You will serve as a Management Analyst (Congressional Liaison) in the Public Affairs Office (N02P), Office of the Chief of Staff (N02)MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

Duties

You will coordinate and prepare replies to both correspondence and verbal inquiries from members of Congress, congressional staff, the Offices of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), Chief of Naval Operations (CNO/OPNAV) and the White House. You will prepare memos, correspondence, legislative summaries, briefing materials and information for MSC, CNO, SECNAV, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Transportation Command on defense and maritime-related congressional matters. You will deal directly at the action office level with various congressional offices (Capitol Hill and district offices), and with congressional/legislative specialists within the different agencies and departments. You will be in direct and indirect liaison with Congress primarily through U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), USTRANSCOM and Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) on legislative matters of interest to MSC.

Requirements

• Per E.O. 14043, selectee(s) must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by 11/22/2021 or date of employment (which ever comes later) except in limited circumstances where an exception is approved due to a disability or sincerely held religious beliefs.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• The incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.
• The work may require occasional travel of 10% within or outside of the Norfolk, Va., area to attend meetings on Capitol Hill or visit other legislative entities.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience preparing memos, correspondence, legislative summaries, briefing materials and information for command level and higher level authorities. Experience with various congressional offices, with congressional /legislative specialist within the Department of Defense (DOD), Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Department of Transportation (DOT), etc. Experience developing and coordinating responses to inquiries by written correspondence and oral communications to encourage recipients to adopt positions on a variety maritime-related issues. Experience utilizing contacts or training others to make contacts designed to obtain input from several offices on pertinent issues and developing consensus positions from among divergent viewpoints. Incumbent must possess experience and have a working knowledge of current state of the art LAN-based office data processing systems and practical experience with desktop PC workstation, graphics and presentation software. Incumbent should possess experience and have background in any of several maritime fields, relating to having some Maritime Transportation Specialist qualifications, and be aware of both U.S. and foreign commercial shipping industry trends and policies.. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND 471 East C Street Norfolk, 23511 GB
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]