Lead Congressional Liaison Representative

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This position is organizationally located within the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs. The incumbent serves as a Senior Congressional Liaison Representative (CLR) and in this position acts as an assistant to the head supervisor of the Congressional Liaison Service (CLS) Team by providing guidance on workflow and operations to members of the CLS Team. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/20/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. [Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to some former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment]. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Congressional Correspondence Management: Drafting, reviewing, and editing high-level, politically sensitive correspondence (e.g., for Congress, agency heads) to ensure accuracy, tone, and policy alignment. Briefing and Advocacy: Preparing and delivering briefing materials, talking points, issue briefs, and decision products for senior officials ahead of hearings, meetings, or inquiries. Coordinating Responses: Managing the flow of inquiries from Congressional offices, facilitating responses from agency subject matter experts, and maintaining suspense tracking. Handling Sensitive Inquiries: Resolving complex constituent casework or high-level inquiries involving multiple agencies or sensitive information. Leading Staff: Providing technical guidance or mentorship to junior staff regarding legislative procedures, correspondence guidelines, and agency protocols. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Knowledge Management Oral Communication Organizational Awareness Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Teamwork Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: Resume must include job title and employer name, number of hours worked per week, start and end dates (including month and year), list of duties and responsibilities for each position held. In addition, if the experience was a federal position, you must list series and grade for each position held. Failure to include this information may result in an ineligible rating. A full year of work is considered to be 40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: There are no prolonged strenuous activities. This is a desk job with infrequent standing, walking, etc. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most

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