LogistiCare seeks a Public Affairs Coordinator for our Corporate office located in College Park, GA.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Primary responsibility for the development and management of a web based legislative and regulatory tracking system
- Provide research and analysis of public policy, legislative and regulatory issues in the social services and healthcare arena
- Produce value added products such as reports, graphic illustrations, power point presentations, position papers and surveys relevant to public policy issues
- Develop and implement a distribution system of relevant products to senior management and operations staff.
- Continuously monitor key information sources such as federal and state agencies and identify public policy issues to be addressed in the legislative and regulatory agenda
- Maintain the corporate campaign contribution process, including distribution and data base management
- Maintain a process to ensure compliance with all required state and federal ethics and campaign laws
- Build and maintain a grass roots database of public officials and corporate employees
- Liaison with national political organizations
LogistiCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree required or education/ experience equivalency
Experience:
- Experience in working with lobbyists and grassroots politics
- Three to five years of corporate state government affairs or state government experience with thorough understanding of the legislative and advocacy process
Skills:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- High degree of teamwork, organizational and project management skills
- Ability to juggle multiple responsibilities with high quality execution and performance
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft operating programs - Word, Outlook, Excel Publisher and PowerPoint
- Experience working with web based nationally oriented legislative and regulatory tracking systems
Environmental and Working Conditions:
- Approximately 85% of work time is conducted in an office setting and approximately 15% of work time requires travel
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Ability to prioritize / crisis management
- Demonstrated ability in: decision-making: selecting the most appropriate course of action in a given situation
- Interpersonal skills: establishing personal and professional relationships among diverse internal and external publics
- Establish and maintain collaborative partnership alliances across broad range of professionals
- Maintain a high energy level: comfortable performing multi-faceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities
Job Apply URL: http://track.tmpservice.com/ApplyClick.aspx?id=853421-2376-7253
SOURCE: PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL 01/13/10
