This position is responsible for leading the State Advocacy team and managing issues related to state ballot measures. This includes representing and advocating the interests, policies, and issues of CHA and its members on state legislation to ensure achievement of CHA's state advocacy goals and objectives.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manages CHA's state-level lobbying/representation and advocacy efforts.
- Oversees and carries out legislative/political advocacy to achieve favorable conclusions on legislation which CHA sponsors, opposes, or supports.
- Manages ballot measure-related work and election-related issues.
- Provides political analysis, intelligence, timely monitoring, membership reporting, and integration of legislative intelligence into CHA's policy decision-making process.
- Effectively represents the interests of CHA and its member hospitals/health systems before members and staff of the California Legislature.
- Testifies on behalf of CHA at legislative hearings, when needed, on issues of importance to the hospital and health system industry.
- Interacts with key elected leaders on legislative and regulatory matters.
- Exercises leadership in assigned responsibilities, and promotes/encourages organizational teamwork, loyalty, and effectiveness.
- Represents CHA before the membership and other groups.
- Coordinates the hospital community's lobbying and advocacy program, strategies, and efforts, including the constituency groups.
- Serves as a member of CHA's Leadership Team and a key leader within the Federated Team.
- Other duties/projects as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
- A minimum of ten years of experience in positions requiring strategic, technical, and policy analysis of legislation, legislative drafting, negotiation, and testimony before legislative committees.
- Knowledge of health policy issues affecting hospitals and working knowledge of the legislative process in California, or extensive knowledge of the California legislative process and structure.
- Extensive network of state legislators, legislative staff, and executive branch officials strongly preferred.
- Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal staff, hospital members, partner organizations and agencies.
- Ability to translate association policy into legislative proposals, working collaboratively with cross-functional internal teams and, as appropriate, external members and others.
- Strong staff management, leadership, and motivational skills.
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a variety of groups and interests.
- Strong ability to organize and manage time effectively.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple complex and highly challenging priorities.
- Registered lobbyist and in compliance with all requirements.
- Willingness and ability to work long and irregular hours with overnight travel.
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. Requires overnight travel.
