Public Policy Specialist (REMOTE role or Hybrid role based in Reston, Virginia)

Are you looking to work on current and emerging policy issues Do you want to apply your education and experience to help government agencies improve the way they develop and implement regulations policies and programs Our Regulatory Policy and Economics Portfolio has over 30 years of experience supporting the design implementation and improvement of programs for a broad range of federal agencies and is seeking a public policy analyst to join them.

Join our multidisciplinary team of rulemaking specialists policy analysts economists and attorneys. We combine legal policy economic and scientific research and analysis to solve unique public policy challenges through innovative accurate timely and high-quality products and dynamic environment involves working on multiple projects simultaneously supporting a variety of federal clients and providing a wide range of support services. Our clients portfolios address numerous program areas including the environment; homeland security and immigration; transportation; labor and workforce issues; public health and nutrition; natural resource management; energy and nuclear power; and other national priorities.

The position will be primarily located in our Reston Virginia headquarters (i.e. in the DC Metro area) with flexibility for hybrid schedule.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in short- and long-term engagements to support federal clients whose responsibilities are to develop policies and craft regulations that implement a desired policy explain the rationale of the rulemaking to interested parties and implement the regulatory requirements
• Support federal agency efforts to transparently manage and analyze public comments received on proposed agency rules
• Assist in drafting and editing documents related to federal agency rulemakings and developing style guides for new agency rulemakings
• Immerse oneself rapidly in varied projects for multiple clients
• Provide verbal and written progress updates to project staff
• Synthesize information from rulemaking documents literature and other technical reports
• Assist in developing recommendations through collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data
• Draft reports and presentations
• Interactwith clientsto discuss ICFs analysis

Basic Qualifications:

• Masters Degree or JD
• Or Bachelors degree plus minimum 2 years relevant experience in public policy government environmental science natural or physical science political science or related subjects
• U.S. Citizenship is required per federal contracts
• Ability to obtain and maintain a moderate-level government security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of the federal rulemaking process
• Strong analytical problem-solving organizational time management and decision-making skills are essential
• Ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects under strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Strong attention to detail and collaborative team-oriented approach
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint) and in the use of one or more general AI assistants (e.g. MS Copilot Gemini Claude ChatGPT)

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