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Position Title: Associate, Government Affairs
Supervisor: SVP Government Affairs
Role Type: Full-Time, salaried (40 hours work week)
Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid, with 3 days in office)
Salary Range: $75,000 - $110,000 (exclusive of bonus & 401k)
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Position Overview
Reporting to the SVP of Government Affairs, the Associate of Government Affairs will be at the very center of the CEBA’s Government Affairs team. To leverage the voice of our 400+ members, whose combined market capitalization exceeds $20T, requires world class stakeholder management.
The Government Affairs team needs to manage and leverage relationships with some of our corporate member’s Government Affairs teams, members of Congress and their staff, a significant coalition of NGO and policy think tanks, our retained lobbyists, Governors, state legislators, regulatory authorities and the administration.
This role requires excellent verbal and written communication, highly disciplined data management, the ability to think strategically while operating tactically to improve process, and the ability to manage a large stakeholder community to both schedule advocacy engagement opportunities and track engagement in pursuit of CEBA’s mission. The Government Affairs team has the responsibility to communicate technically complex policy to those with limited time. The Associate will assist senior staff in creating advocacy engagements, preparing for advocacy engagement and tracking engagement outcomes. The role includes the management and production of advocacy talking points working with CEBA’s Policy and Communications teams.
This role is hybrid and requires in office presence at least 3 days per week.
Core Responsibilities
Policy Projection
Qualifications:
To be considered for this opportunity, please provide a resume and cover letter.
Our Salary And Benefits
We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that aims to develop a world-class team by holistically supporting the individual. CEBA also offers eligibility to participate in our annual bonus/ incentive plan based on both organizational and individual performance. CEBA believes that supporting all employees to have a full life, inside and outside of work, results in a team that feels personally engaged in CEBA’s success.
Benefits We Offer You (generous Policy, Not Comprehensive)
CEBA knows that inclusiveness not only makes our organization stronger but also is foundational to our mission success because innovative solutions come from great minds who do not think alike. Our commitment to inclusiveness is embodied in company policy and the way we do business at CEBA and is an important principle of sound business management. All CEBA staff shall be committed to accepting and encouraging different perspectives. Creative solutions to tough problems are fostered by respectful challenges of one another’s thoughts and assumptions.
CEBA provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, results of genetic testing, caregiver status, and past, present or prospective service in the military in addition to any other protected categories required by state, federal or local regulations. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, discipline, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, benefits and training. All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
About The Organizations
The Clean Energy Buyers Association is a business association with a mission to activate a community of energy customers and partners to advance low-cost, reliable, carbon emissions free global energy systems. The Clean Energy Buyers Institute is an affiliated public benefit charity that advances low-cost, reliable, carbon emissions free global energy systems.
Our guiding values and tenets are: we value respect in our treatment of people and the planet; integrity in how we conduct ourselves; service to our mission, stakeholders, and colleagues; and excellence in our programs and work. The core tenets that CEBA strives to foster include: Mission oriented, grounded by strategy, a spirit of partnership inside and outside of CEBA and innovation and entrepreneurship through healthy and respectful discourse.
Position Title: Associate, Government Affairs
Supervisor: SVP Government Affairs
Role Type: Full-Time, salaried (40 hours work week)
Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid, with 3 days in office)
Salary Range: $75,000 - $110,000 (exclusive of bonus & 401k)
__________________________________________________________________________________
Position Overview
Reporting to the SVP of Government Affairs, the Associate of Government Affairs will be at the very center of the CEBA’s Government Affairs team. To leverage the voice of our 400+ members, whose combined market capitalization exceeds $20T, requires world class stakeholder management.
The Government Affairs team needs to manage and leverage relationships with some of our corporate member’s Government Affairs teams, members of Congress and their staff, a significant coalition of NGO and policy think tanks, our retained lobbyists, Governors, state legislators, regulatory authorities and the administration.
This role requires excellent verbal and written communication, highly disciplined data management, the ability to think strategically while operating tactically to improve process, and the ability to manage a large stakeholder community to both schedule advocacy engagement opportunities and track engagement in pursuit of CEBA’s mission. The Government Affairs team has the responsibility to communicate technically complex policy to those with limited time. The Associate will assist senior staff in creating advocacy engagements, preparing for advocacy engagement and tracking engagement outcomes. The role includes the management and production of advocacy talking points working with CEBA’s Policy and Communications teams.
This role is hybrid and requires in office presence at least 3 days per week.
Core Responsibilities
Policy Projection
- Working closely with the SVP, actively seek advocacy opportunities primarily with a target list of members of Congress requiring a solid understanding of Congressional process, behaviors, and norms.
