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CORRESPONDENCE ANALYST
Office of Strategy, Policy, & Plans/ Executive Secretariat Office of Strategy, Policy, & Plans/ Exec
Department of Homeland Security

Overview

NSEP Exclusive

Open & Closing Dates
11/19/2025 to 12/03/2025

Pay Scale & Grade
GS7 per year

Work Schedule
Full-Time

Promotion Potential
GS13

Appointment Type
Other

Location

State
DC Metro Area

Duties

Summary
This position is located in the DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, &Plans (PLCY). PLCY provides policy development, coordination, strategy, planning, and analysis to the DHS Secretary and other Departmental leaders to facilitate decision-making and other critical matters that may arise in a dynamic homeland security threat environment. PLCY is responsible for strengthening our Nation’s homeland security by developing DHS-wide policies and programs to promote and ensure quality, consistency, and integration across all homeland security missions.

Responsibilities
Within DHS, PLCY reviews and clears nearly all materials prepared for the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, PLCY leadership, and other Senior Leadership of Homeland Security. As such, the incumbent has the critical responsibility for ensuring the quality and accuracy of materials and the appropriate flow and control of priority correspondence received from and transmitted to the White House, Congress, other Federal agencies, the private sector, and the public. The incumbent maintains an awareness and understanding of all policy formulation and development within PLCY to facilitate and proactively manage all incoming/outgoing correspondence, congressional reports and testimony, and briefing materials.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.

• You must be able to obtain/maintain a Top-Secret security clearance

• Relocation Expenses WILL NOT be paid.

Qualifications
Background in international studies, public policy, social science, or related field.

Experience with articulating complex problems and developing creative solutions

Familiarity with DHS’s missions

Excellent writing, editing, and research skills

Ability to communicate effectively with staff including the Assistant Secretary’s immediate staff, Senior departmental managers, and other high-level officials with the Office and from other Components of the Department.

Security Clearance

Required
Top Secret

Required Application Materials

Resume, Academic Transcripts, DD-214 (veterans or active duty military only), SF-50 (current or former federal employees only), NSEP Letter of Certification

Application Instructions

Your application is due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the application close date indicated above. Failure to follow the application instructions may result in rejection of your application.

Application Materials

You will need to submit your application through the vacancy posting on the NSEPnet Job Board. Please upload each of the required documents in the appropriate location. Files should be in Word, Excel, PDF, Text or Html formats only. When naming each file, please follow the following naming convention:

Document Type_Last Name, First Name

For example, the applicant John Smith would submit a resume named “Resume_Smith, John”.

To access the NSEPnet Job Board, you will need to login to https://www.nsepnet.org. The link to NSEPnet Job Board is at the top of the page under the “Job Search” tab. Please select the position you are interested in, read over the application instructions carefully, and upload all required documents.

If you cannot login or do not remember your login credentials, please use the Forgot Username tool at https://nsepnet.org/ForgotUsername.aspx or the Forgot Password tool at https://nsepnet.org/ForgotPassword.aspx.

Resume

Federal agencies only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Please make sure your resume is no more than two pages in length. For more information on the updated federal resume guidance, please see https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit

SF-50 and DD-214

If you are a current or former federal employee, you must include your SF-50 (or similar document proving federal employment) in your application. If you are a veteran or active duty member of the U.S. military, you will need to include a DD-214 in your application.

Letter of Certification

You will need to request a Letter of Certification for this exclusive position. To request a Letter of Certification from the NSEPnet home page, hover over the blue “Request a Letter” option at the top of the page and click on “Certification Letter” from the drop-down options. Requests for Letters of Certification are generally processed within 1-2 business days.

HIRING AUTHORITY

The Department of Homeland Security will utilize the Schedule A (r) and/or NDAA’13 hiring authorities afforded to all NSEP award recipients with outstanding service requirements to make appointments to this position in the excepted service. NSEP award recipients who have already completed their service requirement to NSEP in full are not eligible to apply.

Additional Notes

This opportunity is only open to NSEP award recipients who have not yet fulfilled their service requirement to NSEP in full. If you have completed work which may fulfill part or all of your service under the terms of your Service Agreement with NSEP, please submit a Service Agreement Report (SAR) requesting service credit for that work as soon as possible. Feel free to reach out to the NSEP Service Team at nsep@nsep.gov if you have any questions or concerns.

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