Government Affairs Specialist GS-0343-14 NF

To qualify at the GS-14 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 Level providing technical leadership managing a legislative or government affairs program, advising executive officials on organizational decisions, and designing innovative strategies to achieve complex short- and long-term goals.

Examples include: Led the planning, coordination, and execution of legislative or government affairs programs, ensuring alignment with agency priorities, statutory requirements, and strategic objectives. Directed the review and analysis of proposed legislation, congressional inquiries, and policy initiatives to assess potential impacts on agency operations, programs, and resources.

Prepared executive-level briefings, decision memoranda, talking points, and recommendations to support informed decisions on complex legislative and policy matters. Experience refers to paid/unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training/experience that translates directly to paid work. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

As a Government Affairs Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Assists the Branch Chief for Government Affairs in formulating and executing the legislative strategy; conducts research and develops various agency-wide products, such as testimony, talking points, roll out plans and briefing memos. Develops and implements outreach strategies to a variety of communities, including the development of strategic outreach tools and products that cross-cut OLPA.

• Plans and organizes legislative-related briefings and meetings, handling or assigning administrative details, and oversees preparation of final reports, products, and presentations.
• Manages and coordinates special events and projects that cross-cut OLPA and NSF, including briefings for Congressional staff.
• Manages OLPA's automatic notification of awards for Congress in conjunction with appropriate divisions in NSF.

Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work approximately 20% of the time..