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Areas of Responsibility:
- Meets one on one with members of the legislature, their staff, and other state government officials to gain support for the AHA’s advocacy issues.
- Monitors and engages on legislative and regulatory issues of concern to the AHA in Colorado and Wyoming, and apprises appropriate AHA volunteers and staff of emerging advocacy issues.
- Provides policy research, development of support materials, recruiting of spokespersons, preparing testimony, and other activities as needed to advance the AHA’s policy agenda in Colorado and Wyoming.
- Participates in coalition efforts and other collaborative partnerships to leverage opportunities that advance the AHA’s advocacy issues.
- Recruits membership for and provides staff support to volunteer state advocacy committee. In collaboration with the committee, develops annual state and community policy agenda.
- Provides strategic direction on statewide legislative and grassroots strategy. This includes, but is not limited to key contact, recruitment, retention and mobilization efforts. Provides strategic direction and support materials for state lobby days and/or local in-district meetings.
- Collaborates with communications staff partners on development and timing of media advocacy efforts.
- Prepares and reviews required reporting information including local, state and/or federal lobbying reports and other reporting as necessary.
- Provides advocacy presentations and training opportunities to volunteers and staff as needed.
- Utilizes effective management techniques in the selection, supervision, monitoring, training and counseling of staff to achieve organizational objectives. Creates and maintains a professional work environment that fosters and values collaboration, trust, teamwork, empowerment, professionalism and diversity.
Skills/Experience:
- 3 years relevant experience
- Proven track record in legislative and regulatory lobbying.
- Demonstrated direct lobbying experience
- Demonstrated issue advocacy coalition management.
- Proven grassroots and media advocacy tactic development and implementation.
- Exceptional oral and written communications skills.
- Demonstrated skills in policy analysis and technical (legislative and regulatory) writing.
- Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple, complex projects in varying stages of development under time constraints
- Staff supervisory experience required
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Jan 24 2018
Active Until:
Feb 24 2018
Hiring Organization:
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
industry:
Nonprofit