Legislative Affairs Specialist

Salary Range: 85000 to 90000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide quick-turnaround, objective quantitative and qualitative analysis on a wide variety of legislative, regulatory, stakeholder, and programmatic issues.
• Monitor, track, and report on federal and state legislative initiatives, emerging technologies, and policy developments impacting CMEI technology offices and programs.
• Coordinate the end-to-end development of policy-oriented and legislative materials, including congressional testimony, briefing packages, PowerPoint decks, memos, and hearing prep documents.
• Prepare DOE senior management and program leadership for briefings with Congressional committees, individual Members of Congress, and committee staff.
• Support the preparation of strategic budget briefings and materials aligned with the Congressional budget cycle for DOE leadership and external stakeholders.
• Manage and prioritize multiple fast-turnaround legislative affairs projects simultaneously in a dynamic, high-visibility environment.

Required Experience/Clearance

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Business Management, Public Policy, Public Affairs, Political Economy, Political Science, Sociology, Economics, Engineering, Science, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years of relevant legislative/policy experience, including direct experience working on Capitol Hill (a Master’s Degree may substitute for 2 years of experience).
• Demonstrated experience preparing briefing materials, reports, and backgrounders for senior government or legislative officials.
• Proficiency using the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Strong oral and written communication skills with proven experience in stakeholder coordination, briefing delivery, and conflict resolution.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required Department of Energy (DOE) credentials/clearance

Desired Experience

We encourage all candidates who meet the basic requirements to apply, even if you do not have any of the following experience:

• Direct experience supporting executive branch agencies (particularly DOE or related federal science/energy agencies) in a legislative affairs or policy advisory capacity.
• Subject matter familiarity with critical minerals, clean energy technologies, energy security policy, or supply chain resilience.
• Practical understanding of the Congressional authorization and appropriations processes, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and federal energy authorization cycles.
• Experience utilizing digital legislative tracking tools and congressional databases (e.g., Congress.gov, CQ Federal, Politico Pro).