You will serve as a Congressional Affairs Strategist of COMMANDER - NAVAL INSTALLATIONS.

Duties

You will advise commanders and senior staff with regard to congressional engagements and congressional affairs. You will collaborate with congressional affairs specialists from other DoD organizations, primarily at higher echelons within the Navy, to support the accomplishment of the organization’s mission. You will assist in the preparation of papers, briefings, reports and responses to congress, congressional staffers, or senior leaders.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Mastery of political and congressional liaison principles, methods, practices and techniques; analytical methods; program management methods, and interpersonal relations practices, to develop and apply new approaches to difficult and complex political problems; Interpreting of legislation and congressional relations; the procedures and associated committee structure sufficient to serve as an expert and key advisor on the legislative process, congressional initiatives, and strategies addressing critical issues on Capitol Hill; Interpreting Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Navy (DoN) Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) leadership, Congress, and the organizations goals, objectives, programs, missions and functions of each to perform comprehensive liaison activities; development and/or execution of strategic communications plans; messaging associated with programming and budget. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Contacts

• Address COMMANDER - NAVAL INSTALLATIONS 716 Sicard Street SE Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20374-5140 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]