Responsibilities

• Public Affairs and Advocacy
• Lead Hennepin Healthcare’s public affairs and advocacy engagement strategy in alignment with organizational government relations and public policy priorities
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with advocacy organizations, community leaders, coalition partners, and other internal and external stakeholders
• Lead enterprise-wide advocacy education, engagement, and mobilization efforts, including training, action alerts, legislative updates, and other opportunities to engage employees, physicians, residents, and leaders
• Represent Hennepin Healthcare in external stakeholder meetings and forums and serve as a senior organizational representative on public affairs and advocacy matters
• Prepare executives, physicians, clinical leaders, and subject matter experts for legislative meetings, hearings, testimony, advocacy events, and other external engagements
• Identify emerging political, policy, and community issues and advise the Chief, Government Relations and executive leadership on opportunities, risks, and appropriate strategies.
• Public Policy and Government Relations
• Monitor legislative, regulatory, and political developments and provide analysis and briefing materials to inform government relations strategy and executive decision-making
• Support development and implementation of Hennepin Healthcare’s Public Policy Priorities with the Hennepin County Intergovernmental Relations team and coordinate cross-functional input on legislative and regulatory issues

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Social Work, Law or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience
• -OR-
• An approved equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred

• Experience navigating the Minnesota Capitol system, with knowledge of the players and dynamics
• Understanding of health care system and health policy landscape
• Experience developing testimony, policy briefs, and executive-level advocacy materials
• Comfort and skill in public speaking
• Strong writing proficiency, ability to seamlessly blend evidence, policy analysis catered to different audiences
• Ability to organize and synthesize large amounts of complex information into accessible, engaging language, and visuals
• Experience in analyzing and responding to federal and state regulatory and legislative proposals

Benefits

• We offer a competitive pay rate based on your skills, licensure/certifications, education, experience related to this position, and internal equity.
• We provide an extensive benefits program that includes Medical; Dental; Vision; Life, Short and Long-term Term Disability Insurance; Retirement Funds; Paid Time Off; and Tuition reimbursement.