Government & Community Affairs Analyst
About The Position
The Government & Community Affairs Analyst is the operational center of the GCR function. This role serves as the primary intake point for emerging issues across the resort portfolio, maintains the systems and intelligence that enable the team to act quickly and accurately, and provides essential coordination and reporting support across the enterprise. Sitting within the central GCR team and reporting to the Senior Director, Government and Community Relations, the Analyst is uniquely positioned at the intersection of legislative monitoring, stakeholder intelligence, issue escalation, and community engagement coordination. This role interacts daily with resort GMs, HQ leadership, and cross-functional partners including Communications, Legal, Sustainability, Epic Promise, and Planning & Development. This is an ideal opportunity for a driven, detail-oriented professional early in their government affairs, public policy, or community relations career who wants broad exposure to a complex, multi-jurisdictional stakeholder environment — and the chance to grow within a respected enterprise public affairs function. The successful candidate may work a non-traditional work schedule, including early morning and evening hours to accommodate local government meeting monitoring responsibilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Public Policy, Communications, Public Administration, Journalism, or a closely related field
- 2–4 years of experience in government affairs, community relations, public affairs, public policy, legislative affairs, or a closely adjacent function
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise briefings and reports for senior leadership audiences
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritize competing deadlines, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); working familiarity with CRM platforms, project management tools, or issue-tracking systems
- Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive political, regulatory, and community-facing information with discretion and professionalism
- Willingness to travel to the company’s various resorts, including some overnight travel
- Must have a passion for the resort communities in which we operate and the company mission of providing the “experience of a lifetime”
Nice To Haves
- Understanding of federal, state, and local government processes, including city/county council procedures, planning commissions, and regulatory permitting
- Understanding of the unique issues facing rural and mountain communities, including workforce and economic development, affordable housing, transit, seasonal economies, and other long-range community planning issues
Responsibilities
- Monitor, track, and triage emerging issues, risks, and stakeholder concerns.
- Maintain issue tracking systems, status updates, and reporting.
- Support cross-functional coordination and leadership briefings on priority matters.
- Monitor legislative, regulatory, policy, and external developments affecting the organization.
- Track government and community activities across key markets.
- Synthesize developments into actionable insights and recommendations.
- Monitor stakeholder sentiment and emerging community issues.
- Conduct stakeholder research and maintain relationship databases, contact records, and engagement histories.
- Support stakeholder mapping and engagement planning.
- Prepare dashboards, reports, briefing materials, talking points, and meeting preparation documents.
- Maintain tracking tools and support leadership reporting and decision-making.
- Assist in developing and maintaining playbooks, guidance documents, and internal resources.
- Support training, onboarding, and continuous improvement of processes and tools.
- Coordinate logistics, outreach, scheduling, and follow-up for stakeholder meetings and events.
- Support collaboration with internal teams and external partners to execute engagement activities.
Benefits
- Ski/Mountain Perks! Free passes for employees, employee discounted lift tickets for friends and family AND free ski lessons
- MORE employee discounts on lodging, food, gear, and mountain shuttles
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Excellent training and professional development
- Health Insurance; Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance plans (for eligible seasonal employees after working 500 hours)
- Free ski passes for dependents
- Critical Illness and Accident plans
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
