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Form of workThis position is open only to Colorado residents only.
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.
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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.
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.
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. The division accomplishes its mission through the following offices:
- Director's Office
- Office of Emergency Management
- Office of Grants Management (Formerly Office of Preparedness)
- Office of Security and Prevention (CIAC)
- Office of Public Safety Communications (OPSC)
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).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, and petitions for Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO). The goal is to maintain situational awareness of any event or incident-either natural or man-made-that may require a state response or be of interest to state- level leadership. Assigned analysts also provide tactical support for local partners upon request.
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. Safe2Tell operations are 24/7. Safe2Tell tips are received from across Colorado and sometimes the nation. Tips are received via phone, web, or mobile app and are anonymous. Anonymity of the tipster is protected by statute.
The All Threats Intelligence Unit is responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of threat and all hazard 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 Colorado Preventing Targeted Violence (CO-PTV) Program is a multidisciplinary public health approach to targeted violence prevention in the state that works to equip communities with the tools to prevent targeted violence through awareness and education, building trusted partnership, and providing continued support to assist in local prevention efforts. The CO-PTV State Team liaises across disciplines and provides standardized training and events to connect and educate prevention partners and community members. Threat Management Teams (TMTs), at both the regional and local levels, are operational teams that implement multidisciplinary approaches to prevent targeted violence and identify needs within their communities.
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 program also provides a range of technical assistance to enhance their security posture and preparedness against all-hazards. 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-in-depth strategy to assure the resiliency of Colorado communities and Colorado state government infrastructure. The program actively maintains inventory of critical infrastructure nodes and facilities in the state and maintains a database of this inventory that is utilized by numerous emergency management officials during significant emergency events. Cybersecurity analysts maintain a broad scope of awareness on emerging and evolving cyber threats. The team delivers strategic and operational support for our partners' cyber prevention, protection, mitigation and response missions. Cyber analysts support cybersecurity focused groups throughout the state in an advisory role.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
8am-5pm Monday to Friday or 4 - 10 hour days
Mostly sedentary
ABOUT THE POSITION
This position serves as an Intelligence Analyst in the Colorado Information Analysis Center and will operate independently in performing the full range of professional tasks. The position accesses and analyzes information gathered from databases and shared by local, state, tribal, federal and private sector partners to develop data and analysis that informs decision makers of the statewide impact of marijuana diversion from legitimate industry. The position will analyze all forms of narcotics and create 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.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Intelligence Analysis
- Access classified and unclassified databases to enter data, reviews existing information, or supports analytical investigations involving marijuana diversion and narcotics.
- Utilize knowledge of the criminal enterprise, highway interdiction efforts, and the intelligence cycle to develop data that guide the policies and response of law makers to protect Colorado's retail and medical marijuana industry.
- Exchange information or facts and provide trainings/situational awareness briefings to partners as requested.
- Review products available via external sources, such as but not limited to HSIN, RMIN, LEEP, etc. for consideration to be shared with CIAC Internal staff and/or disseminated via CIAC platforms.
- Completes criminal case analysis that pertains to the investigative case support the CIAC provides to all Colorado agencies.
- Use known and established theory, principles, conceptual models, professional standards, and precedents to analyze complex data and determine the relationship of data to problems related to marijuana diversion and narcotics.
- Evaluate the relevance and importance of theories, concepts, and principles in order to tailor them to develop a different approach or plan to fit specific circumstances as they relate to marijuana diversion and narcotics.
- Determine the appropriate presentation to develop for each agency, taking into consideration the general knowledge and understanding of the audience pertaining to preventing targeted violence and establish a working relationship with those entities so as to continually exchange information to develop advanced trainings.
- Schedule presentations and participate in exercises with prevention professionals from the various disciplines to support in obtaining appropriate information for analysis as well as future training topics.
After Hours On-Call/Event and Incident Support
Other duties as assignedPlease Note:- Determine the level of threat posed to Public Safety and making appropriate notifications through the chain of command and other partner agencies.
- May be required to analyze large amounts of information from varying sources and identify potential threats or needs and think outside the box on topics and value for our partners.
- Only the application will be reviewed for the initial screening and comparative analysis steps. It is imperative that your application and answers to supplemental questions describe all of your relevant education, knowledge, skills, and experience as it relates to the requirements, duties, and preferred qualifications of this position as described within this announcement.
- Resumes, Cover Letters, or other documents submitted will only be used in later stages of the comparative analysis (transcri...
