Government Affairs Director jobs in Colorado
Government Affairs Director implements strategic plans and oversees engagement objectives to develop and maintain productive relations with all levels of government authorities that will support and enhance the businesses' goals. Manages teams that build relationships and liaise with government entities(federal, state, provincial, or local) that regulate or influence business activities. Being a Government Affairs Director performs ongoing monitoring and analysis of proposed legislation, emerging issues, and trends to determine the potential impact on the organization. Collaborates with industry groups and organizations with complementary objectives to achieve objectives. Additionally, Government Affairs Director creates communication vehicles and delivers messaging to inform and support business leaders. Requires a bachelor's degree in public policy, public administration, business or equivalent. Typically reports to a director. The Government Affairs Director typically manages through subordinate managers and professionals in larger groups of moderate complexity. Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. May give input into developing the budget. To be a Government Affairs Director typically requires 3+ years of managerial experience. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
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Government Affairs Director
- Conservation Colorado
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Denver, CO
FULL_TIME
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Location: Denver Metro
Work Schedule: Non-exempt, Full-time
Deadline for submission: June 17, 2024
Conservation Colorado is seeking a Government Affairs Director based in Denver to lead the organization’s efforts to deliver nationally-leading and equitable policy victories to protect Colorado’s climate, air, lands, water, and communities.
About Conservation Colorado
As the largest statewide environmental organization in Colorado, we work to protect our state’s climate, air, land, water, and communities. We play a unique role in Colorado as our work focuses on organizing communities, influencing decision-makers, and electing conservation-minded leaders. That work includes Protégete, which is focused on building Latine leadership and engagement on environmental issues. We believe that achieving racial, social, and environmental justice are critical to our mission. .
What You’ll Do
This position reports to the VP of Programs and plays a vital role in delivering effective policy solutions for all Coloradans. You, and the government affairs team you’ll lead, will work with coalitions and in the state Capitol to influence people, policies, structures, and systems in order to bring about change and to build relationships and communicate with those in power to persuade them to act. The work can evolve over time, but it contains these areas of responsibility.
Build and leverage relationships with decision makers- Identify and cultivate relationships with decision makers at the legislature, state agencies, the governor’s administration, and others
- Act as a key consultant to the political team in making high-level political decisions including endorsements, candidate contributions, etc.
- Play a key role in coordinated electoral work to help elect pro-conservation candidates
- Design and implement policy campaign goals, strategies, and tactics
- Lobby decision makers to achieve policy victories.
- Maintain a sophisticated understanding of policy issues especially as they relate to racial justice and equity and disproportionately impacted communities
- Work with issue campaign managers, the Protegete team, and the organizing team to ensure that Conservation Colorado is a strong and helpful partner to environmental, social justice, progressive, local, and other groups.
- Support issue managers in building coalitions and relationships with partners and in their efforts to diversify and grow coalitions to include a variety of voices and interests who support our work and influence decision makers; as needed, lead key environmental community coalitions.
- Own relationships with key partners.
- Hire & manage a team to deliver policy wins
- Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement
- Oversee the day-to-day activities of the team including budgeting, planning, staff development
- Sets strategy for our advocacy work based on overall organization goals & sets individual priorities
- Advises the executive team on strategic plans and advocates for their program
Qualifications
To do any of our work, our staff need to be natural relationship builders, have the resilience to handle tough situations, have excellent problem-solving skills with a results-focused orientation, bring an equity analysis to the work, and be highly collaborative. For this position, fundamentally, we want someone who loves the fight to deliver policy wins and who has the drive to take our work to the next level. More specifically, you will have or be most or all of the following:
Political Strategist: 8 years of relevant experience working as a lobbyist and/or in passing policies through various governmental venues, preferably in issue advocacy with the ability to develop and execute sophisticated strategies to pass policies. You can create actionable campaign plans that create the pressure and leverage to drive decision-makers to act in our favor. And you’ll have excellent judgment & confidentiality.
People Management Chops: 4 years of experience managing a team of people with a supportive & collaborative approach. We believe in transparency in communication, accountability, humility and collaboration in our people management. Hiring & managing a results-oriented team is a large part of this job as is the need to closely collaborate with other internal and external stakeholders.
Flexibility: This position requires being able to set and manage competing priorities while embracing uncertainty. Being able to adapt behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles without placing blame & taking learnings into other similar situations is critical for success.
Build & exercise power effectively: You’ll need to be committed to our theory of change that centers bringing together the people, policy and politics to make real change on environmental issues. You can build relationships that bring together a wide range of interested people to support and advance goals; Can understand the political and social dynamics at play – including racial, gender, and class inequities -- and view achievements within the context of a long-term agenda.
Equity Analysis: This position requires an understanding of the impact of systemic inequities on people’s lives and how your own identities impact your work along with the ability to bring different communities together to develop policy solutions that lead to better outcomes for Coloradoans. A sophisticated understanding of how racial dynamics in particular impact managerial relationships, campaigns, and coalitions, along with a history successfully navigating those dynamics is essential for success.
This position does not have an undergraduate education requirement. Spanish/English bilingual is a skill we value, but it is not a requirement. This is a full-time job, but there can be some flexibility in the exact schedule.
Compensation And Benefits
The full-time salary range for this role is between $95,000-$110,000 based on a wage analysis across the organization and new staff rarely starting at the top of the range. For candidates with higher-level experience and expertise than those stipulated in the qualifications, we would consider a Senior Director-level position, with an accompanying higher salary range.
We provide high-quality health insurance and a strong benefits package that includes a SIMPLE IRA retirement plan with a match, at least 30 days of vacation & holidays in addition to six physical & mental wellness days in your first year, and parental leave and a sabbatical program. Please note that as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, Conservation Colorado employees are not eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
This position does require in-person work in the form of meeting with decision makers and partners, attending events, and participating in team & organizational meetings. Therefore, we do require our staff to be vaccinated against COVID. We have embraced a hybrid work model and this position generally will need to be in our office or otherwise in person between one and four days a week depending on the time of year, though everyone is welcome to work in the office 100% of the time if they prefer.
We are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive organization and conservation movement to fully represent and engage all Coloradans and to build as powerful a movement as we can. Recruiting staff that better reflects Colorado is a priority and we encourage applicants from all cultures, race, ethnicity, geographies, political affiliation, sexual orientations, gender identities, and all other identities represented in Colorado or protected by law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
To Apply
If this job speaks to you, please submit a cover letter & resume and answer a few short questions. If you have a disability and need accommodation or assistance with our online application process, please tell us how we can help by calling us at 303.333.7846.
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Colorado (/ˌkɒləˈrædoʊ, -ˈrɑːdoʊ/ (listen), other variants) is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado was 5,695,564 on July 1, 2018, an increase of 13.25% since the 2010 United States Census.
The state was named for the Colorado River, which early Spanish explorers named the Río Colorado for the ruddy silt the river carried from the mountains. The...
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