Congressional Affairs Analyst

Job ID: 2407623

Location: ARLINGTON, VA, US

Date Posted: 2024-05-31

Category: Communications

Subcategory: Communications

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is hiring a seasoned Congressional Affairs Analyst to provide support to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). This position is located in Arlington, VA.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain congressional workflow and tasking systems, including: Congressional Hearings and Reporting Requirements Tracking System (CHARRTS), Office of Legislative Counsel (OLC) Web, Department of Defense Congressional Tracking System (DoDCTS), and CATMS database.
• Respond to special assignments as required to support emerging requirements and multifunctional administrative support services, to include analysis, filing, congressional staff support activities, inter-OSD and inter-Department congressional task management, briefing creation or management, and special congressional workflow management to meet defined suspense dates.
• Meet on a recurring basis with congressional counterparts within OUSD(R&E)
• Manage and maintain congressional reporting requirements for OUSD(R&E), including: analyzing and identifying legislative and policy material related to the OUSD(R&E) enterprise from authorization and appropriation legislation; coordinating workflow and tasking reporting requirements to the appropriate offices within OUSD(R&E); receiving and arbitrating inter-organizational disputes or questions regarding reports; and coordinating with OSD(LA) and BAA.
• Create and maintain workflow reporting and analysis documents and products as required by OUSD(R&E), including tracking deadlines and delays and issuing notices and guidance to the offices within the OUSD(R&E) organization.
• Manage inter-Department special projects on behalf of the OUSD(R&E), including coordination with the OSD(LA), the Office of General Counsel (OGC), and the OLC on special task groups and processes as required.
• Collate, edit, format, or otherwise refine special OUSD(R&E)-level reports, including managing special groups and creating workflow strategies to meet complex and evolving congressional reporting requirements.
• Analyze written and oral inquiries and responses from the Offices of the Under Secretaries of Defense, Military Departments, and congressional members and staff.
• Provide congressional document retrieval services from DoD websites assigned the appropriate Deputy Assistant Secretary’s office.
• Retrieve, assemble, and organize information from files, congressional information services, and other office reference materials while maintaining comprehensive files for coordinating and responding to congressional and DoD staff inquiries on status of congressional correspondence.
• Coordinate staff security clearances; receive, process and maintain building/hill badge requests for staff and congressional committee members; track and maintain incoming FOIA requests; provide assistance in obtaining parking clearance on the Pentagon Reservation for congressional visitors.
• Respond to congressional inquiries by assisting in the development and coordination of appropriate responses and reports to congressional inquiries and legal requirements pertaining to OUSD(R&E) projects and maintaining a database of congressional inquiries and agency responses.

Qualifications

Required Clearance:

• TS/SCI required to start
• US citizenship required

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and ten (10) years or more experience; Masters and eight (8) years or more experience; PHD or JD and five (5) years or more experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft (MS) Office to include PowerPoint, Word, Access and Excel.
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic government work environment and have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a team

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in congressional briefing management and direct congressional staff interaction and support as a DoD representative
• Prior experience supporting an OSD principal (USD, ASD, DASD)

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.