Legislative Affairs Analyst at Anser – Arlington, Virginia

Position Summary:

ANSER is seeking a Legislative Affairs Analyst to support the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer (CIO). In this role you will handle legislative task tracking, cross referencing, and reporting; meeting support; and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Defense appropriations analysis.

This position requires onsite work at the Pentagon.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Assign, track, review, and coordinate CIO congressional reporting requirements (CRRs) and track to completion.
• Support database management of the Department of Defense Congressional Hearings and Reporting Requirements Tracking System (CHARRTS) for all CIO CRRs.
• Serve as a resource for CIO staff, in CHARRTS management and protocols, when needed.
• Review, assign, track, and ensure proper formatting and completeness of congressional inquiries, reports, questions, etc. in accordance with assigned timelines.
• Provide executive-level legislative analysis support, including CRRs, inquiries, and legislative research and analysis on legislative impacts to CIO equities and programs.
• Support development of periodic legislative updates in active voice, summarizing congressional activities whenever Congress is in session.
• Maintain transcripts of congressional Committee and commission hearings that include leadership testimony where DoD CIO has equity.
• Support the coordination of senior leader talking points, preparatory sessions and briefings for lawmakers and staff.
• Understand and provide support to DoD CIO for the Defense authorization and appropriations process.
• Support DoD CIOs participation in 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.
• Regularly review public sources of information such as committee websites, Defense News , 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 CIOs programs. Provide summary updates on trends or specific news headlines and articles for the Chief of Staff and executive leadership, when needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelors degree in Political Science, National Security Affairs, International Relations, International Economics or similar.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• 2+ years of experience supporting legislative analysis.
• 2+ years performing task tracking and record keeping responsibilities with multiple systems.
• 1+ year of user experience with the DoD CHARRTS system and OSW(LA) systems.
• Proven ability to conduct rigorous analysis, cross-referencing systems, and with limited oversight and to present difficult concepts in simple terms.
• Demonstrated experience communicating clearly with senior officials and senior staff.
• Excellent research and analytical skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Planner) and common office software applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• OSD legislative support experience; and staff-level experience on the Hill.