Date Posted:
June 29, 2026
Position Title:
Legislative Director
Office/Company:
Rep. Mike Flood
Party:
Republican
Office Code:
NE-01
Job Number:
MEM-200-26
Reports To:
Location:
Washington, DC
Contact:
FloodHiring@mail.house.gov
Salary:
Primary Role
Legislative Director
Secondary Role:
Job Type:
Description:
The Legislative Director serves as the Member’s chief policy advisor and leader of the
office’s Legislative Team.
Responsibilities:
The Legislative Director’s primary responsibilities are to manage
the Legislative Team, advise the Member on legislation, and direct the development of
policy positions and legislative initiatives.
• Ensures that the Legislative Team is properly focused on the Member's legislative and
policy goals.
• Handles long-term and short-term legislative planning for the Member.
Recommends strategies and tactics on bills and positions. Works with the Member,
Chief of Staff, and Legislative Assistants to formulate positions on legislative issues.
• Manages, trains, supervises, and assigns areas of responsibility
to the Legislative Team. Assigns tasks, sets deadlines, and establishes workflows for
the Legislative Team.
• Directs legislative staff meetings.
• Reviews, provides feedback, and approves legislative actions, letters,
memos, and constituent correspondence.
• Provides technical analysis of pending legislation, legislative developments
on policy issues; recommends strategies and tactics on bills and amendments; and
maintains up-to-date status reports on legislation.
• Crafts vote recommendations for the Member’s consideration on a regular basis and
reports legislative activity to the Member and Chief of Staff.
• Drafts bills and amendments. Drafts memos to the Member and staff on policy topics,
relevant issues, and recommended actions.
• Identifies oversight opportunities related to federal programs and agencies.
• With respect to hearings, coordinates the preparation of witness lists, drafts
background memos and questions for witnesses, edits transcripts, and ensures that
relevant materials are submitted for the hearing record.
• Advises and assists the Member during House floor debate, including preparing floor
statements, talking points, and rebuttals to opposing arguments.
• Acts as a liaison with Committees, House and Senate staff, government agencies, and
outside groups. Negotiates with staff from other offices and agencies regarding amendments and other legislative developments.
• Engages with constituents, stakeholder groups, and other parties. Builds and
maintains relationships with constituents, advocacy organizations, federal agencies,
and industry stakeholders. Meets with constituents and outside groups.
• Tracks constituent concerns and integrates feedback into policy strategy.
• Attends briefings, hearings, and stakeholder events on behalf of the office.
• Identifies, develops, and proposes opportunities to advance the Member’s priorities.
• Coordinates with Communications Team on press releases, op-eds, talking points.
• Coordinates with the Operations Team on scheduling and long-term planning.
• Coordinates with the District office team on stakeholder outreach, policy/casework
crossover, federal grants, and other projects. Provides information about policy and
activity in Washington, DC.
• Completes projects assigned by the Member and Chief of Staff.
Qualifications:
Requirements:
• The position is based in the Washington, DC office. Regular, predictable
attendance is required for performance of duties, including in-person supervision of
legislative staff and providing rapid response to urgent legislative issues.
• Has strong expertise, strategic judgment, leadership skills, and a working
knowledge of Capitol Hill.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the Member and staff, members of the
public, representatives from other offices, outside organizations, and others.
• Ability to attend in-person meetings with constituents and stakeholders.
• Ability to represent the Member in-person including speaking on behalf of the oUice
and participating in discussions regarding legislative strategy.
• Frequently engage in public-facing interactions with Members of Congress and their
staffs; political, industry, government, and state leaders; and members of the
public, including constituents.
• Ability to work long and unpredictable hours, weekends and holidays, as needed.
• Travels as necessary for performance of duties. Driver’s license strongly preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and perform duties under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Regularly use typical oUice equipment, software programs, and methods of
communication, including, for example, a computer, email, telephone, smartphone,
photocopier, etc.
Standards of Excellence:
• Preforms all duties of the LD role.
• Develops a positive reputation (for oneself and the Member) amongst internal and
external stakeholders
• Develops an organic understanding and comprehensive knowledge of issues within
our portfolio.
• Has comprehensive knowledge of the Congressional District
• Participates in professional development activities.
• Provides deliverables accurately and meets deadlines.
• Pays close attention to detail.
• Conducts oneself professionally.
• Is ready and willing to assist other members of the Legislative Team and oUice staU.
• Creatively solves problems.
• Thinks of new ideas.
• Builds relationships with Congressional staff and stakeholders.
Instructions:
Interested applicants may submit their resume and cover letter.
Other:
