Government Relations Consultant VI, Local Government and Community Relations

Job Summary

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for establishing, fostering, and maintaining effective relationships with elected and appointed officials at all levels of government and strategic civic and business organizations independently and leveraging relationships when necessary; serving as a representative on local government, community, and neighborhood groups and business associations independently; developing and managing a strategic sponsorship plan to increase visibility and advance business and advocacy priorities with key stakeholders through community events, activities, and employee engagement independently;

advising senior leadership on key community issues; identifying and advising on strategic engagements and facilitating relationship building with key stakeholders independently; collaborating with senior leadership to develop approaches and solutions to key community issues; evalutating and approving positioning to local government ordinances and ballot measures as needed; providing strategic direction on external issues that may impact KP business priorities and leveraging strategic relationships to support leadership;

and facilitating the process to secure needed approvals to support capital projects (e.g., building permits) independently.

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influences, mentors, and coaches team members. Practices self-leadership; creates, evaluates, and responds to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit or team members. Leads the adaptation to competing demands and new responsibilities;
  
  adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members.
• Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying member and operational needs; translates business strategy into actionable business requirements; develops and updates new procedures and policies. Gains cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves highly complex issues; escalates and resolves issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines;
  
  coordinates, obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
• Promotes KPs interests by: fostering effective relationships with elected and appointed officials, policymakers, trade associations, and other groups; providing guidance on communicating with key external stakeholders on KP; mentoring others on influencing strategic partners to take positions consistent with KP; and facilitating others to be effective liaisons and representatives of KP.
• Partners with internal stakeholders on government relations by: coordinating with key internal stakeholders and senior leadership on developments in legislation, regulations, legal proposals, public policy, key personnel changes, national/state/local issues; integrating approaches and solutions to key issues; guiding planning efforts and response to proposed legislation, regulations, legal proposals, public policy, national/state/local issues; and managing recommendations and ensuring communication of positioning to internal audiences.