Senior FOIA Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Conduct independent reviews, analyses, and processing of intricate, sensitive, backlogged, appeal, and litigation-related FOIA cases.

• Identify relevant records and perform thorough disclosure analyses utilizing independent judgment.

• Implement appropriate FOIA and Privacy Act exemptions and document the legal rationale for withholding information.

• Analyze substantial volumes of electronic records employing case-management, eDiscovery, and document-review tools.

• Redact and sanitize records, apply Bates numbering as necessary, and prepare final production packages.

• Create Vaughn indices, litigation documentation, appeal files, declarations, and supporting analyses.

• Draft communications, disclosure recommendations, decision documents, and responses using approved templates.

• Collaborate with program offices, regional locations, records custodians, requesters, and legal stakeholders.

• Develop search terms and execute sanctioned searches within designated eDiscovery systems.

• Conduct quality-control reviews and mentor or provide technical guidance to junior analysts.

• Propose process enhancements and contribute to reports, white papers, presentations, and lessons-learned analyses.

• Ensure complete and accurate documentation in the FOIA case-management system.

• Undertake additional responsibilities as assigned.

• Act as the primary management contact for a federal FOIA support program.

• Supervise operations and guarantee effective integration of project management, quality assurance, performance, staffing, financial oversight, and risk management activities across the program.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

• A minimum of 10 years of pertinent FOIA experience.

• Proven expertise in reviewing and managing federal FOIA cases.

• In-depth knowledge of FOIA exemptions, the Privacy Act, disclosure analysis, appeals, and litigation support.

• Experience with eDiscovery, electronic case-management, and redaction tools; familiarity with Relativity is highly desirable.

• Capability to independently evaluate complex or sensitive records and generate accurate, defensible recommendations.

• Outstanding analytical, writing, quality-control, and organizational skills.

• Ability to obtain and maintain the requisite security clearance.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer; does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.