Colorado Information Analysis Center (CIAC) Director

This position is located within the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM). The Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is a consolidated Emergency Management and Homeland Security team. The Division's mission is to lead and support Colorado’s efforts to prevent, protect, mitigate, respond to and recover from all-hazard events

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 CIAC includes the following sections: 

• 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 is the main point of intake and notification of incidents, and emerging threats for the Department, petitions for Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO), inquiries to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Resource Line, and reports to the CDPHE Urgent Environmental Incident reporting line
• Safe2Tell Colorado is a school safety prevention program administered by the Colorado Attorney General's Office.
• The All Threats Intelligence Unit (ATIU) 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 Colorado Preventing Targeted Violence (CO-PTV) Program is a multidisciplinary public health-informed approach to targeted violence prevention 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 Infrastructure Protection and Cyber-security Programs promote 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. 

• A hybrid work model is utilized, requiring in-office attendance a minimum of three (3) days per week.

• Work unit core hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday, with some flexibility

• This position is considered essential and is required to respond to emerging incidents with little to no warning.

• Position will require frequent travel across Colorado and some throughout the U.S.

About the Job

Under the Division Deputy Director, this Senior Executive Service (SES) position provides leadership,  supervisory and managerial oversight over all programs and staff within the Office of Prevention and Security (CIAC).

This position maintains clear and consistent communication with the Division Director regarding execution of programs and policies to achieve the CIAC mission and goals. Directs long-term planning for the CIAC, including strategic planning for resources and staffing, while establishing guidelines, priorities, and management systems for day-to-day operations.

This position coordinates and executes intelligence and information-sharing programs within the CIAC, providing strategic direction to analytic efforts to ensure priority intelligence needs are met. Develops, implements, and periodically re-evaluates performance metrics to ensure the CIAC effectively achieves its mission goals, while developing and reviewing intelligence-sharing and privacy-protection policies and procedures.

This position also negotiates memoranda of understanding where necessary with partner intelligence, law enforcement, emergency management, and public safety agencies. Represents the CIAC at meetings with personnel from the public safety community, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and other federal, tribal, state, local, and private sector entities, maintaining regular liaison with senior official counterparts to exchange information and collect data applicable to terrorism-related activity, other crimes, and all-hazard events.

This position works closely with CDPS divisions, other DHSEM offices, local law enforcement, emergency management, and other stakeholders to ensure that homeland security intelligence gathering, analysis, and dissemination are effectively coordinated across the state. Maintains effective working relationships with public and private partners to align intelligence assessments and requirements.

Key Responsibilities 

Leadership

• Set goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with Division vision, mission, core values and guiding principles and communicate them to subordinates. 

• Pass on information from upper management to employees and vice versa 

• Maintains safe and healthy work environment by ensuring adherence to legal and Department and Division policies and procedures and undertake corrective actions if the need arises 

• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; developing personal growth opportunities. 

• Provides quality service by enforcing quality and customer service standards in compliance with the Division’s Core Values and Guiding Principles. 

Management of Staff

• Organize workflow and ensure that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks 

• Accomplishes staff job results by coaching and counseling employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; and conducting training. 

Strategic Direction

• Prepare and submit performance reports related to sections and programs under their supervision 

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
  

Note, to be considered for this position, you must meet one of the following options for consideration.

Proven Experience, Knowledge, Skills

• Requires graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree AND

• A minimum of ten (10) years of progressive leadership experience in complex local, state or federal law enforcement or intelligence organizations; including:

  • Five (5) years of professional experience successfully leading and supervisor other senior managers and/or mid-level managers or lead staff positions

• Additional appropriate experience can substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.

• If you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications, transcripts must be attached at the time of application.  

