Government Relations Associate
- Employer
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Closing date
- Jan 26, 2021
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- Industry
- Government and Public Services
- Function
- Accountant, IT
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
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Government Relations Associate As the Government Relations Associate for the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), you will report to the Vice President, Government Relations, monitor legislative and regulatory activities, and communicate with a variety of audiences to ensure that we have a proactive voice in driving federal and state advocacy initiatives. Your efforts will ensure that patients have every opportunity to receive quality cardiovascular care, addressing one of the most important health issues in America. You will analyze and influence policy proposals (primarily at the federal level with some occasional focus on state-level matters) to execute our policy agenda. You will work with the government relations department as it relates to tracking, analysis, and drafting of comments, providing recommendations on responses to key issues, and implementing the operational work of our grassroots and PAC activities. You will support federal advocacy and key initiatives, including Federal Election Commission filings, advocacy publications, and social media accounts. You will help develop agendas and activities for our Government Relations Committee, as well as workgroups and task forces for specific issues. You will participate in strategic coalitions with patient groups, partner organizations, physicians, and industry partners to advocate for the interests of our members and the patients they serve. You will work on reimbursement and other issues that are of vital importance to our members. We represent more than 5,200 members across 75 countries. Interventional cardiology is a tremendously interesting, important, and constantly changing field where you will be working with world premiere experts. We transform life-saving innovation into life-saving action by providing cutting-edge, high-quality education for interventionalists and their teams. Our mission is to lead the global interventional cardiovascular community through education, advocacy, research, and quality patient care. Responsibilities Issue Tracking, Analysis, and Engagement Monitor and report on legislative and regulatory activity impacting SCAI. Track state policy issues. Regularly brief the Government Affairs team on developments related to key legislation. Conduct policy research and provide recommendations for how issues and proposals can be used in developing advocacy materials. Produce written analyses and reference tools to support advocacy. Analyze and provide written comments on existing laws and regulations to support advocacy strategy, response, and messaging. Identify and create tactical opportunities to proactively engage and shape policy development on key SCAI priorities. Create written resources such as talking points, issue briefs, member communications, and key contact identification processes that activate physician members at the grassroots level. Coordinate the finalization of the agenda, logistics, and background materials for fly-ins as well as meetings and programs to include PAC events, meetings with physician affiliates, and educational sessions. Maintain expertise regarding the use of technology applications for communications and data management, including but not limited to survey software (Qualtrics) for data collection and member surveys; travel and expense management software (Concur); content management system (CMS) for web pages; electronic communications technologies (ClickDimensions); VoterVoice for grassroots campaigns; Zoom software; other distance meeting software applications used for staff meetings and webinars; other software applications used for accreditation interface. Government Relations Program Support Support the Vice President, Government Relations in the execution of annual fly-ins and "Doctor Visit" programs. Execute the communications and marketing plan for events developed by the government affairs specialists and the SCAI Communications team. Update the invitation process, registration management, member engagement, and meeting attendee tracking. Execute pre-and post-meeting attendee communications about meeting logistics and agendas. Political Action Committee Support the PAC board of directors when requested. Maintain the PAC political candidate assessment materials. Prepare and disseminate committee minutes. Assist with political fundraising and Federal Election Commission filings. Generate solicitation materials for use in fundraising campaigns. Track and report on PAC events involving SCAI staff or members. Support the execution of the SCAI PAC Member Benefits Program as needed. Government Relations Committee Support the staff and leadership of the SCAI Government Relations Committee. Provide project-based support and management to staff and leadership on committee-led projects and initiatives as specified. External Relations Work with the Vice President, Government Relations to staff the SCAI AMA delegation. PandoLogic. Keywords: Government Relations Coordinator, Location: Washington, DC - 20036
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