Senior Legislative Program Analyst

Overview

VTG is seeking a Senior Legislative Program Analyst, to support our Navy customer located at the Washington DC, Navy Yard. Position is a hybrid. Expected to be onsite 2-3 days/week. The requirement is to provide dedicated, timely professional support services to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Director, Office of Corporate Communication Team by leading Legislative Affairs actions by tracking and summarizing Congressional activity, including hearings, markups, reports, and other legislative activity.

The candidate will provide Flag Level communication products to include speeches, talking points, briefs, RFI's, articles, and strategic communication plans to the Director and NAVSEA Leadership. Must be capable of problem solving and showing metrics intended to produce required outcomes of overall effort.

What will you do?

• Proactively and re-actively respond to short and long-term asking from NAVSEA Leadership coordinating with stakeholders, to provide quality on time communication products to include speeches, metrics, SOP's, point papers, articles, communication plans, and analysis.

• Provide support in NAVSEA communication strategies and initiatives to assess data and metrics to make recommendations on gathering, filing, controlling, and maintaining data for rapid use.

• Will lead or contribute to strategic initiatives to define and assess NAVSEA processes, data and metrics, and resources associated with improving and optimizing planning, execution, and oversight. The scope includes developing and implementing strategic initiatives that focus on improved business practices as well as improved data utilization; work package definition, and planning; messaging and tasker responses; and program execution processes.

• This individual shall possess strong analytic and strategic thinking skills as a basis for strategic planning and knowledge management.

• Provide analytical support to include Flag level strategy planning, communication approaches, brief development, knowledge management, and process improvement.

Do you have what it takes?

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree with 10 years or more of experience supporting DOD as a Legislative, Congressional, Public Affairs, Communication or Action Officer.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with proven ability to communicate effectively with senior military and civilian leadership (i.e.: Flag level and SES Level).

• Experience with current Navy communication styles and writing for DOD.

• MS Suite skill - Specifically Power Point, Word, Access, and Excel.

• Proactive and excellent customer service with management experience.

• Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance and sustain one

Preferred Skills:

• NAVSEA/NAVY Legislative, Congressional, Public Affairs and speech writing experience.

• Some travel will be required (up to 10%)

• SharePoint knowledge management experience a plus

• This position is contingent upon contract award