Legislative Correspondent

Legislative Correspondent (Communications Coordinator)

Department of Homeland Security

Transportation Security Administration

Legislative Affairs (LA)

Summary

Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This Legislative Correspondent position is located in Legislative Affairs (LA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

Research, analyze, and develop information on Congressional activities and legislative actions of considerable scope, complexity, and importance.

Recommend procedural framework for keeping TSA informed of developments in the legislative area. Coordinates actions and maintains desired liaison relationships between and among TSA staff and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on congressional actions and for effective exchanges of pertinent information.

Maintain historical files for the office on congressional actions, including House and Senate reports, printed hearings bills, and public laws.

Manage and maintain program records and files, including highly sensitive information; develop standard operating procedures for records management/retention to comply with TSA records management requirements.

Communicate with internal and external stakeholders and representatives of Congressional staff to obtain information on communications that frequently involve negotiation and persuasion.

Serve as an expert consultant on all phases of correspondence functions and related activities to coordinate the work and resolve issues and concerns.

The major duties described above reflect the full performance level of this position. Typically, the lower pay bands (G band and H Bands) perform the same duties but will receive more guidance and training; and/or projects/work assignments may be less complex.