Senior Policy Advisor; Remote from

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As our new Senior Policy Advisor, you will serve as OIT’s subject matter expert on Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests. You coordinate all CORA requests for OIT through every step of the process, which includes legal analysis, document retrieval, and timely response to official requests. When applicable, you will coordinate with OIT Executives, teams, and leaders, the Governor's Office, and the Attorney General’s Office.

Your work will ensure OIT is in full compliance with CORA and all other laws and regulations.

In addition, you will collaborate with the team in preparing to engage legislators regarding OIT legislation and budget proposals. You will be responsible for improving the communication of complex IT programs administered by OIT, and all related policies and changes between OIT, legislators, and other key stakeholders. These responsibilities include but are not limited to: creating legislative and budget proposals; IT project proposals;

and designing, developing and distributing executive level communication materials such as legislative committee presentations, budget request fact sheets, and other formal communications.

Some of the day to day opportunities include the following:

Acting as the internal resource for CORA compliance, formulating approaches and plans to address identified issues, and briefing management on concerns and issues by providing information required for decision-making.

Communicating with representatives of various community/business groups, the public, and/or other stakeholders regarding open records requests.

Developing strategies to ensure compliance to regulations and requirements for the statutory requirements of the Colorado Open Records Act, monitoring and assessing compliance, and making recommendations for improvements.

Assist OIT Executive Staff, Government Affairs team, Legislative Liaison and staff in legislation and policy efforts such as preparing to engage legislators, OIT-related legislation and budget proposals, and assisting with coordination, creation and submission of required legislative reports.

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.