Legislative Affairs Analyst

Company Overview:

ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis, and we deliver practical, useful solutions. ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service.

Position Summary:
ANSER is seeking a Legislative Affairs Analyst to work in support of the Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer. Successful candidates will be an organized self-starter capable of performing tasks without the need for constant oversight and experience successfully working in a team environment.  In this role you will handle legislative task tracking, executing, and reporting; meeting support; and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) analysis.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Regularly review public sources of information such as Committee websites, Defense News,™ the Early Bird, Politico,™ and The Hill™ and other similar public sources to monitor for trends in policy or opinion that could impact policy, legislation, or public opinion regarding the success/health of CIO’s programs. Provide summary updates on trends or specific news headlines and articles for the CoS and executive leadership, when needed.
• Design and release a weekly Legislative Update, summarizing congressional activities weekly whenever Congress is in session.
• Maintain transcripts of Congressional Committee and Commission hearings that include leadership testimony where CIO has equity.
• Assign, track, review, and coordinate CIO congressional reporting requirements (CRRs) and track to completion.
• Lead database management of the Department of Defense Congressional Hearings and Reporting Requirements Tracking System (CHARRTS) for all CIO CRRs.
• Train CIO staff, in CHARRTS management and protocols, when needed.
• Provide executive level analytic support in the areas of congressional inquiries and reports to Congress correspondence packages assigned to CIO. Responsible for the coordination and review of Congressional correspondence and Congressional reporting requirement packages to ensure CIO required information, statutory required information, as well as CIO required information is contained within the package and properly cited, and that proper formatting is used.
• Provide executive-level legislative analysis support, including legislative research and analysis on CIO equities and programs, with focus on monitoring legislative impacts.
• Coordinate senior-level talking points, prep-sessions and briefings for Congressional members and staff.
• Provide mid-level analytic support to CIO in areas of inter-Departmental legislative processes to include the coordination and review of draft legislative proposals, draft NDAA appeals, draft appropriations appeals, and draft statements of administrative policy. Monitor the status of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the National Defense Appropriation Act during the House and Senate Committee and Conference processes. Provide CIO with timely information available from the Conferees from open sources. Prepare and update a comprehensive Legislative Update as a side-by-side comparison of summary data regarding all impacts to CIO programs, policies, and equity.
• Review incoming congressional inquiries and reports to congress correspondence packages assigned to A&S for coordination and review for proper formatting and A&S required information – thereby ensuring Congressional correspondence to the DoD CIO is tracked, tasked, and returned in a timely manner.
• Understand and provide support to DoD CIO for the Defense Authorization and Appropriations process.
• Lead tasking of advance policy questions and consolidation of responses for witness review for Presidential nominees for positions within OUSD(A&S). For all hearings with OUSD(A&S) witnesses, responsible for tasking and consolidation of responses for post-hearing congressional questions for the record for witness review and response to the Congress.

Required Qualifications:

• Top Secret clearance, with SCI, required at date of hire.
• Master’s Degree (Political Science, National Security Affairs, International Relations, International Economics preferred) and 12 years related experience.
• Ability to provide on-site support, with potential for situational dependent telework at the direction of Government leadership.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting legislative analysis at an Agency Headquarters level.
• Minimum of 5 years performing task tracking and record keeping responsibilities.
• At least 2 years of user experience with the DoD CHARRTS system.
• Ability to conduct rigorous analysis with limited oversight from senior management and ability to present difficult concepts in simple terms.
• Demonstrated experience communicating clearly with senior officials and senior staff verbally and through email.
• Excellent research and analytical skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of Applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and common office software applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Staff-level experience on the Hill.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with ANSER, please call 703-416-2000 or e-mail Recruiting@anser.org

ANSER is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds with varying levels of experience who have a desire to do meaningful work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.