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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.
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Duties
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Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead and manage a professional staff that serves as the interface 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).
Serve as a principal interface 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 fiscal and policy needs of the ODNI and the Intelligence Community (IC).
Represent the DNI or Office on-related fora and conduct ongoing collaboration and outreach with stakeholders and partners across the ODNI, IC, Department of Defense, United States Government, and oversight organizations (e.g., Congress and OMB), as needed, to meet mission objectives.
Perform personnel management responsibilities with a focus on building a high-performance workforce; promote team building and a collaborative work environment; ensure goals and performance objectives are understood; assess performance and provide timely feedback, recognition, and remediation.
Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight of staff to elicit, analyze, and define customer/stakeholder requirements, support development of investment plans, and ensure development of business cases spanning multiple IC elements to meet stakeholder requirements.
Oversee and lead 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.
Oversee, coordinate, and lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive, proactive legislative strategy to facilitate ODNI's interactions with Congress; serve as a principal liaison in communicating ODNI intelligence programs and activities to members of Congress, congressional committees, and their staffs.
Lead, initiate, 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
Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications
FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS
All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).

1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
3. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.
4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Mandatory Requirements:
Three years of demonstrated supervisory experience.
Expert knowledge of the ODNI, IC, US Congress, congressional committees, and congressional liaison activities, as well as US Congressional statutes, regulations, and guidelines.
Expert oral and written communication skills including superior ability to tactfully convey complex information and ideas to members of Congress, congressional committees, and their staff.
Expert 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; expert knowledge of the views of individual members of Congress and the agendas of congressional committees.
Superior ability to manage competing priorities under strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and the superior ability to work effectively with a team of senior officers in a high profile and demanding office.
Superior 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.
Superior analytical and critical thinking skills, including superior ability to think strategically.
Expert ability to direct taskings, assess and manage performance, collaborate on goal setting, and support personal and professional development at all levels of personnel.
Expert interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills with superior ability to interact with members of Congress and with senior IC and ODNI officials.
Additional information
JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL
Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.
SALARY DETERMINATION
The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Chief of Human Resource Management.
In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate of the GS grade to which assigned.
RELOCATION EXPENSES
For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Office Representative by email at DNI_COO_HRM_RA_ALL@odni.gov, by telephone at (703)275-3900 or by FAX at (703)275-1277. Your request for reasonable accommodations will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.
The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Benefits
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