Investigations;
- Knowledge in the collection, analyzing, and dissemination of criminal intelligence information;
- Excellent skills in internet navigation and open-source intelligence;
- Excellent demonstrated skills in internet navigation;
- Proficiency and demonstrated skills of current and popular analytic software;
- Proficiency and demonstrated skills in current crime analysis software and presentation techniques;
- Proficiency and demonstrated skills in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Access;
- Ability to research a voluminous number of databases in order to find information on individuals utilizing very little previous information on the subject;
- Ability to prepare graphs, charts, tables, maps, and other illustrative devices from collected data or visual presentations;
- Ability to effectively communicate both in oral and written form;
- Ability to gain cooperation and work in conjunction with personnel from allied agencies;
- Ability to understand and follow directives, instructions and standard operating procedures;
- Ability to accept criticism and deal calmly and effectively with high stress situations;
- Ability to develop one’s own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done;
- Valid driver's license: must currently possess an appropriate, active, valid motor vehicle operator’s license that meets all of GMU’s requirements for operating state vehicles and equipment under Mason’s Vehicle Use Policy 1411 https://universitypolicy.gmu.edu/policies/vehicle-use/. The Office of Risk Management reserves the right to review the driver’s licenses and Motor Vehicle Reports (MVRs) of all candidates selected with employment contingent upon a favorable review;
- Must be able to pass National Security background check and obtain a government issued Secret Level security clearance (required); and
- Must be able to pass background check from supporting federal agency (required).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field;
- Demonstrated data analysis experience (typically 1+ year); and
- Demonstrate law enforcement intelligence analysis experience (typically 1+ year).
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply for Intelligence Analyst at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a Resume for review.
Posting Open Date: September 4, 2026
For Full Consideration, Apply by: September 18, 2026
Open Until Filled: Yes
