Vice President Advocacy and Public Policy
Vice President Advocacy and Public Policy
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$ 171000 - 197000
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Job Description
The American Lung Association has an excellent opportunity for a Vice President Advocacy and Public Policy. Working as a member of the Advocacy and Public Policy department you will join an outstanding group of professionals dedicated to our mission: to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through research education and advocacy.
The Vice President Public Policy serves as the American Lung Associations lead advocacy strategist on federal issues and directs the nationwide advocacy and public policy team to achieve public policy priorities and at the local state and national levels. A registered lobbyist the Vice President establishes and maintains effective relationships with the White House Congress Federal Agencies and serves as a media spokesperson. The Vice President ensures strategic alignment on policy objectives promotes health equity and leads collaboration with external partners coalitions corporations and other stakeholders. The Vice President staffs volunteer committees raises funds to support advocacy work and effectively manages budgets and leads a team of 65.
Location:The position is located at the American Lung Associations Washington D.C. office and will be a hybrid of inperson and virtual work.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the American Lung Associations lead strategist on federal legislative and regulatory issues
- Oversee the nationwide advocacy and public policy team of 65 staff to ensure strategic alignment with on all advocacy matters.
- Direct state and local legislative and regulatory strategy to achieve public policy priorities
- Serve as key organizational representative and build effective relationships with national elected decision makers and their staff agency officials external partners coalitions corporations and other key audiences.
- Promote diversity equity and inclusion into all of the American Lung Association policy strategies and partnerships. Prioritize environmental justice and health equity in all advocacy work.
- Serve as key media spokesperson on policy issues
- Provide advice and counsel to CEO Chief Mission Officer and volunteer leadership on advocacy and public policy issues.
- Support the development of the Nationwide Public Policy Agenda and Public Policy Positions which include input review and approval by the Public Policy Committee and Board of Directors.
- Develop and implement advocacy strategies to support Public Policy Agenda on tobacco control asthma COPD lung cancer TB climate change and healthy air access to healthcare research and appropriations and nonprofit issues.
- Serve as a registered lobbyist and supervise all contacts with Congress and federal agencies including testimony and formal comments.
- Oversee the development and production of policy reports including State of the Air and State of Tobacco Control.
- Support the strategic plan and ensure the Advocacy and Public Policy Teams work is aligned with the adopted plan.
- Establish and build relationships with foundations corporations partners and funders including revenue generation to support policy work.
- Supervise coordination and collaboration of cross divisional activities
- Ensure coordination and engagement of patients storytellers volunteers and e advocates in policy advocacy.
- Provide oversight for budget development implementation and administration to ensure actions follow organizational policy and expenditures are within budget parameters.
- Effectively manage all administrative functions including supervising the management of the Washington Office.
Qualifications:
- B.A. or B.S. degree masters degree preferred and 15 years experience in public policy in the nonprofit sector or government.
- Must have seven to 10 years experience in association management preferably nonprofit association management Congressional office or executive branch
- Expertise in public health tobacco control clean air and climate change health policy or lung health preferred
- Demonstrated problem solving strategic thinking and analytical skills good judgment political astuteness and tact. Solid experience in recruiting managing mentoring and developing teams including remote employees
- Demonstrated experience working with both federal and state legislative and regulatory procedures.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated competence in appropriate computer software and data management tools.
- Consistent with its mission the American Lung Association maintains a smokefree workplace; all employees must abstain from tobacco use in any form including vaping.
Compensation: Exact compensation may vary based on skills experience and location. The target hiring range for this position is between $171000 and $197000 per annum.
Benefits: The Lung Association offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Paid Leave 10 vacation days in the first year 15 days thereafter) 2 personal days and 15 sick days per year as well as 12 companypaid holidays per year. We also offer Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees.
- Insurance Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in our medical dental and vision plans as well as voluntary plans for critical illness accident hospital indemnity shortterm disability and supplemental life/AD&D insurance. Employees will be enrolled in companypaid life/AD&D and longterm disability Insurance coverage.
- Retirement Plan Eligible employees can participate in our 401(k) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan which offers matching employer contributions (up to 4 and yearend discretionary nonelective contributions.
Questions For more details about this role please reach out to .
Equal Employment Opportunity
The American Lung Association is committed to employ in its best judgment the most suitable candidates for approved positions while engaging in recruitment and selection practices that are in compliance with all applicable employment laws. We are an equal opportunity employer: women minorities veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Policy Statement
It is the policy of the American Lung Association to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to their race color sex sexual orientation age marital status religion national origin alienage or citizenship status genetic predisposition or carrier status or physical and/or mental disabilities veteran status or any other status protected by law. The American Lung Association will take affirmative action to employ advance in employment and otherwise treat all individuals in the foregoing categories without discrimination in all employment practices. This policy applies in all Human Resources actions including recruitment selection evaluation promotion compensation and training.
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
