Associate, Government Affairs

Invenergy LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 82,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Invenergy LLC in Chicago is seeking an Associate, Government Affairs – Central, to focus on legislative and executive activities across the Midwest. You will collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, including trade groups and lobbyists, to support policy initiatives and strategic objectives.

The role involves policy analysis, budgeting, preparing strategy documents, and weekly reporting, with on-site work at the Chicago office.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant professional experience.
• 2+ years in legislative or energy related work.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.
• Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Support advocacy efforts across the region by developing relationships with stakeholders and decisionmakers.
• Coordinate with Invenergy contract lobbyists and direct their activities.
• Assist external stakeholders to achieve company objectives.
• Develop positions on legislative proposals with internal subject matter experts.
• Support efforts to develop and pass legislation to promote company objectives.
• Identify potential legislative threats to the company and communicate positions.
• Review statutory and regulatory requirements and prepare background reports.

Skills

Public speaking

Policy analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Invenergy is North America’s largest privately held developer, owner, and operator of power infrastructure. With 25 years of trusted execution, we deliver reliable, affordable energy through a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, solar, land-based wind, energy storage, transmission, and domestic manufacturing. Headquartered in Chicago, we develop, own, and operate large scale projects that power communities and support the energy future.

This position will be open for application for at least 3 calendar days from the posting date. This position will remain open for application based on business need, which may be before or after the 3-day posting window.

Job Description

Position Overview

As an Associate, Government Affairs – Central, you will focus on Invenergy's government affairs activities, primarily in the legislative and executive branch, across the Midwest. This position will support the overall Government Affairs initiatives and report to the Senior Manager, Government Affairs. You will work collaboratively with members of all departments within the company. In addition, this position requires an ability to work constructively with external stakeholders including trade organization leadership and staff, lobbyists, and peer companies. This position involves policy analysis, budgeting, preparing strategy documents, and weekly reporting.

The position will be on-site at Invenergy's Chicago office.

Responsibilities

• Support advocacy efforts across the region by developing relationships with necessary stakeholders and decisionmakers.
• Serve as aliaison with Invenergy contract lobbyists and direct their activities.
• Support coordination effortswith external stakeholders and interest groups toassistin achieving companyobjectives.
• Work closely with internal subject matter experts to develop positions on legislative proposals.
• Support efforts to develop and pass legislation to promote companyobjectives.
• Assist leadershipinidentifying potential legislative threats to the company.
• Communicate the Company’s positionduring trade organization meetings.
• Review statutory and regulatory requirements and develop comprehensive background reports on priority issues across key states.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+years of relevant professional experience with 2+ years of legislative or energy related experience(i.e.utility, trade organization, government agency, independent power producer, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degreerequired.
• Ability to travel 30% of the time or as needed.Travel will ebb and flow based on legislative activity.
• Eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, comfortable in public speaking roles.
• Strong critical thinking skills with the ability toidentifyand solve problems.
• Able tomaintainconfidentiality of sensitive and proprietary information.

Base Pay

$82,000.00 - $95,000.00 USD Annual
Bonus: 20% - 30%

The base pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for the position. Invenergy considers a number of factors when determining base pay offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education and skills.

In addition to base pay, the total annual compensation package may also include eligibility to participate in our bonus program(s) which are designed to reward individual and company performance. Your recruiter can share more about bonus eligibility for this position during the hiring process.

Invenergy offers a variety of other benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off, etc.

Invenergy LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.