Part-time Assistant Director - Government Affairs

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Part-time Assistant Director - Government Affairs
The candidate will be responsible for through research, contact with leadership and experts, and topic discovery. Will develop programs and analyze proposed state legislation, regulation and policy as to their financial and/or policy impact on the University. Will also analyze internal and external data to develop effective and persuasive arguments for additional funding or necessary policies. Represent University leadership in key policy making debates, prioritizing the development of healthcare programs in which the support of state funds will be requested. Handle strategic planning of legislative priorities with leadership and senior staff, identifying the set of issues to address and strive for during the legislative session and throughout the year. Identify state funding opportunities for University business entities, such as programs, centers, and services to the general public. Inform leadership and senior staff on legislative issues and proposals, and develop course of action to implement position. Assist in providing leadership and senior staff an assessment of the political arena and recommendation on University position. Analyze a wide range of proposed state legislation, regulation, and policies and advise on the development of University position or course of action. During the legislative session of the General Assembly, review and analyze legislation relative to its impact on University. On an ongoing basis, review and monitor proposed regulations. Provide timely information on proposed legislation and regulations to appropriate leadership, faculty and staff. Evaluate and analyze how proposed positions or action will effect or interact with other University policies and programs. Throughout session, review the changes to the legislative bills, analyze the impact to University, and take appropriate action to minimize negative impact or maximize positive impact on University. Assist in the development of University legislative newsletter to provide an overview of legislative issues and the impact on University and updates on bill status. Write articles, updates and alerts relating to legislative issues. Article/ updates provide analysis of state policies. Serve as University registered lobbyist with Maryland's executive and legislative branches. Build and maintain relationships and strengthen ties between the University institutions and the state government officials and offices. Serve as a contact between university and health system officials to assist on policy briefs, testimony, and Maryland capital grant applications. Meet with elected officials and state policy leaders to advance the legislative and regulatory priorities of University. Communicate University position to state policy makers on a wide range of issues, representing University before legislative committees and regulators. Work to influence the development of legislation, regulation and programs. Maximize University opportunities to obtain and maintain state capital and operating funds. Enhance the visibility of University by creating opportunities to expose, promote and showcase University needs and achievement to state officials, such as arranging meetings with state officials and leadership, site visits to various campuses and programs, providing faculty/staff expert testimony before legislative hearing and briefings, presenting University to trade seminars and retreats, and forwarding items of interest to officials and staff. Serve as technical and policy resource to the Maryland General Assembly. Be responsible for monitoring and attending General Assembly hearing and sessions. Serve on external policy committees and trade organization committees that assist in public policy development. Write, research, develop, and enhance materials to promote, explain and advise on specific topics and issues effecting University. Prepare decision documents, policy briefs, talking points on legislative issues for internal and external use. Write impact summaries of proposed legislation of interest to University. Research and write to develop and enhance materials necessary for action such as biographic information on elected officials, financial charts of historical data, presentation slides, etc. With other staff, write and update legislative bill summaries in access database to track proposed state legislation in order to nominator the actions taken on each.

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