Manager, State Technical Assistance, Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Government Performance Portfolio within Program Pew's Government Performance team provides the nonpartisan research, solutions, and momentum decision makers need to ensure our institutions improve the health of people in the United States and enable them to successfully climb the economic ladder.

Those goals are pursued through a wide range of the portfolio's policy-focused projects (with explorations into new areas underway)-from ensuring states' finances are prepared for future volatility, to unlocking gateways to mental health care, to addressing the nation's lack of attainable housing.

Pew's Government Performance team is successful when we:

• Foresee systemic challenges that could be avoided, mitigated, or resolved before they become insurmountable or politically toxic.
• Fill information gaps with data, research, and proven models.
• Hold leaders of institutions accountable to ensure they anticipate future challenges and operate efficiently.
• Minimize missed opportunities when people intersect with our nation's institutions.

We hope policymakers, funding partners, and other stakeholders celebrate when Pew's Government Performance team enters a new policy space, launches a new effort, or expands an existing project because they recognize we help:

• Elevate the public profile of a problem
• Demonstrate that success is possible
• Bring cohesion to siloed fields
• Create momentum for broader and lasting change

The substance use prevention and treatment initiative works to develop and support policies that increase initiation of medications for opioid use disorder.

The project provides direct, in-depth technical assistance by invitation of states interested in improving access to evidence-based, high-quality treatment for people with opioid use disorder. The project also conducts advocacy in Washington, D.C., to achieve its programmatic objectives.

To inform this work, the project conducts and publishes research and other information on evidence-based and emerging practices and maintains relationships with external experts and other stakeholders. The team comes from a wide variety of professional backgrounds with policy, advocacy, and research experience.

The manager, state policy, Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative, oversees state staff and works closely with all members of the project team. The position also requires coordination with other Pew departments, including communications, finance, government relations, legal, research, contract and procurement services, and outreach, strategy and coordination.

The position, based in Pew's Washington, D.C. office, reports to the senior manager, state and federal strategy, Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative.

This position participates in Pew's hybrid work program with core days in the office and the flexibility to telework the remaining days. Staff also enjoy four telework "flex weeks" per year.

The position has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.

• Foster a work environment that inspires excellence, values impact, encourages transparency, builds mutual trust and respect, embraces and values diversity, and is collaborative, caring and compassionate.
• Manage and supervise staff leading efforts to advance state legislative and regulatory changes and ensure timely completion of state-facing deliverables.
• Manage the life cycle of assigned state engagements and communicate successes to leadership and funders.
• Monitor and identify trends in both national and state policy landscapes.
• Coach staff in the development of state advocacy skills centered on government relations, policy analysis and a technical understanding of opioid use disorder treatment.
• Support state work operations, including managing budgets, expenses, contracts, and sub-grants that advance the project state goals.
• Manage relationships with government relations and legal departments to provide updates on state work and seek lobbying compliance guidance.
• Liaise with team subject-matter experts and researchers to facilitate their inclusion in state technical assistance and ensure staff completing state work have access to resources and support.
• Participate in developing the project's strategic direction, including collaborating with the SUPTI’s management team, in the identification of key policy issues and…