Head of Public Affairs and Industry Outreach, SVP

Job Description:

Purpose:

Responsible for working with the CEO, the Leadership Team, and the Board of Directors, on developing, managing, and executing public affairs strategies that achieve business, operating, regulatory, and community goals. Lead engagement with government relations staff, including outside consultants, across all levels of government, civic, trade and industry associations, as well as with civic leaders, other Federal Home Loan Banks and the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks.

Success will result in effective advocacy and implementation and execution of priorities that support, promote and protect the Bank and the FHLBank System’s mission and business. These efforts are intended to broaden and strengthen support for the Bank and the FHLBank System and build goodwill. Reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

Major Accountabilities:

• Strategy:
  Principally responsible for the development and execution of strategies to inform and influence public policy at the federal, state, and local levels on issues and in areas of interest to the Bank, including legislative and regulatory matters.
• Engagement:
  Serve as primary liaison with federal, state, and local policymakers in the legislative and administrative branches. Establish relationships with key federal, state, and local officials and business and housing leaders whose policies and recommendations may relate to or impact the Bank, or who can assist in promoting regulation and legislation in support of the Bank’s mission and business. Proactively conduct outreach to these policymakers to educate them about the Bank and seek support of Bank’s policy priorities and positions.
  
  Focus on the states in the Bank’s district of California, Nevada, and Arizona, and transparently engage with the other Federal Home Loan Banks and the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks regarding national strategies.
• Policy Positions:
  Develop recommendations for the Bank’s positions on legislative, regulatory, and policy issues affecting the Bank and its business lines, and provide critical insights as to likelihood and possible timing of enactment. Identify state, local, and trade association issues relevant to the Bank’s mission and business, and develop proposed positions.
• System Partnership:
  Prioritize work with the Council and its engagement with FHLBank System’s Government Relations teams to further the objectives of the Council and support the FHLBank System.
• Budget and staff management:
  Manage the internal staff and external consultants, and prepare and manage the budget for the public affairs team, in full compliance with the Bank’s administrative requirements and with the highly ethical standards expected of a regulated financial institution with an important public mission. Manage budget for outside lobbyists in support of the Bank’s public policy agenda.
• Relationships:
  Proven ability to build highly trusting, collaborative and transparent relationships with key stakeholders across legislative ecosystem, FHLB System peers and Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, as well as internally at the Bank. Understand criticality of operating as part of a broad team, and the value of leveraging trusted partnerships based upon transparency to advance the agenda of the system with key legislative partners.
• Communications:
  In partnership with the head of Marketing and External Communications, develop communication plans that provide relevant Bank policy positions to various external stakeholder groups, including think tanks, government policymakers, policy opinion leaders, trade media, and others. Directly or through engagement with internal communications and business leads and external consultants, develop written materials, including one-pagers, opinion pieces, and articles, on current issues to use in educating and informing relevant stakeholders, including regulators and legislators.
• Board:
  Manage the preparation of materials relating to legislative or public affairs for the Board of Directors and Committees of the Board, and engage with the Board as directed.
• Spokesperson:
  Serve as spokesperson at Congressional, state, and local events and with community…