Legislative Liaison Officer

Legislative Liaison Officer

Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Location(s): McLean, Virginia

Salary Range: $121785 - $187093 Per Year

Job Summary: The Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) is the principal interface between the Office of Director of National Intelligence and the Congress. OLA's responsibilities include, but are not limited to, facilitating the implementation of Section 502 of the National Security Act of 1947, which stipulates that each heads of the Intelligence Community agencies shall "keep the congressional intelligence committees fully and currently informed of all intelligence activities of the United States."

Major Duties:

• Major Duties and Responsibilities: Liaise 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). Execute 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. Prepare response packages to include fully coordinated reports, accompanying transmittal letters, signed Staff Summary Form, supporting documents, and OLA's internal routing slip; Analyze all recurring CDAs against new congressional requirements, amendments, modifications, repeals, and replicate for following Fiscal Year, as deemed appropriate. Provide insight, strategies, guidance, and quality control measures necessary to distill congressional direction into congressional action thereby recommending appropriate National Intelligence Programs (NIP), Agencies, or Departments to assume specific roles and responsibilities to address congressional concerns. 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. Develop and continuously improve organizational procedures and processes, especially those that apply to responding to CDAs; manage competing priorities in response to internal and external demands and customers' requirements; and provide complete, accurate, and on-time responses to CDAs and other congressional inquiries.

Qualifications: Mandatory Requirements: Extensive knowledge of the ODNI, IC, US Congress, congressional committees, and congressional liaison activities. 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; extensive knowledge of the views of individual members of Congress and the agendas of congressional committees. Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and the demonstrated ability to work effectively with a team of senior officers in a high profile and demanding office. Demonstrated 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. Strong interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to interact with members of Congress and with senior IC and ODNI officials. Extensive oral and written communication skills including demonstrated ability to tactfully convey complex information and ideas to members of Congress, congressional committees, and their staffs.

How to Apply: We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application. This post is for viewing purposes only. Internal ODNI Cadre Candidates must submit an application through the classified JobsDNI website. For current employees who do not currently have access to internal systems {due to extenuating circumstances, applications should be sent to either DNI-COO-HRM-Vacancies-Mailbox@cia.ic.gov (classified email system) or vacancies@odni.gov (unclassified email system) Joint Duty Candidates from within the IC must submit an application through the classified IC Joint Duty Program website. ONLY applicants from federal agencies outside the IC should send their complete application package to either DNI-COO-HRM-Vacancies-Mailbox@cia.ic.gov (classified email system) or vacancies@odni.gov (unclassified email system). Applicants experiencing technical issues may submit their application via email to either email system. All attachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format. Applications submitted through the classified email system should NOT contain classified information above the TS//SI/TK//NOFORN level. APPLICATION PACKAGES MUST CONTAIN ALL ITEMS LISTED ABOVE. AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGE WILL BE INELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION. Do not include the following types of information in your profile or resume: Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal information, such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents Your application MUST be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement. Applications received after the closing date will NOT be eligible for consideration.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-26