Legislative Liaison Officer.

Office of the Director of National Intelligence; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation allowances

Job summary

Office of the Director of National Intelligence seeks a skilled congressional liaison to manage communication with the U.S. Congress, develop ODNI testimony, briefings, and reports, and analyze congressional requirements for budgetary and policy alignment.

The role requires extensive knowledge of ODNI/IC, strong communication, and the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders to ensure timely responses to congressional inquiries and to support ODNI priorities.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of the ODNI, IC, US Congress, congressional liaison activities.
• Knowledge of trends and developments in proposed and existing legislation with the potential to affect the ODNI and the IC relative to the intelligence mission.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and the ability to work effectively with a team of senior officers in a high profile and demanding office.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement ODNI's congressional strategy to improve the effectiveness and responsiveness of ODNI and the IC in communicating with and informing Congress of its activities, issues, plans, and programs.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to interact with members of Congress and with senior IC and ODNI officials.
• Extensive oral and written communication skills including demonstrated ability to tactfully convey complex information and ideas to members of Congress, congressional committees, and their staffs.

Responsibilities

• Liaise between ODNI and US Congress regarding plans, policies, procedures, and the evaluation of current and future budgetary and policy needs of the ODNI and the IC.
• Execute the development of ODNI testimony, briefings, and reports to Congress; identify, review, evaluate, and develop information to be presented; and anticipate congressional reactions to ODNI briefings and testimony.
• Prepare response packages to include fully coordinated reports, accompanying transmittal letters, signed Staff Summary Form, supporting documents, and OLA's internal routing slip; Analyze all recurring CDAs against new congressional requirements, amendments, modifications, repeals, and replicate for following Fiscal Year, as deemed appropriate.
• Provide insight, strategies, guidance, and quality control measures necessary to distill congressional direction into congressional action thereby recommending appropriate National Intelligence Programs (NIP), Agencies, or Departments to assume specific roles and responsibilities to address congressional concerns.
• Cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with congressional members, congressional committees, and their staffs and use these relationships to share information of interest, support a continuing dialog, and provide active insight into ongoing and planned ODNI activities.
• Develop and continuously improve organizational procedures and processes, especially those that apply to responding to CDAs; manage competing priorities in response to internal and external demands and customers' requirements; and provide complete, accurate, and on-time responses to CDAs and other congressional inquiries.

Skills

Congress liaison

Policy analysis

Written communication

Stakeholder management

Education

High School

Job description

Duties

Liaise between Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the United States (US) Congress regarding plans, policies, procedures, and the evaluation of current and future budgetary and policy needs of the ODNI and the Intelligence Community (IC).

Execute the development of ODNI testimony, briefings, and reports to Congress; identify, review, evaluate, and develop information to be presented; and anticipate congressional reactions to ODNI briefings and testimony.

Prepare response packages to include fully coordinated reports, accompanying transmittal letters, signed Staff Summary Form, supporting documents, and OLA's internal routing slip; Analyze all recurring CDAs against new congressional requirements, amendments, modifications, repeals, and replicate for following Fiscal Year, as deemed appropriate.

Provide insight, strategies, guidance, and quality control measures necessary to distill congressional direction into congressional action thereby recommending appropriate National Intelligence Programs (NIP), Agencies, or Departments to assume specific roles and responsibilities to address congressional concerns.

Cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with congressional members, congressional committees, and their staffs and use these relationships to share information of interest, support a continuing dialog, and provide active insight into ongoing and planned ODNI activities.

Develop and continuously improve organizational procedures and processes, especially those that apply to responding to CDAs; manage competing priorities in response to internal and external demands and customers' requirements; and provide complete, accurate, and on-time responses to CDAs and other congressional inquiries.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications

Extensive knowledge of the ODNI, IC, US Congress, congressional committees, and congressional liaison activities.

Knowledge of trends and developments in proposed and existing legislation with the potential to affect the ODNI and the IC relative to the intelligence mission; extensive knowledge of the views of individual members of Congress and the agendas of congressional committees.

Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and the demonstrated ability to work effectively with a team of senior officers in a high profile and demanding office.

Demonstrated ability to develop and implement ODNI's congressional strategy to improve the effectiveness and responsiveness of ODNI and the IC in communicating with and informing Congress of its activities, issues, plans, and programs.

Strong interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to interact with members of Congress and with senior IC and ODNI officials.

Extensive oral and written communication skills including demonstrated ability to tactfully convey complex information and ideas to members of Congress, congressional committees, and their staffs.

Education

High School

Additional information

JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL

Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.

SALARY DETERMINATION

The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Chief of Human Resource Management.

Current federal employees whose current GS grade is lower than the grade of the advertised ODNI position will have pay set at his or her current grade and step.

In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate of the GS grade to which assigned.

RELOCATION EXPENSES

For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Office Representative by email at [e-mail], by telephone at [phone] or by FAX at [phone]. Your request for reasonable accommodations will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.

The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.