Public Affairs Advisor (1651)

Overview Of Athena

ATHENA Consulting is an award-winning staffing firm serving state and local governments. Our mission is to make lives better! We make our Clients’ Lives Easier by engaging and supporting our clients and partnering with them to be the most knowledgeable staffing partner. We make our Employees’ Lives Better by identifying and cultivating their talents and matching these talents with our customers’ needs. ATHENA places a high value on customer service, accountability and getting the job done.

Position Overview

Our client, a leading law firm with a commitment to excellence and innovation, is seeking qualified candidates for this position who will have a minimum of three to five years of experience working in federal legislative and public policy roles, with most of that time focused on health care and education policy issues. Candidates should have substantial experience managing projects in a legislative context and prior exposure to developing and executing comprehensive legislative and/or regulatory strategies for a particular client or issue.

Core Responsibilities Include

• Perform legislative and policy research, help design legislative strategy, and write compelling policy and business content to help execute a multi-pronged government affairs strategy.
• Research, draft, and edit policy documents including one-pagers, hearing memos, talking points, issue briefs, congressional testimony, legislative tracking documents, and appropriations requests.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports summarizing federal developments and funding opportunities, as well as reporting on Holland & Knight advocacy efforts and successes on legislative and regulatory issues specific to individual clients.
• Help craft and execute legislative, regulatory and political strategies to achieve federal policy goals; collaborate with and build relationships with key policymakers and other influential federal government-oriented stakeholders.
• Arrange, coordinate, and conduct client meetings with legislators and other government officials under the supervision of PP&R professionals.
• Organize fly-in events, including preparing materials, managing attendees, and coordinating event logistics.
• Assist with client team coordination, including tracking Capitol Hill outreach and preparing agendas and materials for regular client calls and communication.
• Help clients prepare for and respond to Congressional hearings, federal agency rulemaking and other federal legislative and regulatory proceedings.
• Assist in drafting litigation and/or government investigation client internal and external messaging including media statements and press releases.
  
  

Job Requirements

• 3-5 years’ experience of federal government, policy or government relations experience in health care, education , or in another significant and substantive public policy role.
• Strong and clear writing skills and the ability to understand and synthesize complex legislative and regulatory issues.
• Strong legislative and regulatory research skills, including databases such as Bloomberg Government.
• Deep understanding of legislative and federal regulatory processes.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact positively with the wide variety of personalities encountered in governmental and political environments.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Strong organizational ability.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• High proficiency in a computer network environment, especially with the Microsoft Office applications suite.
  
  

Application Process: For consideration, please submit your cover letter, resume, transcript, and writing sample. All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.

Compensation: Competitive and commensurate with experience.

Standard hours of work: Monday through Friday, 7:00AM–5:30PM. Some late nights and weekends may be required.

Must be able to lift and move up to 25 pounds at times.

Travel may be required up to 10% of the time.

The statements in this Job Posting are intended to describe the general nature and minimum level of work required.  The content should not be construed as a complete list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required to meet the criteria for this position.  Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Application for employment is not intended to and does not create a contract or offer of employment and if hired, employment with the company is on an at-will basis and could be terminated at the will of either party.

ATHENA Consulting LLC does not discriminate in hiring based on federally protected classifications to include but not limited to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status or other characteristics protected by law.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.