**This opportunity is contingent upon award**

Position Overview

This position will provide legislative and legal technical expertise capable of conducting independent research and analysis in support of Congressional Activities requirements. The ideal candidate will possess legislative process expertise to facilitate and enhance the effective and efficient flow of information related to Defense intelligence matters with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community (IC), between DoD and other Executive Branch elements, and between DoD and Congress. 

Work Location

Pentagon, Arlington, VA

Job Responsibilities and/or Success Factors

• Collect, review, assess, and disseminate congressional information, correspondence, and other documentation within the DoD and IC, and among required Executive Branch elements.
• Support the development, coordination, and tracking of reports, correspondence, Questions for the Record (QFRs) and activities responding to the Congress; this is a daily activity. 
• Support OUSD(I&S) preparations for congressional hearings, staff reviews, Government Accounting Office (GAO) audits, and other congressional activities; processes, standards, and services related to congressional activities to provide advice, guidance, and training and to make recommendations for improvements. This is a daily activity. 
• Provide assistance with the drafting of coordinating and communication among the Defense Agencies and IC regarding congressional matters related to systems, programs, architectures, issues, and initiatives. Estimated quantity is 10 per week.
• Draft summaries of intelligence and intelligence related legislative provisions or other directive language in annual National Defense Authorization Act, Defense Appropriations Act, and Intelligence Authorization Act, accompanying committee or conference reports and classified annexes. Estimated quantity is 4 per month.
• Coordinate responses to congressional letters for the SECDEF, USD(I&S), and Director of Congressional Activities. Manages and recommends refinements to the congressional correspondence coordination process within OUSD(I&S) and among OUSD(I&S) and the defense intelligence components. Estimated quantity is 4 per month.
• Manage congressional tasking throughout OUSD(I&S) on behalf of the Director, Congressional Activities; coordinate taskings classified up to Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information, to include Alternative Compensatory Control Measures. Estimated quantity is 10 per week.
• Assess the impact of legislative proposals and enacted legislation. 
• Draft USD(I&S), OSD, and Administration comments and/or appeals concerning legislation originating within the OUSD(I&S), the Defense IC, other elements of the Executive Branch, and Congress.
• Conduct continuous evaluations and assessments of all business policies and processes and make recommendations to improve systems (including information technologies) related to congressional activities. This is a daily activity.

Education and Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen with an active TS/SCI Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of seven years of demonstrated experience performing technical analysis with legislative process expertise.
• Experience in collecting, reviewing, assessing, and demonstrating congressional information, correspondence, and other documentation.
• Demonstrated experience tracking congressional reports.
• Experience preparing witnesses for hearings, staff reviews, GAO audits, and other congressional activities.
• Experience drafting legislation and legislative appeals, analyzing legislative proposals, and enacted legislation.