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Director Congressional Affairs And Strategic Engagement

Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
Salary
$168K–$195K/yr
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
8/28/2025

Job Description

Summary

Senior Strategic Communications and Congressional Affairs expert sought to advise leaders, manage high-level messaging, and direct legislative strategies.

Join our team as a senior Strategic Communications and Congressional Affairs expert. You will provide critical advice to leadership, shape key messages, and manage high-level external relations.

  • *Responsibilities:**
  • Advise senior leaders on strategic communications and policy development.
  • Direct cross-functional messaging on mission-critical issues (e.g., personnel, readiness, resiliency).
  • Manage sensitive Congressional inquiries and develop legislative strategies.
  • Coordinate Congressional engagements and prepare leaders for committee hearings.
  • Oversee comprehensive strategic communication plans, including public/media relations, outreach, and internal communications.
  • Lead and build teams for effective message synchronization across platforms.
  • *Requirements:**
  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level, demonstrating expertise in:
* Providing strategic communications advice to senior leaders. * Developing cross-functional messaging and policy support. * Managing Congressional inquiries and developing legislative strategies. * Directing strategic communication plans and team leadership.


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The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is a headquarters-level staff of the United States Department of Defense. It is the principal civilian staff element of the U.S. secretary of defense, and it assists the secretary in carrying out authority, direction and control of the Department of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource management, fiscal, and program evaluation responsibilities. OSD is the secretary of defense's support staff for managing the Department of Defense, and it corresponds to what the Executive Office of the President of the U.S. is to the U.S. president for managing the whole of the Executive branch of the federal government.

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