Position: Congressional Notification Specialist
Work Location: In-office - Crystal City, VA
Clearance Level: Active Secret
Travel: N/A
Are you ready to make a difference?
Join our team of highly skilled Congressional Affairs / Congressional Notification Specialists to ensure compliance with the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the Departments of Defense and State policies. You will be part of the Congressional Notification team, handling foreign military sales packages that exceed significant dollar thresholds, ensuring that the various articles and services being sold to Congress are adequately and clearly described in each notification.
The significance of the work:
As a member of the ODRG team, you will play an essential role in enhancing the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) in providing information to assist leadership in developing correspondence or response to congressional inquiries and preparing briefing materials for organizational leaders to be used when advocating for advancement of legislative priorities; and advocating organizational positions and priorities with congressional staff members.
The Work Location: 100% in-office for a collaborative office culture in Arlington, VA.
What You’ll Do:
The Congressional Affairs / Congressional Notification (CN) specialist develops CN packages to meet requirements for successful notification, such as identification of Major Defense Equipment and reviewing and editing policy justifications and sensitivity of technology statements to ensure compliance with the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and DoD and State Department (DoS) policies. Adjudicates inconsistencies among coordinating agencies and drafts or redrafts compromise language. Responds to or, ensures responses are provided for substantive questions from DSCA, DoD, DoS, or Congressional sources related to major arms sales.
What we are looking for:
An ideal candidate will have experience in Ukrainian and Taiwanese foreign military sales and will have prepared agendas and supporting documentation for congressional briefings, as well as coordinated meetings and briefings logistically.
Responsibilities Include, but not limited to:
Requirements:
Security Clearance Requirements:
Compensation: