About the Position: This position serves as a Congressional and Legislative Affairs Liaison, DE-0301-4 in Army Futures Command (AFC), National Capital Region (NCR) office located in Arlington, Virginia. AFC exists to modernize the way the Army does business by creating a space of endless possibilities to explore, develop, and test new methods, organizations, and technologies. Visit us on www.armyfuturescommand.com and join the team leading the Army into the future!

Duties

Serves as Congressional Affairs Liaison, responsible for the integration of legislative liaison programs and activities for the U.S. Army Futures Command. Provides technical, expert analysis and advice on all congressional affairs impacting the command. Develops strategy and programs for improving and maintaining strong relationships with Congress and fostering and maintaining positive liaison and sustained state and local governmental support for Army programs and resources. Advises the Commanding General, Deputy Commanding General, Deputy to Commanding General and other appropriate staff on congressional aspects of policies, plans and programs, and prepares AFC Leadership for testimony before Congress. Provides oversight and analysis of congressional activities of interest, including the status of significant legislation, authorization process and budget process. Analyzes legislation, congressional hearings, committee meetings and floor debates to assess information needs of Congress, and maintains a state of knowledge, from which to advise the Command, on developments in legislative activities.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Secret Clearance is required for this position.
• Three year Probationary period may be required
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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; 1) Experience working in the legislative process; 2) Managing legislative affairs and actions or engagements; 3) Providing information or responding to congressional inquiries and legislative proposals. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DE-3/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 FN-W0CU10 US ARMY FUTURES COMMAND HQ DO NOT MAIL Arlington, VA 22202 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk