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Summary You will serve as a Management Analyst (Congressional Liaison) in the Congressional and Public Affairs Office of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND. Responsibilities You will prepare memos, correspondence, legislative summaries, briefing materials and information for COMSC, CNO, SECNAV, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and USTRANSCOM You will maintain 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, You will coordinate and prepares official responses to correspondence and telephone inquiries from members of Congress and their staffs, the White House, DOD and other federal and state agencies. You will prepare information requested by congressional committees and associated staffs relative to MSC operations, business practices and assets. You will research and coordinates on witness statements/testimony for presentation to Congress by USFF or USTRANSCOM senior management. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications For GS-13 : 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. Resume must demonstrate the following specialized experience: Experience preparing memos, correspondence, legislative summaries, briefing materials and information for command level and higher-level authorities. Experience with various congressional offices, 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 of 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. 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 A complete resume is required. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume, but it is acceptable to provide elsewhere in your application package: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. 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 Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.