Job opening: Congressional Affairs Control Specialist
Salary: $132 368 - 172 075 per year
Published at: Aug 18 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: Serve as the technical expert and authority on all Congressional activities to include authorization and appropriations interactions with Congress. Performs a full range of Congressional liaison work. Provides consultation, advice, and policy interpretation to the Army Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Army Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G-6 and appropriate CIO and G-6 Senior Leaders and staff on congressional aspects of policies, plans, and programs,
Duties
Provide the CIO and G-6 senior leaders and staff with analysis and advice on potential impacts, trends and measures to influence the outcome.
Prepare assignments based on input from subject matter experts.
Attend all Congressional engagements with the CIO and G-6.
Maintain continuous surveillance of trends in all Army cyber, network, and IT budget areas.
Respond to all inquiries from Congress on Army cyber, network, and IT efforts and forwards the CIO and G-6 positions on all legislation.
Analyze a variety of legislative reference and information materials on a daily basis.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience which includes; utilizing a wide range of qualitative and quantitative analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to identify and advise on highly sensitive political and congressional affairs; applying practices and techniques in order to develop new approaches to difficult and complex problems; providing technical and policy guidance on legislative authorization and appropriation matters. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Oral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingStrategic Thinking
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Contacts
- Address HT-APF-W0FUAA OFC OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF G-6
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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