House Committee On Veterans’ Affairs – Professional Staff Member

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Title: Professional Staff Member (PSM), Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA)

Summary: The DAMA Subcommittee (Majority Staff) seeks a PSM to assist with researching, analyzing and managing legislative and oversight issues related to veterans’ disability and burial benefits.  

Qualified candidates will have strong research, writing, and communications skills with a demonstrated ability to constructively work on a team, generate ideas, and develop legislative and oversight projects independently. Strong research and writing skills are necessary. Ideally, candidates will have experience in a congressional office or within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). 

Exceptional candidates will have a strong familiarity with any of the following:

• VA disability programs, including initial claims and appeals;
• Drafting and/or legal application of statute or regulation.
• Administrative rulemaking process, including notice and comment;
• Compensation & Pension Service, including legacy appeals and appeals modernization; 
• Veteran burial and memorial benefits;
• Congressional Committee process;
• CBO scoring.

The office is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, minorities, and LGBTQ candidates to apply. Veterans are also strongly encouraged to apply. Salary commensurate with experience, $60-70k. Interested candidates should submit a resume and a writing sample of no more than three pages to hvactransition@gmail.com  with “DAMA Professional Staff Member” in the subject line.