Government Affairs and Advocacy Lead - Venice Family Clinic

Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need regardless of their ability to pay or personal circumstances. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity and respect across the Westside of Los Angeles, Inglewood, the South Bay and everywhere in between. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers and mobile clinics plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org.

Utilize your expertise and take on a key role with Venice Family Clinic as a Government Affairs and Advocacy Lead. With guidance and direction from the Director of Communications, this lead role will help advance the organization's public policy and advocacy priorities through government relations, stakeholder engagement, coalition building, and strategic communications.
Key Duties Include:
- Develops and implements advocacy programs, campaigns, events and outreach initiatives designed to inform, engage and influence key audiences on organizational priorities.
- Cultivates relationships with local, state and federal policymakers, government affairs professionals, organizational leadership, advocacy groups, trade associations, patients, staff, community stakeholders and the public.
- Works collaboratively across internal and external partners to support policy initiatives, promotes organizational objectives, and strengthens the organization's visibility and impact through effective advocacy, engagement and communications strategies.
- Monitors local, state, and federal actions that will affect Venice Family Clinic, its patients and/or its services and programs.
- Manages activities, deliverables, and budget for civic engagement grants.
- Manages, mentors, and supervises interns and volunteers engaged in advocacy-related activities.
- Prepares reports for leadership, the board of directors and other stakeholders.

Salary offers are determined based on various factors including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, and equity. The full salary range for this position is $88,900.00 - $190,300.00 Annual. The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is approximately $88,900.00 - $98,000.00 Annual.
Note this position has a fixed hybrid schedule that requires 2-days per week on-site.

Required:

- Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent experience/training
- Minimum 5 years of related experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with policy and/or advocacy work at a local, state and/or federal level.
- Fluency in both English and Spanish.
- Thorough knowledge of how to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external constituencies.
- Knowledge of health care needs of low-income, uninsured, and homeless populations in Los Angeles County and/or California.
- Commitment to health equity and social justice.
- Sound research and critical thinking skills, as well as judgment to identify problems and propose effective solutions.
- Strong skills in written and verbal communications, active listening, and public speaking.
- Skill in project management and ability to handle a heavy workload with constantly changing demands and priorities.
- Ability to travel for work.

Experience related to community health centers and/or social services is preferred.

As a condition of employment , the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.