 

Required Skills & Competencies

• This position is responsible for the management, direction and supervision of the CIAC.  As a senior member of the Division's overall leadership, this position is responsible for meeting the Division mission, vision and values under the direction of the Division Director & Deputy Director. In addition, this position has the below required skills and competencies:
  
  

  • The position directly supports the Division Director and Deputy Director, and collaborates with the other Office Directors;

  • Proven ability to provide strategic direction and ensure an effective work structure to maximize productivity and achieve goals and provides oversight and guidance to projects of high importance;

  • Demonstrated expertise in the Office's critical functions, practices, and procedures and relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals;

  • Ability to lead and direct the work of others and enables and fosters a culture of high organizational performance through collaboration and internal and cross-group initiatives;

  • Communicates outcomes and timelines, ensuring timely results and alignment across the Office; 

  • Coordinates closely with the Division's other Offices, actively looking for opportunities to collaborate and share resources;

  • Monitors the workflow, efficiency and productivity of the Office;

  • Reviews complex and comprehensive analytical products for submission to leadership; 

  • Strong oral and written communication skills demonstrating tact and the ability to provide policy information and guidance to the Director & Deputy Director and agency executives on a variety of intelligence programs;

  • Strong leadership and supervisory skills and a proven record of building and managing teams and creating successful work environment;

  • Ability to perform under stress and considerable pressure;

  • Ability to work effectively with key stakeholders, speak and write authoritatively and compellingly, resolve communication problems, negotiate, and manage competing interests

  • Ability to lead multiple high-profile projects forward that include diverse stakeholders and effectively leverage available resources to drive results in a collaborative manner both within the Division and with outside stakeholders.
    
    

Preferred Qualifications and Competencies

• Graduate-level degree in homeland security, emergency management, operations, law, public administration or other applicable area of study.

• Documented experience leading senior/mid-level positions, managing programs and/or working in a complex public policy environment.

• Demonstrated commitment to public service and community involvement.

• Demonstrated professional experience in:

  • executive level management

  • Intelligence community

  • problem solving

  • relationship-building with state, local, federal and private sector partners

  • human resources & personnel systems

  • budget and fiscal administration

  • overseeing and implementing process improvement

  • leading and implementing strategic planning efforts

  • legislative processes, including development and review of legislation and associated fiscal analysis  

  • creating, implementing, and improving policies and procedures

  • being a solution oriented leader, with an ability to take initiative

  • developing new programs, and/or managing complex multi-agency programs

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.

• Applications are considered complete and accurate at the time of submission. Therefore, additional information may not be solicited or accepted after your application has been received.

• Closing Date: All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications may proceed to the next step. Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process. 

• Supplemental Question: Effective responses to Supplemental Questions will directly relate to your professional experience, career accomplishments, and views about organizational values and approaches, and how they relate specifically to this position and requirements as you understand them. Answers generated by AI-tools will typically be unresponsive.  

• Transcripts: An unofficial copy of transcripts must be submitted at the time of application should education be used as qualification. Transcripts from colleges or universities outside the United States must be assessed for U.S. equivalency by a NACES educational credential evaluation service. This documentation is the responsibility of the applicant and must be included as part of your application materials. Failure to provide a transcript or credential evaluation report may prevent your application from moving forward in the selection process. 

• Military Veterans: If you are a military veteran you must submit a copy of your DD-214, Member 4 Copy, and VA disability letter if available/applicable at the time of application so we can determine if you are eligible for veteran's preference points. Military personnel who are stationed outside of Colorado may be eligible for this position by submitting the completed DD-2058 "State of Legal Residence" form. 

• Application Tips: For an overview of the State of Colorado application process and application tips, please view this video.  

• Resumes, Cover Letters, or other documents submitted will not be reviewed, assessed, or used in the initial stages of the comparative analysis (transcripts submitted to verify that the applicant meets either the education requirement or minimum qualification substitution are exempt from this).

• Notifications: All correspondence regarding your status in the selection/examination process will be sent via email to the email address listed on your application.  Include your current working email address on your application and check the email provided on your application frequently as you could receive time sensitive correspondence regarding this position. We highly recommend that you set up your email to accept messages from "state.co.us" and "[email protected]" addresses. It is your responsibility to ensure that your email will accept these notices and/or review your junk mail and spam filtered email.

• e-Verify: CDPS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

• Selection Process: After applications are screened for the Minimum Qualifications, CDPS intends to use the comparative analysis process outlined below. Pursuant to state personnel board rule, if there are 6 or few candidates who minimally qualify, said candidates may be referred directly to the Appointing Authority for a post referral assessment and/or consideration.

• Comparative Analysis Steps may include (dates are tentative and subject to change): 

  • Structured application review by a panel of SMEs:  November 17-23

  • One-way video interview via Spark Hire:  November 30 - December 7

  • In-person panel interviews:  January 13, 2027 SAVE THE DATE!