Manager, Policy Initiatives

Leadingage Inc • Washington, DC

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position requires weekly in-office work (3 days) in our Washington D.C. office under a hybrid working model.

The Manager, Policy Initiatives, coordinates and manages policy projects, and works with the SVP, Policy & Advocacy, to carry out strategies specific to a new state model policy project, to coordinate member policy advocacy, and to support engagement with external partners. The individual has excellent organizing and communication skills and understands state and federal policy arenas as they pertain to aging services. The Manager works closely with LeadingAge’s other policy staff, state partners, and other organizations and coalitions concerned with issues affecting aging services.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Understanding of federal congressional processes required.
• Understanding of state policy development methods.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint).
• Ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Must demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and possess demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively while maintaining changing priorities.
• Models LeadingAge core values of community, catalyst, courage and stewardship and is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive community where all can meaningfully contribute and thrive.
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and five years’ experience required; federal immigration policy as it relates to the workforce required; knowledge of the aging services field preferred.
• Minimum skills, including technical skills, required: knowledge of congressional legislative process; understanding of the impact of legislation on immigration workforce policies; excellent oral and written communications skills, including personal relationship skills with internal and outside audiences.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand.
• Ability to learn/translate/refer to large amounts of technical material and produce extensive written communications.
• Ability to travel to external meetings both locally and nationally, including periodic overnight travel.
• Normal work requires frequent use telephone and computer (monitor, keyboard, mouse).
• Ability to be move about at Annual Meeting; Leadership Summit Conference; and other meetings and events.
• May be required to move about frequently in the office to access file cabinets, office equipment, attend meetings, etc.
• May require standing/sitting for prolonged periods of time during meetings and conferences.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of the aging services field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and coordinate a state model policy design project, including establishing a working group of state partners, identifying state partner priorities for model policy work, forming a State Policy Affairs Working Group, choosing initial state model policies to develop, identifying and coordinating subject matter experts, coordinating development of state model policies and rolling out to states.
• Create a state policy and policy tools clearing house.
• Coordinate LeadingAge’s annual Lobby Day and support other grassroots advocacy activity.
• Support LeadingAge’s role as the periodic lead organizer of the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, including through developing and sending a regular newsletter, managing sign on letters, and coordinating committees and other work of the Council.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned, consistent with responsibilities reasonably within the scope of the job classification.

Benefits

• Unlimited Vacation after successful completion of the introductory period; 15 hours of Volunteer Time; 22.5 hours of Personal Time
• Accrue 12 days of sick leave per year, to maximum of 60 days or 450 hours.
• The full health & wellness benefits package includes medical, dental, short- and long-term disability and life insurance with generous employer contributions to medical, dental and vision premiums.
• Employer paid short- and long-term disability life & AD&D and long-term care.
• Employer contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 11-paid federal holidays
• Opportunity to join our 403(b) savings & retirement plan upon hire by making voluntary contributions. After you have successfully completed one year of service, LeadingAge will match up to 3% of your own per pay period contribution. And LeadingAge will contribute an additional 4% of your semi-monthly gross salary each pay period as a basic employer contribution.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager