Director, Office of Congressional & Public Affairs

NRO Position

WE ARE THE NRO For over sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America's advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.

Basic Eligibility for a Position with the NRO

• You must be a U.S. Citizen
• You must be 18 years of age or older.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testing
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinations

Where You Will Work This position is located in the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Chantilly, VA. The NRO is the federal agency chartered to meet United States Government's intelligence needs through delivering space-borne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.

The Director, Office of Congressional & Public Affairs (D/OCPA) is a Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) tier 1 position within BPO. D/OCPA is responsible for overseeing and executing all matters pertaining to Legislative Branch oversight of NRO programs and activities, all matters related to NRO's interactions with the public and media, to include social media and public speaking engagements, and distinguished visitors to NRO headquarters.

The incumbent is responsible for three primary functions on behalf of the Director, BPO (D/BPO):

• Develop and sustain NRO relationships across the Legislative Branch and promote NRO programs with Congress;
• Represent and communicate the NRO's public persona; and

Facilitate NRO leadership hosted events at NRO headquarters.

Your resume may be considered for other positions which your skills and experience may be a good match. This is a full-time position that is open from 07-JUL-2026 through 24-JUL-2026. Applicant packages must be submitted by 11:59 PM ET on the closing date.

Who May Apply

• This position is open to current Federal civilian employees who are senior officers, GG/GS-15, and applicants from the Private Sector.
• The NRO is only accepting external applicants through this job announcement.

What You Will Be Doing The D/OCPA executes all aspects of the office's duties outlined below, beginning with the NRO's overall Congressional and Public Affairs strategies and is responsible for overseeing protocol functions supporting DNRO and NRO senior leaders. Within OCPA, the director has responsibility for ensuring that the office is operating at high levels of performance and that mission operations are streamlined and effective, as well as overseeing personnel-related decision-making.

The office promotes the mission of the NRO by:

• Expertly advising the DNRO, PDDNRO, DDNRO, and the NRO leadership team on Congressional issues and engagement
• Ensuring that Congress is fully and currently informed of significant intelligence activities and programs
• Organizing notifications on time-sensitive subjects
• Tracking legislation that could affect the NRO
• Responding to Congressional correspondence and directed actions
• Educating NRO personnel about their obligations for keeping the Congress fully and currently informed of significant intelligence activities
• Leading, managing, and overseeing all public communications for the DNRO; and rapidly and accurately responding to public and media queries
• Leading, managing, and overseeing relationships with appropriate media organizations and serve as a credible and authoritative source on National Reconnaissance and related issues
• Serve as chief spokesperson on behalf of the DNRO
• Direct the NRO in external and internal communications matters
• Communicate the DNRO's messages to the NRO workforce
• Communicate the DNRO's messages to the public
• Work with the IC and DoW Offices of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs on Congressional and public communications matters, respectively
• Ensure uniformity of leadership hosted events
• Manage the distinguished visitor parking program for headquarters
• Track and control the use of representational funds in support of leadership engagements
• Responsible for overseeing protocol functions supporting DNRO and NRO senior leaders.

Qualifications All applicants for this senior officer position must submit written capability statement (narrative format) of accomplishments that would satisfy the IC Senior Office Core Qualification and the technical qualifications.

IC Senior Officer Core Qualification (IC SOCQ)

• Leading the Intelligence Enterprise is the core qualification that involves the ability to integrate resources, information, interests, and activities effectively in support of the IC's mission and to lead and leverage cross-organizational collaborative networks to achieve significant mission results. Inherent to this senior officer qualification is a deep understanding of the Intelligence Enterprise and a shared commitment to the IC's core values.

Technical Qualifications

• Expert knowledge and…