Vice President, Government Relations

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NJHA - Princeton, NJ 08540, Position Type:
Full Time, Salary Range: $ - $ Salary/year

The New Jersey Hospital Association is a not-for-profit trade organization committed to delivering support and services to the state’s hospitals, health systems and other healthcare providers. We share a collective goal of providing quality, affordable and accessible healthcare to the people of the Garden State.

The Vice President, Government Relations is a senior member of NJHA’s Government Relations team responsible for building and sustaining NJHA’s relationships with the New Jersey Legislature, advancing the association’s legislative and regulatory priorities, and cultivating and preserving engagement with New Jersey’s congressional delegation. Reporting to the Chief Government Relations Officer, the Vice President serves as a primary NJHA presence in Trenton, develops advocacy strategies, represents NJHA with policymakers and stakeholders, and coordinates complex work across NJHA and its membership.

The Vice President works closely with NJHA’s policy and subject matter experts, who lead substantive policy development; the focus of this role is relationships, advocacy, and execution.

• Build, maintain, and leverage strong, trusted relationships with legislators, legislative leadership, legislative staff, and the Governor’s office, serving as a point of contact in Trenton.
• Independently manage assigned state legislative and regulatory matters from identification through analysis, strategy, advocacy and resolution.
• Monitor legislation, regulations, and executive actions to assess their potential significance to NJHA and its members.
• Develop advocacy strategies and recommendations in consultation with the Chief Government Relations Officer, other Government Relations team members, NJHA subject matter experts and members.
• Develop, draft and negotiate legislative language, amendments and other solutions designed to advance NJHA priorities or address member concerns, working with NJHA subject matter and policy experts on drafting.
• Draft and coordinate testimony, legislative correspondence, regulatory comments, briefing materials and other advocacy communications.
• Represent NJHA in legislative committee hearings, stakeholder meetings, and meetings with policymakers, the Governor’s Office, state departments and agencies.
• Track sponsor, committee, and leadership dynamics and provide NJHA leadership with timely political intelligence on legislative developments.
• Monitor proposed rules, rule adoptions, and agency guidance from the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Labor, the Department of Banking and Insurance, and other state agencies, and assess their significance for members.
• Draft and coordinate NJHA regulatory comment letters, gathering member input and working with NJHA subject matter experts to ensure accuracy.
• Build working relationships with agency staff to advance NJHA positions before rules are proposed and during implementation.
• Work collaboratively with Government Relations to ensure matters are effectively tracked, analyzed, advanced and completed.

• Analyze complex health policy issues and assess their implications for NJHA leadership.
• Collaborate with NJHA subject matter and policy experts and develop advocacy recommendations for the Chief Government Relations Officer and NJHA leadership.
• Produce high-quality written work for policymaker and member audiences, including memoranda, testimony, comment letters, legislative correspondence, talking points, briefing materials, and member communications.
• Exercise sound…