Coordinator of Research Planning (Vacancy#:VAR002992)

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) seeks a Coordinator of Research Planning to join its Government and Finance Division (G&F). As a member of the division's management team, the Coordinator will serve as a principal CRS representative to Members, committees and officers of the United States Congress and will be instrumental in implementing the Service-wide outreach and vision strategy at the division level.

Coordinator duties include consulting extensively with the division's assistant director and the deputy assistant director to develop and execute division-level outreach to the Congress; collaborating extensively with the division's research managers and team leaders and representatives of other division to ensure coverage of intra-and interdivisional congressional requests; leading division efforts to ensure gap areas do not occur and/or to propose strategies for their mitigation; ensuring products and services meet CRS's standards of objectivity, responsiveness, nonpartisanship, balance, timeliness, legislative relevance, accessibility, authoritativeness, and analytical rigor; and leading projects, conducting analysis, and performing special assignments as directed by the division's senior management.

The ideal candidate will possess an intellectual curiosity about the breadth of policy issues in the division's portfolio, demonstrated ability to exercise judgement and discretion in a client-focused environment, and a deeper subject knowledge of one of the areas covered by the division. Candidates with research and research management experience in issues covered by the division and who have strong interpersonal skills and are capable of collaborating with a highly motivated and talented research staff committed to providing Congress the highest level of nonpartisan, authoritative, objective policy analysis are encouraged to apply. Previous experience in writing, research, and analysis, and knowledge of congressional decision making and legislative process is desired.

CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill for over a century.

CRS is well known for analysis that is accurate, authoritative, confidential, objective and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has immediate access to the nation's best thinking on public policy issues of interest to its Members and Committees.

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that ensures the Service is well positioned to anticipate and meet the information and analytical research needs of a 21st-century Congress.