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+ **Department: Policy & Advocacy**

+ **Schedule: 8-5**

+ **Location: Washington DC (Hybrid remote)**

+ **Salary:** $261,600 - $359,700 per year

+ Eligible for an annual bonus incentive

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

_Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer._

Responsibilities

Shape, integrate, and execute the organization’s federal and state legislative and regulatory agenda. Play a central role in aligning advocacy strategy with the organization’s business, clinical, financial, and operational objectives.

+ Develop and implement an agile annual and multi-year public policy agenda aligned with the mission, strategic plan, and enterprise business, clinical, financial, and operational priorities. Serve as the lead advisor to the Executive Leadership Team.

+ Lead the organization’s rapid-response policy assessment and crisis-management activities in collaboration with the communications, legal, clinical, and operations teams. Ensure policy positions directly support the strategic plan, long-term sustainability, and commitment to delivering compassionate, person-centered care.

+ Oversee and elevate the organization’s public comments, testimony, policy reports, and briefing materials for federal and state legislative and regulatory bodies.

+ Lead federal and state lobbying and advocacy efforts, serving as a primary representative to Members of Congress, Governors, state agencies, and federal executive branch officials.

+ Mentor, lead and develop a high-performing team of government affairs and policy professionals. Foster collaboration, accountability, and mission alignment.

+ Integrate advocacy strategy with enterprise strategy by collaborating closely with internal partners across Mission Integration, Communications, Legal, Clinical Leadership, Finance, Operations, and Strategy. Oversee the departmental budget.

Requirements

Education:

+ Bachelor's degree with 10 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 5 ofthose years being in leadership/management.

Additional Preferences

No additional preferences.

Why Join Our Team

Ascension associates are key to our commitment of transforming healthcare and providing care to all, especially those most in need. Join us and help us drive impact through reimagining how we can deliver a people-centered healthcare experience and creating the solutions to do it. Explore career opportunities across our ministry locations and within our corporate headquarters.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf) poster.

As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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