FOIA Site Lead Specialist

Lead FOIA Analyst / Team Lead

National Park Service FOIA Support - Washington, DC

Job Title: Lead FOIA Analyst / Team Lead - National Park Service FOIA Support

Location: Primarily on-site in Washington, DC

Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt

Salary Range: $95,000 - $125,000 annually, commensurate with experience and leadership background. Salary reflects additional coordination and team lead responsibilities.

Clearance / Investigation: U.S. citizenship required; must be able to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust background investigation.

About The Opportunity

Lead a team of FOIA Analysts supporting the National Park Service Washington Area Support Office in delivering high-quality, compliant FOIA support across a decentralized national organization.

This key role combines hands-on FOIA processing expertise with leadership, workload management, quality oversight, and direct coordination with government stakeholders. The position makes a direct impact on public transparency for America's national parks.

Key Responsibilities

This position includes all FOIA Analyst duties, plus the following leadership responsibilities:

• Serve as the contractor's primary point of contact for technical direction, workload assignments, and coordination with the Contracting Officer's Representative.
• Assign, distribute, and monitor work among FOIA Analyst team members.
• Manage internal scheduling, priorities, and surge support to meet deadlines and quality standards.
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and quality oversight on complex FOIA cases, redactions, exemptions, and responses.
• Ensure overall team performance, compliance, and timely delivery in accordance with the contract and Performance Work Statement.
• Escalate issues appropriately and support continuity of operations and risk mitigation.
• Contribute to process improvements, reporting, and efficient workflow management.
• Maintain strong working relationships with NPS FOIA leadership and stakeholders.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of FOIA support experience of similar size, scope, and complexity.
• Demonstrated ability to support full lifecycle FOIA processing in a federal or comparable environment.
• Strong knowledge of FOIA intake, tracking, search coordination, review, redaction, exemption application, response preparation, and case file management.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills suitable for team coordination and government interface.
• Ability to manage high-volume workloads, competing priorities, and statutory deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, and FOIA/case management or records systems.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to pass a background investigation.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Five or more years of relevant FOIA experience, with demonstrated success in high-volume or complex federal programs.
• Prior supervisory, team lead, quality control, or workload management experience in a FOIA or records management environment.
• Experience with litigation support, including Vaughn Indices and appeals coordination.
• Experience handling complex, high-profile, expedited, or litigation-sensitive FOIA requests.
• Advanced education, specialized FOIA training or certifications, or proven ability to mentor staff and improve processes.
• Experience supporting NPS, DOI, or similar decentralized federal agencies.
  
  

Salary: $95000 - $125000 per year