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On-Call Senior Federal Rulemaking Specialist (REMOTE ROLE
Job in
Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22090, USA
Listed on 2026-08-19
Listing for:
ICF International, Inc.
Part Time, Per diem
position Listed on 2026-08-19
Job specializations:
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Government
Government Administration
Job Description & How to Apply Below
ON-CALL SENIOR FEDERAL RULE MAKING SPECIALIST
Are you interested in assisting federal agencies by working on current and emerging policy issues and regulatory programs? 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 (RPE) portfolio has over 30 years of experience supporting the design, implementation, and improvement of federal programs and is seeking a federal rule making expert to join them.
Join our multidisciplinary team of regulatory 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 services. Our dynamic work environment involves working on multiple projects simultaneously and providing a wide range of support services for a variety of federal clients.
This on-call, part-time position is available immediately and can be filled as a fully remote position (with options to work at ICF's Reston, VA headquarters).
Job Responsibilities:
The On-Call Senior Federal Rule making Specialist will employ strong research, policy analysis, and writing skills to contribute to federal rule making documents, stakeholder and public comment reports, policy papers, and technical background documents. Duties also will include technical writing and editing including report production. The Senior Federal Rule making Specialist will work within interdisciplinary teams supporting federal government client agencies that develop and implement regulatory programs affecting the environment, energy, homeland security and immigration, labor and workforce issues, public health, nutrition, transportation, and other national priorities.
What you will do:
- 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 rule making to interested parties, and implement the regulatory requirements.
- Support federal agency efforts to transparently manage and analyze public comments received on proposed agency rules.
- Draft, edit, and format federal agency rule making documents and develop/adapt style guides for new agency rule makings.
- Support federal agency rule making work groups by providing live document editing in meetings, tracking agency dispensation of reviewer comments, and other support, as needed.
- Provide advice to clients relating to their execution and management of the rule making document production and review process.
- Support federal rule making-adjacent processes, such as public meetings, Paperwork Reduction Act information collection request approvals, and regulatory impact analyses.
- Provide day-to-day technical direction to project staff.
- Manage client relationships, ensuring client satisfaction and working to develop long-term client relationships.
- Identify client needs and working with others to pursue regulatory support follow-on work or new business opportunities.
- Develop recommendations, and drafting reports and presentations.
- Bachelor's degree (in Public Policy, Political Science, or a related field)
- Minimum 5 years of related work experience in a government agency, professional services firm, or related environment;
OR - Master's degree (in Public Policy or a related field) or equivalent (e.g., JD, MPA) plus minimum 2 years of related work experience in a government agency, professional services firm, or related environment.
- Demonstrated understanding of and experience working within the federal rule making process (or equivalent state regulatory process).
- U.S. Citizenship is required per federal contracts.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a moderate-level government security clearance.
- 2+ years of experience working on projects related to federal regulatory programs and issues and involving research, analysis, and writing.
- Regulatory and/or legal research skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, time management, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills.
- Strong attention to detail and collaborative approach.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
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Position Requirements
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