Sr. Congressional/ Public Affairs Specialist

Overview:

Premier Enterprise Solutions is seeking a Sr. Congressional/ Public Affairs Specialist to Support an Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) client.

Responsibilities:

• Collect, review, assess, and disseminate congressional information, correspondence, and other documentation within the DoD and IC, and among required Executive Branch elements.
• Support the development, coordination, and tracking of reports, correspondence, Questions for the Record (QFRs) and activities responding to Congress.
• Support OUSD preparations for congressional hearings, staff reviews, Government
• Accounting Office audits, and other congressional activities; Processes, standards, and services related to congressional activities to provide advice, guidance, and training and to make recommendations for improvements. This is a daily activity.
• Aid with the drafting of coordinating and communication among the Defense Agencies and IC regarding congressional matters related to systems, programs, architectures, issues, and initiatives.
• Draft summaries of intelligence and intelligence related legislative provisions or other directive language in annual National Defense Authorization Act, Defense Appropriations Act, and Intelligence Authorization Act, accompanying committee or conference reports and classified annexes.
• Coordinate responses to congressional letters for the SECDEF, USD, and Director of Congressional Activities. Manages and recommends refinements to the congressional correspondence coordination process within OUSD and among OUSD and the defense intelligence components.
• Manage congressional taskings throughout OUSD on behalf of the Director, Congressional Activities; and coordinate taskings classified up to Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information, to include Alternative Compensatory Control Measures.
• Assess the impact of legislative proposals and enacted legislation.
• Draft USD, OSD and Administration comments and/or appeals concerning legislation originating within the OUSD, the Defense intelligence community, other elements of the Executive Branch, and Congress.
• Conduct continuous evaluations and assessments of all business policies and processes and make recommendations to improve systems (including information technologies) related to congressional activities.

Required Qualities:

• Minimum seven years of demonstrated experience performing technical analysis with legislative process expertise.
• Experience in collecting, reviewing, assessing and demonstrating congressional information, correspondence and other documentation.
• Demonstrated experience tracking congressional reports.
• Experience preparing witnesses for hearings, staff reviews, GAO audits and other congressional activities.
• Experience drafting legislation and legislative appeals, analyzing legislative proposals and enacted legislation.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree

Security Level Requirements:

Top Secret Clearance. Eligible for SCI

Premier Enterprise Solutions offers full-time employees a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, health insurance, life insurance, military leave, training, tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) retirement plan with company matches/immediate vesting, commuter benefits, and more.

It is Premier Enterprise Solution's policy to promote equal employment opportunities. All personnel decisions, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, and termination, are made without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local.