This position is located in the Office of Congressional Relations at Peace Corps Headquarters in Washington D.C. The Congressional Relations Office reports directly to the Director of the Office of External Affairs and is responsible for coordinating all communications with Congress and serves as liaison to Capitol Hill.

Duties

Under the supervision and direction of the Director of Congressional Relations, the Congressional Relations Specialist will be responsible for providing support and quality control on all informational material and documentation prepared by this office. The incumbent serves as the lead on all congressional constituent inquiries, as well as working with internal offices on various Peace Corps policies. The incumbent takes on special projects, including targeted research, coordination of congressional events and the production of the agency's annual budget documents. The incumbent will be responsible for information management and maintaining hard copy and electronic file systems orderly and up to date.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by 03/25/2024 (the closing date of the announcement). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To ensure full credit for your experience, please indicate the start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and the location of employment in your resume. Qualification claims will be subject to verification. Specialized Experience: This vacancy is being announced at two grades : FP-5, FP-4 Specialized Experience at the FP-5: To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-5 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-7 or GS- 7 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Respond to congressional request information on routine and non-complex matters, prepare correspondence, assist with preparation of special activities and assignments such as congressional briefings and symposia, receptions, and dinners, resolves procurement administration problems. Specialized Experience at the FP-4: To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-4 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-5 or GS- 9 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: providing support and quality control on all informational material and documentation prepared by this office, serve as the lead on all congressional constituent inquiries, as well as working with internal offices on various policies, special projects, including targeted research, coordination of congressional events and the production of the agency's annual budget documents. Please note: Past experience that satisfies the Specialized Experience MUST be well documented within your resume. Failure to provide this information in your resume with corresponding start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and location of employment may result in disqualification from further consideration. Specialized Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector, or through volunteer work done with National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) or other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site. Peace Corps employees are employed using the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale. The FP pay plan does not follow the same structure as the GS pay plan. In the FP pay plan, as the grade-level numbers decrease the level/pay for the position increases. The FP-09 is the lowest entry-level grade and the FP-01 is the highest senior-level grade.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of External Affairs 1275 First St. NE Washington, DC 20526 US
• Name: Peace Corps Jobs
• Email: [email protected]