Director of Government Relations

Our Vision

A world where no resource is wasted.

To ensure that no resource goes to waste by empowering people to redeem every container easily, efficiently, and effectively.

We are loyal, resilient, trustworthy, creative, competent, and engaged.

The Director of Government Relations advances the organization’s government affairs strategy and advocacy efforts with elected officials, public agencies, regulators, and policy stakeholders in close coordination with the Vice President of Strategy and Outreach. This role is responsible for advancing the organization’s policy priorities, strengthening OBRC’s reputation as a trusted partner and steward of Oregon’s Bottle Bill, and ensuring leadership is informed and prepared on legislative, regulatory, and public policy matters that affect the organization and its mission.

• Advance a proactive government relations strategy developed in collaboration with and guided by the Vice President of Strategy and Outreach, aligned with organizational priorities, strategic goals, and emerging public policy issues.
• Monitor, analyze, and summarize legislative, regulatory, administrative, and budget developments that may affect the organization.
• Represent the organization before state elected officials, state agencies, committees, coalitions, and other public policy forums in coordination with the Vice President of Strategy and Outreach.
• Build and maintain strong, bipartisan relationships with policymakers, agency staff, legislative staff, public officials, and external partners, with guidance and counsel from the Vice President of Strategy and Outreach
• Pursue, cultivate, and strengthen local government relationships, including city, county, regional, and municipal partners, in close partnership with the Director of Community Relations and Strategic Engagement to advance shared priorities, coordinate local relationship-building, and identify opportunities for collaboration.
• Coordinate with the Vice President of Strategy and Outreach on policymaker outreach, including tag-teaming travel and in-person meetings to strengthen relationships, reinforce shared messages, and ensure appropriate executive presence.
• Draft and coordinate testimony, policy briefs, talking points, letters, budget requests, public comments, and other advocacy materials with counsel and guidance from the Vice President of Strategy and Outreach.
• Prepare executive leadership, board members, and subject matter experts for meetings, hearings, testimony, public appearances, and stakeholder engagements in coordination with the Vice President of Strategy and Outreach.
• Identify policy opportunities, legislative champions and coalition strategies that support the organization’s mission and long-term objectives.
• Collaborate with the contract lobbying team to execute the legislative strategy, coordinate advocacy activity, align messaging, and ensure timely follow-through on legislative priorities.
• Lead Bottle Bill coalition meetings in partnership with the contract lobbying team, ensuring coalition members are informed, aligned, and prepared to support the legislative strategy.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure government relations activities are accurate, consistent, legally compliant, and aligned with communications, operations, legal, and executive priorities.
• Manage relationships with consultants, lobbyists, coalitions, and advocacy partners as assigned.
• Track, document, and report government relations activity, relationship development, policy risks, and advocacy outcomes to leadership, including preparing board presentation materials for the Vice President of Strategy and Outreach to share.

• Bachelor’s degree in public policy or a similar field of study.
• Minimum of 5 years of high-level leadership experience in public policy, lobbying, government relations, communications, public relations, or community relations.
• Knowledge of, and relationships with, the Oregon Legislature, local elected officials, lobbying and advocacy organizations and their representatives.

• Strategic policy analysis and…