Government Relations Director (4 Days Onsite- Washington, D.C.)

Core Civic•, DC

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Government Relations Director supports strategic leadership and day-to-day oversight of CoreCivic’s federal government relations activities, including legislative and federal agency outreach, stakeholder engagement, political and policy intelligence, and Political Action Committee (PAC) support. The role develops and executes federal advocacy strategies to advance company business objectives, strengthen relationships with congressional offices, federal agencies, policy organizations, and industry stakeholders, and support partnership development priorities. The Director serves as a senior liaison between CoreCivic leadership, external lobbyists and consultants, congressional stakeholders, federal partners, and internal business leaders. The role conducts and directs research, prepares executive-level briefings and communications, monitors legislative and regulatory developments, and recommends responses to emerging risks, opportunities, and engagement priorities. The position requires working onsite in Washington, D.C., four days per week, and domestic travel to facilities, political events, and other locations, estimated at 25% and sometimes on short notice.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Political Science, Public Policy, Government Affairs, Business, Communications, or another acceptable related field.
At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in government relations, federal affairs, public policy, congressional affairs, lobbying, campaign committee relations, federal agency relations, or related advocacy work.
Experience working in Washington, D.C., with congressional offices, federal agencies, campaign committees, policy organizations, lobbyists, or government affairs stakeholders.
Knowledge of the federal legislative and appropriations processes, political engagement, stakeholder management, and advocacy strategy.
Experience preparing executive-level briefings, policy analysis, legislative updates, presentations, and formal correspondence.
Strong written and verbal communication, public speaking, research, analytical, relationship-building, and project management skills.
Ability to interact effectively with senior management, elected officials, congressional staff, federal agency representatives, consultants, and internal business leaders.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Nice To Haves

Experience coordinating lobbyists, consultants, PAC activity, or government affairs compliance processes.

Responsibilities

Direct federal government relations engagement with congressional offices, Senate and House campaign committees, federal agencies, policy organizations, industry associations, and think tanks.
Develop, recommend, and execute federal advocacy strategies supporting business priorities, existing partnerships, emerging opportunities, and the company’s positions on legislative, regulatory, funding, and policy matters.
Serve as a senior liaison with federal lobbyists, consultants, and external advisors; set priorities, coordinate outreach, monitor performance, and align advocacy with company objectives.
Monitor, interpret, and assess federal legislation, appropriations, policy developments, agency actions, hearings, and political trends affecting CoreCivic and the correctional partnership industry.
Provide strategic analysis, written updates, talking points, briefings, and recommendations to Partnership Relations leadership and other senior leaders.
Prepare executive-level presentations, correspondence, legislative summaries, issue briefs, hearing summaries, research materials, and other written communications.
Help prepare company executives and Partnership Relations leaders for congressional meetings, federal agency discussions, stakeholder engagements, hearings, lobbyist meetings, and other high-level interactions.
Oversee and support PAC activities, including contribution recommendations, political engagement tracking, campaign committee outreach, compliance coordination, and alignment with government relations priorities.
Coordinate accurate and timely federal lobbyist registrations, reporting, fee submissions, and related compliance activities with internal stakeholders, lobbyists, consultants, and legal or compliance resources.
Collaborate with Public Affairs, Communications, Legal, Compliance, Operations, Partnership Development, and other internal teams to coordinate messaging and stakeholder engagement.
Travel domestically as required.