Policy/Research Analyst

FWI (FedWriters, Inc.); Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 52,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Plan

Holiday Pay

Paid Time Off

Job summary

FWI (FedWriters, Inc.) is seeking a Policy/Research Analyst to support the USFS ORMS and USDA mission, providing analytical and advisory services to improve operational efficiency, correspondence processing, and enterprise readiness. The role involves coordinating with government and congressional staff and drafting reports and technical documentation.

The position is remote, full-time, with a schedule Monday–Friday, 8 am–5 pm, and requires a Bachelor’s degree plus several years of policy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 3 years of program/policy analyst experience.
• Minimum 2 years using federal correspondence management systems.

Responsibilities

• Optimize business tools and support executive decision making.
• Map internal documents to program activities.
• Draft business case analyses and recommendations.
• Prepare monthly status and annual reports, briefs, SOPs.
• Assess impact of new legislation and recommend improvements.
• Analyze initiatives and help formulate programs and policies.
• Prepare reports, analyses, briefings, memoranda, and docs.
• Provide research and technical support including literature review and data work.
• Review and compile data and related research.

Skills

Policy analysis

Data analysis

Technical reporting

Research

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Federal correspondence management systems

Job description

Overview

As a Policy/Research Analyst, you will support the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Office of Regulatory and Management Services (ORMS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s important mission of responding to the public as well as government and congressional staff while meeting legislative mandates. Provide project and strategic advisory service support to office leadership. Use your analytical expertise to help USFS ORMS increase operational efficiency, ensure timely and accurate processing of correspondence, and enhance enterprise readiness. Join us to help USFS ORMS to communicate to the public and across government, helping the service to realize its mission of achieving quality land management to meet the diverse needs of people.

As a Policy/Research Analyst, you will support the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Office of Regulatory and Management Services (ORMS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s important mission of responding to the public as well as government and congressional staff while meeting legislative mandates. Provide project and strategic advisory service support to office leadership. Use your analytical expertise to help USFS ORMS increase operational efficiency, ensure timely and accurate processing of correspondence, and enhance enterprise readiness. Join us to help USFS ORMS to communicate to the public and across government, helping the service to realize its mission of achieving quality land management to meet the diverse needs of people.

Work Schedule and Location

Remote: This full-time remote position will work Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.

Responsibilities

• Optimize business tools and facilitate executive-level decision making.
• Map internal strategic documents, frameworks, and tools to USFS ORMS program activities.
• Assist government program staff in drafting business case documents, including analyses of alternatives and draft recommendations.
• Support the development of monthly status reports, annual summary reports, presentation materials, and standard operating procedure documents.
• Assess the impact of new legislation/regulations to the organization, identify innovations/best practices in data content and management practices in the federal government and private sector (i.e., six sigma), and recommend new business processes or improvements to existing ones.
• Analyze initiatives and assist in the formulation of programs, policies, regulations, and technical initiatives.
• Prepare written reports, analyses, briefings, memoranda, and technical documentation.
• Provide research and technical support, which may include literature review, data collection, data entry/coding, data cleaning/diagnostics, intermediate data analysis, feasibility analysis, the drafting of papers/reports/presentations, and preparation for data archiving.
• Review, analyze, and compile data, technical information, and related research.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 3 years’ experience performing program/policy analyst work.
• At least 2 years’ experience using federal correspondence management systems.

FWI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.

Why Join Our Team

Benefits

At FWI, we place the highest importance on creating an exceptional employee experience. You'll have opportunities to achieve your career aspirations through internal promotions, professional development, and other recognition and rewards programs. Join our team and take advantage of the many benefits we offer, including:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Plan
• Holiday Pay
• Paid Time Off

Pay Range

$38.09 - $51.54/hour