Position: Director of Legislative Affairs
Location: Washington, DC
Job Id: 380
# of Openings: 1
At the American Water Works Association, an excellent opportunity exists for an executive caliber professional to lead our legislative advocacy efforts with Congress. We closely coordinate our activities through the Water Utility Council (WUC) and our chapters to develop action plans to initiate, evaluate, respond, and comment on legislative matters which directly affect water utilities.
AWWA’s Government Affairs Office is in Washington, DC and is minutes away from Capitol Hill, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House.
Our Director of Legislative Affairs is a high-profile position that sets our legislative strategic direction, serves as an advisor to leadership, and interacts with leaders in the water sector. Successful candidate can demonstrate that collaboration and effective working relationships amongst a variety of stakeholders bring about the best results and are critical to success.
Your role is multi-faceted:
- Identify, evaluate, and address water policy issues to include PFAS, Infrastructure funding, source water protection
- Assist AWWA’s volunteer structure to determine appropriate federal policy objectives and decide how to pursue those objectives through legislative and grass roots advocacy
- Lead efforts to identify deliverables needed to inform policy actions and effectively construct and position those finished deliverables
- Represent AWWA in internal and external events; up to 40% travel required
Qualifications include:
- Bachelor’s degree in political science, engineering, environmental sciences, chemistry, biology, environmental policy, or related field; combination of training within these fields preferred.
- Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in federal legislative processes. Advanced collegiate degree in related area preferred and may be substituted for two (2) year’s work experience required above.
- Demonstrated experience with federal congressional legislative processes and staffing.
- Demonstrated experience with drafting federal legislative guidelines.
- Staff or advocacy organization experience in organizing initiatives to craft federal regulation.
· Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams
Salary and Benefits
Salary commensurate with experience and is paired with a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Three separate paid time off accounts (Vacation, Sick and Personal)
- Immediate eligibility and vesting for retirement savings plan with a 6% employer contribution and 3% company match upon hire
- Excellent medical, dental and vision plans with generous cost sharing by employer
- $250 payment towards the cost of at-home computer equipment
Position Open Until Filled – Submit cover letter along with resumeLooking for employment with a purpose? The American Water Works Association provides solutions to manage the world’s most vital resource – water. An employer dedicated to equal employment opportunity, minorities, women, veterans, disabled, and any other protected status are encouraged to apply
