Posted 17 days ago

J0 – Legislative Liaison

Vandenberg SFBOn-site

AI Summary

Provides legislative affairs expertise and support to the Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander, handling Congressional communications, hearing preparations, and official inquiries.

About this role

Delta Solutions and Strategies is seeking a highly skilled and motivated candidate to join a high-performance team at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This team provides support to the US Space Forces – Space (S4S) Legislative Affairs Office. As a Legislative Liaison Subject Matter Expert, you will support the Commander, Space Forces – Space in exercising authorities as the Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander by offering critical planning, legislative expertise, and continuity by maintaining and providing both long-term reports and quick responses to tasks or inquiries from Congress, the S4S Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander, and other senior leadership as directed.

What you will be doing:

Providing Legislative Affairs expertise support to the CJTF-SO Commander and senior organization leadership in all aspects of Congressional communications such as Congressional hearing preparations and relevant background information by researching, preparing, and coordinating hearing preparation read ahead packages.

Ensuring CJTF-SO leadership positions communicated in Congressional testimonies are consistent with those of external mission partners.

Drafting official, well-informed, nuanced responses to be signed or provided by CJTF-SO Commander and other organizational leadership to answer official Congressional inquiries from Members of Congress and both professional and personal Congressional staff.

Coordinating Congressional inquiry responses through tasking mechanisms to ensure responses are processed through all stakeholder agencies and organizations that have equities pertaining to the inquiry topic.

Supporting all engagements, including remote support for CJTF-SO staff office call visits to Capitol Hill, Congressional and Staff Delegation visits to CJTF-SO Headquarters and its component commands, and phone calls between CJTF-SO leadership and Members of Congress or Staffers.

Supporting the Legislative Affairs Office in producing written quick-turn products that provide detailed pro/con analysis of House and Senate inputs to the annual National Defense Authorization Act and the annual Department of Defense Appropriations Bill to achieve desired effects.

What you will need:

Possess knowledge of legislative affairs and space operations at the Combatant Command level.

Deep experience in initiating and/or developing Government specified content for a Combatant Command Legislative Affairs Office.

Experience in providing strategic advice, technical guidance, analysis and recommendations for mission and program challenges.

The specific skills, knowledge, and comprehension to perform all task functions quickly and accurately minimal or no supervision or guidance

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Ability to draft courses of action for senior officer approval based on multiple inputs.

Ability to brief/interactive with senior (GO/FLAG) level officer and senior civilians.

Ability to coordinate plans between internal and external staff agencies to ensure a coherent effort.

Current/relevant space operations experience and background desired

Familiarity with world space events as well as political interest/positions regarding the space posture of the United States and its Allies

Previous CAG experience highly desired

Previous legislative liaison experience highly desired

Bachelor’s Degree or higher required

JPME I highly desired

Top Secrect Security Clearance (Secret can be considered with an upgrade to TS/SCI)

Skills

Briefing Senior OfficersCongressional CommunicationsCourses Of Action DraftingDepartment Of Defense Appropriations BillGovernment Specified Content DevelopmentHearing PreparationJPME ILegislative AffairsNational Defense Authorization ActSpace OperationsStakeholder CoordinationStrategic Advice And AnalysisTop Secret Security Clearance