Congressional and Legislative Analyst

ACT1 Federal; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Health Savings Account (HSA)

401K with employer match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

ACT1 Federal LLC seeks a Congressional and Legislative Analyst to provide legislative research, inquiry responses, hearing and briefing materials, and coordination with Navy stakeholders in support of industrial-base and shipyard decisions. The position is on-site with day shifts and contingent upon contract award.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree, 10+ years in legislative affairs, and an active Top Secret clearance; candidates must work on-site at the Pentagon and support time-sensitive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in political science, public policy, government, communications, or related field.
• 10+ years in legislative affairs, congressional relations, federal policy, or defense HQ support.
• Strong knowledge of congressional authorization, appropriations, oversight, hearing, reporting, and defense cycles.
• Experience analyzing legislative language and assessing programmatic, budgetary, or policy effects.
• Experience preparing executive briefings, analyses, reports, talking points, and leadership materials.
• Excellent writing, research, coordination, and QC skills; proficient with MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze authorization, appropriations, and related legislation affecting Navy programs.
• Review bill text, committee reports, and hearing records for requirements and deadlines.
• Assess implications of congressional action on program budget and policy.
• Maintain legislative trackers and traceability from direction to actions.
• Support development of legislative proposals, information papers, and responses to Congress.
• Prepare summaries, talking points, briefing materials, and leadership updates.
• Coordinate inputs from DASN DIB and Navy stakeholders.
• Review products for accuracy and alignment with government positions.
• Maintain controlled versions and workflow records.
• Prepare for hearings, briefings, staff engagements; track post-engagement actions.
• Advise directors on timelines, committee interests, and potential effects on program execution.

Skills

Legislative analysis

Policy research

Writing skills

Coordination

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in political science, public policy, government, communications, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Position Title: Congressional and Legislative Analyst

Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time

Travel Required: N/A

Shift: Day

Remote Type: In-Office

Clearance required: Top Secret required

***THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD***

Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We’ve served the Department of War (DoW) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!

Description: ACT1 Federal is seeking an experienced Congressional and Legislative Analyst to provide legislative research, congressional engagement preparation, inquiries, hearing and briefing materials, correspondence, and coordination with Navy stakeholders in support of industrial base and fifth shipyard decisions.

Responsibilities:

Congressional and Legislative Analysis:

• Monitor and analyze pending and enacted authorization, appropriations, supplemental, and other legislation affecting Navy industrial-base programs, authorities, investments, and priorities.
• Review bill text, amendments, committee reports, explanatory statements, hearing records, testimony, congressional correspondence, and Government reports for requirements, restrictions, deadlines, and emerging issues.
• Assess the programmatic, budgetary, acquisition, production, supplier, infrastructure, workforce, and policy implications of congressional action or proposed legislation.
• Maintain legislative crosswalks, trackers, calendars, issue histories, and traceability from congressional direction to responsible organizations and required actions.

Legislative Product Development:

• Support development and coordination of legislative proposals, appeals, impact statements, information papers, reports to Congress, responses to questions for the record, and other authorized products.
• Prepare concise summaries, talking points, briefing materials, read-aheads, issue papers, decision memoranda, and leadership updates concerning congressional matters.
• Coordinate factual and technical inputs from DASN DIB directorates, Navy Secretariat organizations, resource sponsors, systems commands, program executive offices, program offices, counsel, comptroller, and other stakeholders.
• Review products for accuracy, consistency, completeness, sourcing, deadlines, appropriate caveats, and alignment with approved Government positions.
• Maintain controlled versions, coordination records, source documentation, suspense status, and disposition of congressional or legislative taskings.

Leadership and Engagement Support:

• Support preparation for hearings, briefings, staff engagements, oversight reviews, and other authorized interactions involving DASN DIB priorities.
• Develop anticipated questions, supporting facts, issue backgrounds, risk considerations, and post-engagement action tracking for Government review.
• Advise directors on legislative timelines, committee interests, reporting obligations, and potential effects on program execution or industrial-base initiatives.
• Provide rapid analysis of emerging congressional issues while safeguarding predecisional, legislative, budget-sensitive, proprietary, and classified information.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in political science, public policy, government, communications, or related field.
• 10+ years in legislative affairs, congressional relations, federal policy, or defense headquarters support.
• Strong knowledge of congressional authorization, appropriations, oversight, hearing, reporting, and legislative processes, including the National Defense Authorization Act and defense appropriations cycle.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing legislative language and committee direction and assessing programmatic, budgetary, acquisition, or policy effects.
• Experience preparing executive briefings, legislative analyses, congressional reports or responses, issue papers, talking points, and senior-leader materials.
• Exceptional writing, research, coordination, and quality-control skills; proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and collaboration tools.
• Ability to work primarily on site at the Pentagon and support time-sensitive congressional taskings outside normal business hours when required.
• Active Top Secret Clearance required.
• ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company Paid Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401K with employer match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Military Leave
• Education, Training & Professional Development
• Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care
• Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a ACT1 Federal or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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