Congressional Research Service, Washington DC
The incumbent serves as a Law Librarian for the Knowledge Services Group of the Congressional Research Service. In this capacity the Law Librarian is responsible for initiating, planning, and implementing unusual and diverse research projects in support of litigation and legal policy issues. The Law Librarian evaluates and solves highly complex research problems in response to existing or anticipated client requests; identifies, examines, and evaluates major publications, electronic resources and trends in preparing in-depth and highly complex research; and provides comprehensive legal and legislative reference services. The Law Librarian serves as an expert in law librarianship and legal reference and information research; organizes and develops projects in his or her field; recommends new collections; organizes, develops, and schedules training projects for a wide variety of subjects; and organizes, develops, and implements plans for specific projects.
CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill for nearly a century. CRS is well known for analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has immediate access to the nation's best thinking on public policy issues of interest to its Members and Committees.
Position is being offered at the GS-13 ($86,927-$113,000). Please apply online at: www.loc.gov/crsinfo. If you are unable to apply online, please call 202.707.5627 to request an applicant job kit and refer to vacancy #090045 in all correspondence. Applications must be received by April 6, 2009.
CRS is the public policy research arm of the U.S. Congress and is fully committed to workforce diversity.
No comments:
Post a Comment