Legislative Liaison Officer

Summary

The Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) serves as the principal interface between the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the United States Congress. OLA ensures timely, accurate, and coordinated congressional engagement in accordance with Section 502 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. § 3092), which requires that the congressional intelligence committees be kept fully and currently informed of U.S. intelligence activities.

Duties

• Liaise between Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the United States (US) Congress regarding plans, policies, procedures, and the evaluation of current and future budgetary and policy needs of the ODNI and the Intelligence Community (IC). Execute the development of ODNI testimony, briefings, and reports to Congress; identify, review, evaluate, and develop information to be presented; and anticipate congressional reactions to ODNI briefings and testimony. Prepare response packages to include fully coordinated reports, accompanying transmittal letters, signed Staff Summary Form, supporting documents, and OLA's internal routing slip; Analyze all recurring CDAs against new congressional requirements, amendments, modifications, repeals, and replicate for following Fiscal Year, as deemed appropriate. Provide insight, strategies, guidance, and quality control measures necessary to distill congressional direction into congressional action thereby recommending appropriate National Intelligence Programs (NIP), Agencies, or Departments to assume specific roles and responsibilities to address congressional concerns. Cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with congressional members, congressional committees, and their staffs and use these relationships to share information of interest, support a continuing dialog, and provide active insight into ongoing and planned ODNI activities. Develop and continuously improve organizational procedures and processes, especially those that apply to responding to CDAs; manage competing priorities in response to internal and external demands and customers' requirements; and provide complete, accurate, and on-time responses to CDAs and other congressional inquiries.

Qualifications

Extensive knowledge of the ODNI, IC, US Congress, congressional committees, and congressional liaison activities. Knowledge of trends and developments in proposed and existing legislation with the potential to affect the ODNI and the IC relative to the intelligence mission; extensive knowledge of the views of individual members of Congress and the agendas of congressional committees. Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and the demonstrated ability to work effectively with a team of senior officers in a high profile and demanding office. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement ODNI's congressional strategy to improve the effectiveness and responsiveness of ODNI and the IC in communicating with and informing Congress of its activities, issues, plans, and programs. Strong interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to interact with members of Congress and with senior IC and ODNI officials. Extensive oral and written communication skills including demonstrated ability to tactfully convey complex information and ideas to members of Congress, congressional committees, and their staffs.

Education

High School

How to apply

We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application. In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJOBS. The ODNI will not accept emailed applications. Your application must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement. Applications received after the closing date will NOT be eligible for consideration. All attachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. Do not include the following types of information in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive information Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal information such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents