Senior Vice President, Government Affairs – Public Relations

🕒 May 22

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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1942

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Healthcare Insurance • Non-profit • Social Impact

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials is a professional organization dedicated to supporting, equipping, and advocating for state and territorial health officials to enhance public health and well-being. They provide resources, training, and networking opportunities to advance public health practices, policies, and collaboration across various health disciplines and officials.

📋 Description

• Leads, directs, and manages ASTHOs government relations, public relations, and state health policy teams to advance ASTHOs mission to support, equip, and advocate for state and territorial health officials in their work of advancing the publics health and well-being • Develops and implements advocacy strategy and operational plans for advancing advocacy, state health policy, and public relations goals • Serves as ASTHO spokesperson and expert on policy and legislative issues • Works with ASTHO board of directors and the government relations committee to develop and implement an annual legislative agenda • Advances the interests of state and territorial public health department chief health officers with Congress, the administration, media, and partners • Leverages existing and develops new strategic relationships with partners that are aligned with advancing state and territorial public health priorities • Provides tools and resources for senior health officials to use during direct interactions with members of Congress, the administration, and/or governors • Serves as a member of the Executive Team • Maintains collaborative working relationships with staff and partner organizations • Leads public health coalitions on behalf of ASTHO to advance the organizations priorities such as ASTHOs affiliates

🎯 Requirements

• Masters degree in public policy/government, public health, political science, business administration, or health care administration preferred • Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience, such as Hill and/or Lobbying experience • Firm grasp of government public health system, relevant congressional committees, and administration departments and agencies • Proven experience in advancing legislative agendas across a wide spectrum of health issues • Excellent written and oral skills; ability to write about and describe complex concepts in easy-to-understand language • Interpersonal skills needed to coordinate, manage and execute multiple projects in a challenging environment • Ability to develop project measures of success, analyze progress, evaluate outcomes, and forecast needs • Ability to track and analyze related project issues and legislation at federal and state levels • Ability to work with large networks and to represent ASTHO at meetings and conferences on project-related issues • Ability to manage multiple projects and complete assigned tasks in a timely manner • Knowledge of Microsoft Office, basic knowledge of other software applications (e.g., database, desktop publishing, etc.) and HTML and/or Web page design • Ability and willingness to travel

🏖️ Benefits

• Vacation leave • Sick leave • Personal days • 12 Holidays (with some floating options for personalization) • Medical, Dental, and Vision • Retirement Plans 403B and Roth 403B, eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 11.75% • Infertility benefits • Electronic communication stipend • Life and AD&D Insurance • Short and Long-term disability insurance • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Pet Insurance • Legal Resources • Health & Wellness reimbursement • Flexible Spending accounts • Tuition Reimbursement • Professional Development assistance