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      "title": "Congressional Staff: Duties, Qualifications, and Skills Identified by Members of Congress for Selected Positions",
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      "title": "Congressional Staff: Duties, Qualifications, and Skills Identified by Members of Congress for Selected Positions",
      "summary": "The roles, duties, and activities of congressional staff are matters of ongoing interest to Members of Congress, congressional staff, and observers of Congress. Members of the House and Senate establish their own employment policies and practices for their personal offices. It is arguably the case that within Member offices, a common group of activities is executed for which staff are necessary. Accordingly, a group of job advertisements for those positions from a number of different offices can shed light on the expectations Members have for position duties, as well as staff skills, characteristics, experience, and other expectations. This report provides a set of 39 widely expected job duties, applicant skills, characteristics, prior experiences, and other expectations based on a sample of ads placed by Members of Congress between approximately December 2014 and September 2019 seeking staff in their offices for 33 position titles:\nCaseworker\nExecutive Assistant\nPress Assistant\n\nCommunications Director\nExecutive Assistant/Scheduler\nPress Secretary\n\nConstituent Services Representative\nField Representative/Caseworker\nRegional Coordinator\n\nCorrespondence Manager\nLegislative Aide\nScheduler\n\nDeputy Press Secretary\nLegislative Assistant\nScheduler/Office Manager\n\nDeputy Scheduler\nLegislative Correspondent\nSenior Legislative Assistant\n\nDeputy Scheduler/Assistant to Chief of Staff\nLegislative Correspondent/Press Assistant\nSpeechwriter\n\nDigital Director/Press Assistant\nLegislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant\nStaff Assistant\n\nDigital Media Director\nLegislative Counsel\nStaff Assistant/Driver\n\nDistrict Director\nLegislative Director\nStaff Assistant/Press Assistant\n\nDistrict, Field, or Regional Representative\nMilitary Legislative Assistant\nSystems Administrator\n\n\nSample position expectations might assist Congress from multiple perspectives, including assessment of staffing needs in Member offices; guidance in setting position expectations, qualifications, and experience when offices need to hire staff; and informing current and potential congressional employees of position expectations. At the same time, categorizing congressional staff positions by position title relies on an assumption that similarly titled positions in House and Senate personal offices carry out the same tasks under essentially similar circumstances. Although personal offices may carry out similar activities, the assumption might be questionable given the differences in staff resources in House and Senate offices, as well as potential differences among offices of each chamber, particularly the Senate. Generalizations about staff roles and duties may also be limited in some ways due to the broad discretion Members have with regard to running their office activities. Variations from office to office, which might include differences in job duties, work schedules, office emphases, and other factors, may limit the extent to which sample position expectations might match operational practices in all congressional offices.\nThis is one of several CRS products on congressional staff. To access those products, see CRS Report R44688, Congressional Staff: CRS Products on Size, Pay, and Job Tenure.",
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