- Develop advocacy talking points, policy and legislative objectives and summaries of historical engagement in perpetration for advocacy engagements.
- Understand CEBA’s Government Affairs strategy and work to maintain the scope, objectives and approach with the Policy Team, External Affairs, and the CEO’s Chief of staff.
- Build and maintain close working relationships with conservative Congressional staff, typically schedulers and legislative aids.
- Maintain an awareness of and professional contact with senior Congressional staff.
- Keep abreast of current and pending legislative issues as they relate to CEBA’s policy objectives.
- Manage Quorum application and stakeholder records for CEBA member companies as it relates to Government Affairs.
- Manage Quorum application to ensure accurate, timely and detailed records of all advocacy engagements including the topic of discussion, with whom and any intelligence gathered.
- Follow up on, or ensure that CEBA follows up on, actions coming from advocacy engagement.
- Develop, maintain and aggressively manage advocacy tasks assigned to CEBA staff using internal project management tools.
- Support budget management for an unconnected political action committee for both corporate and personal executive donations working closely with the company responsible for regulatory filing.
- Manage an accurate and up to date list of Congressional legislation, both introduced and not yet introduced, that relates to CEBA’s policy objectives in the Quorum application.
- Consolidate and report on legislative and regulatory movement to the exec on a weekly basis, and daily or hourly during certain times.
- Work closely with CEBA’s Policy team to assist in the development of policy advocacy papers and talking points.
- Summarize Quorum’s social media listening intelligence related to CEBA’s policy objectives into daily emails for the executive team.
- Prepare regular communication to the government affairs offices of CEBA membership.
- Using the Quorum application and other tools track and report engagement metrics to the exec team and prepare board reports.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years’ experience or Master’s degree plus 2.5 years of experience.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience tracking, researching and analyzing federal legislation, executive action and policy, regulatory changes, upcoming congressional hearings, bill mark-ups, speeches, political media and social media.
- Direct experience with conservative policy makers.
- Knowledge of the federal political process and demonstrable skills in producing lobby materials.
- Demonstratable data management experience with a CRM solution.
- A solid understanding of Congressional behaviors and norms and a working knowledge of regulatory agencies, Governors, state legislators, and the administration.
- Experience with climate and energy issues.
- A professional and personal commitment to CEBA’s vision and core values of respect, integrity, service, and excellence (RISE).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment balancing structure, process and urgency.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal communications including experience in creating high quality presentations.
- Experience with relationship management of large stakeholder communities.
- A strong desire to help others balanced with an ability to communicate in a direct and forceful manner when necessary.
- Independently determine efficient and effective work methods.
- A calm approach to managing multiple tasks and ability to independently prioritize.
- The ability to think strategically while acting tactically.
- Willingness to travel.
- Eligible to work in the United States.
To be considered for this opportunity, please provide a resume and cover letter.
Our Salary And Benefits
We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that aims to develop a world-class team by holistically supporting the individual. CEBA also offers eligibility to participate in our annual bonus/ incentive plan based on both organizational and individual performance. CEBA believes that supporting all employees to have a full life, inside and outside of work, results in a team that feels personally engaged in CEBA’s success.
Benefits We Offer You (generous Policy, Not Comprehensive)
- 401(k), with 5% employer match
- Highly Flexible PTO
- Quality Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, with substantial employer subsidy, including domestic partners
- Life, AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Generous Parental and Guardianship Leave
- Wellness Benefits
CEBA knows that inclusiveness not only makes our organization stronger but also is foundational to our mission success because innovative solutions come from great minds who do not think alike. Our commitment to inclusiveness is embodied in company policy and the way we do business at CEBA and is an important principle of sound business management. All CEBA staff shall be committed to accepting and encouraging different perspectives. Creative solutions to tough problems are fostered by respectful challenges of one another’s thoughts and assumptions.
CEBA provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, results of genetic testing, caregiver status, and past, present or prospective service in the military in addition to any other protected categories required by state, federal or local regulations. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, discipline, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, benefits and training. All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
About The Organizations
The Clean Energy Buyers Association is a business association with a mission to activate a community of energy customers and partners to advance low-cost, reliable, carbon emissions free global energy systems. The Clean Energy Buyers Institute is an affiliated public benefit charity that advances low-cost, reliable, carbon emissions free global energy systems.
Our guiding values and tenets are: we value respect in our treatment of people and the planet; integrity in how we conduct ourselves; service to our mission, stakeholders, and colleagues; and excellence in our programs and work. The core tenets that CEBA strives to foster include: Mission oriented, grounded by strategy, a spirit of partnership inside and outside of CEBA and innovation and entrepreneurship through healthy and respectful discourse.