Position Summary:
Position Description: Sr Congressional and Public Affairs Specialist/Advisor
Location: On-Site/National Capital Region
Employment Category: Full-Time Equivalent
Travel: Some travel required
Deployment: No
Drug screening: Yes
Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI
Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Required Experience
- Active TS/SCI.
- Minimum 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.
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities:
SANCORP is seeking a Senior Congressional and Public Affairs Specialist/Advisor to the executive directorate to provide technical, professional, and administrative support to enable the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security's mission (OUSD(I&S)). The following are examples of responsibilities:
- 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.
- Support OUSD(I&S) preparations for congressional hearings, staff reviews, Government.
- Accounting Office 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Manage congressional taskings throughout OUSD(I&S) on behalf of the Director, Congressional Activities; and coordinate taskings classified up to Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information, to include Alternative Compensatory Control Measures.
- 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 intelligence community, other elements of the Executive Branch, and Congress; and
- Conduct continuous evaluations and assessments of all business policies and processes and make recommendations to improve systems (including information technologies) related to congressional activities.
Sancorp Consulting LLC shall, in its discretion, modify or adjust the position to meet Sancorp’s changing needs. This job description is not a contract and may be adjusted as deemed appropriate at Sancorp’s sole discretion.
Sancorp Consulting, LLC, is an SDVOSB and SBA 8(a) company seeking highly motivated and qualified professionals and offer an attractive salary and benefits package that includes: Medical, Dental, life and Disability Insurance; 401K, and holidays to ensure the highest quality of life for our employees. Please visit our website for more information at www.sancorpconsulting.com.
Sancorp Consulting, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. At Sancorp Consulting, LLC we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic as defined by applicable law. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
Schedule:
Work setting:
Application Question(s):
- Do you have an active TS/SCI or TS with SCI eligibility?
- Do you have a minimum seven years of demonstrated experience performing technical analysis with legislative process expertise?
- Do you have experience preparing witnesses for hearings, staff reviews, GAO audits and other congressional activities?
- Do you have experience drafting legislation and legislative appeals, analyzing legislative proposals and enacted legislation?
Education:
Security clearance:
Work Location: In person