SUMMARY
Responsible for representing and advocating the interests, policies, and issues of CHA on state legislation, including high priority and difficult and complex state legislation.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Coordinates, orchestrates, and carries out legislative/political advocacy which ensures favorable conclusions on legislation which CHA sponsors, opposes or supports.
- Serves as the primary contact in areas of assigned responsibility for information and/or referral on all relevant legislation.
- Provides political analysis and intelligence, timely monitoring, and membership reporting, Including integration of legislative intelligence into CHA's policy decision-making process.
- Testifies on behalf of CHA at legislative hearings on issues of importance to the hospital industry.
- Exercises leadership in assigned responsibilities and promotes and encourages organizational teamwork, loyalty, and effectiveness.
- Represents CHA before the membership and other groups.
- Responsible for writing and reviewing regular communication to CHA members, following written style guidelines, and meeting established deadlines.
- Other duties/projects as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 3+ years' experience in positions requiring technical and policy analysis of health legislation, legislative drafting, negotiation, and testimony before legislative committees in areas involving health facility regulation required. Lobbying experience with health care issues and/or the California State budget preferred.
- Knowledge of health policy issues affecting hospitals and a working knowledge of the legislative and regulatory processes is helpful.
- Ability to translate association policy into legislative proposals required.
- Must have good relationships in the political arena.
- Must be able to influence and motivate people and encourage teamwork, loyalty, effectiveness, and esprit de corps.
- Must have outstanding oral and written communication skills and be able to work effectively with a variety of groups and interests.
- Must be able to work under minimal supervision.
- Requires regular attendance at evening events and occasional overnight travel up to 20% of work time.
- Ability and willingness to work long and irregular hours.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
With or without reasonable accommodation(s), the essential functions of this position require certain physical and mental abilities. These abilities include, but are not limited to sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, lifting (up to 25 lbs.), typing, writing (in English), reading (English), speaking (English), seeing, hearing, driving, basic mathematical calculations, problem solving, reasoning, composition, and decision-making.
