Director, Strategic Partnerships and Government Relations

Job Posting Title

Director, Strategic Partnerships and Government Relations

Regular

06-02-2026

Yes

Open Until Filled

Aloha mai! Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools. If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana!

This roleleads

Ke Kulao Kamehameha (KS) policy and partnership strategies to advance Pauahi’s missionandthe organization’skeypriorities. This leader builds high-impact alliances, leads advocacy efforts, and shapes government relations to influence systems change and collective impactto strengthen Hawaiian self-determination.

Working closely with internal teams, such as the Government Relations Committee (GRC),and external partners, the Director ensures alignment between messaging, policy, and enterprise initiatives.

This leader ensures that Kamehameha is well positioned in key decision-making, community, and economic arenas—creating the conditions for culture-based educational excellence, vibrantaina, thrivingkaiaulu, and sustainable financial outcomes—all in service to theeaof thelahuiand the well-being of Hawaii as a whole.

• Translate KS strategic priorities from senior leaders and the Government Relations Committee (GRC) into a unified strategy for partnerships, advocacy, and government relations.
• Lead and partner with other KS divisions to plan and align external initiatives and enterprise priorities, ensuring unified messaging and advocacy efforts lead to collective impact.
• Incorporate communityinsight, policy trends, and market realities into decision-making.

• Lead government engagement for KSat federal, state, and county levels, implementingGRC’spriorities and advocacy strategiesthroughtactical plans.
• Prepare policy analyses, recommendations, and briefing materials for GRC and executive leadership;facilitate alignment on positions and priorities.
• Build andmaintaintrusted relationships with public officials to advance policies supporting Native Hawaiian education,ainastewardship, housing, and sustainable development.
• Oversee contracted lobbyists and advocacy partners for effectiveness andinalignment with KS valuesand identity, such as EOla!.

• Design and steward partnerships and solutions that reflect KS values and advance priorities in education, ainastewardship,kaiaulu-building, and financial sustainability.
• Convene and co-create advocacy, investment, and grant strategies with Native Hawaiian organizations, government, philanthropy, and business leaders.
• Cultivate relationships that enhance mutual accountabilityandKSinfluence across cultural, community, and economic arenas.
• Ensure KS is viewed as acredible,principled, culturally grounded, and dependable partner whose approaches are expressed through E Ola!

• Supportainainitiatives by cultivating partnerships and advocacy pathways that enable culturally grounded, income-generating projects.
• Promote policy environments and model developments that integrate cultural integrity, environmental stewardship, and economic success.

• ModelKS values and identity throughleadershipthat advancesea, connecting people and systems toward collective renewal.
• Inspire and develop high-performingteamsthroughcollaboration,trust, foresight, and accountability.
• Build cultural and professional capacity of teams by promoting strategic thinking, transparency, and accountability
• Develop and track performance measures for…