Healthcare Public Policy & Campaign Specialist

Health Professionals and Allied Employees HPAE-AFT; Emerson (NJ); On-site; USD 81,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage reimbursement

Car allowance

Cell phone allowance

Health insurance

HRA

Dental insurance

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Employer contributions towards retirem

Paid leave

FSA

AFLAC

Job summary

Health Professionals and Allied Employees HPAE-AFT in New Jersey seeks a Public Policy Staff member to support organizing and contract campaigns, mobilize members, and develop analysis and testimony on healthcare policy.

You will oversee outreach, press strategy, and legislative outreach, coordinating with leadership and healthcare professionals to advance workers' rights, with a compensation package including benefits and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• Up to 2 years prior experience in union or community organization or 2 years HPAE experience in same areas.
• Competence and experience in conducting a community and political support campaign for union contract efforts and/or electoral campaigns.
• Ability to implement press strategy for contract or legislative campaign: including paid and earned media, press conferences and events.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to make presentations and conduct trainings.
• Understanding and ability to conduct community outreach, legislative outreach and mobilization of members for legislative issues.
• Ability to conduct research into hospital finances, board of directors and other strategic information for contract support and /or organizing and to implement strategy based on information.
• Ability to write testimony and work with leadership in presenting HPAE issues to the public.
• Demonstrate ability to operate in politically sensitive situations, to exercise good judgement and think critically; and/or
• Ability to work with healthcare professionals and all levels of staff to develop a strategy and a plan to address them.

Responsibilities

• Conduct strategic corporate research and facilitate the implementation of a campaign plan in conjunction with other staff and healthcare leaders for organizing and contract campaigns.
• Mobilize union members to engage in and support political, organizing and community campaigns.
• Develop and write analysis, testimony & position papers on industry trends and issues affecting healthcare workforce.
• Provide resources and materials to union membership on health care industry, legislation and regulatory matters.
• Participate in public policy staff meetings and strategic development for annual planning.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a timely manner and track a variety of projects simultaneously
• Develop and implement public outreach, social media and communications strategy on behalf of HPAE;

Skills

Campaign management

Press strategy

Communication skills

Community outreach

Legislative outreach

Research

Testimony writing

Strategic planning

Job description

Health Professionals and Allied Employees HPAE-AFT in New Jersey seeks a Public Policy Staff member to support organizing and contract campaigns, mobilize members, and develop analysis and testimony on healthcare policy.

You will oversee outreach, press strategy, and legislative outreach, coordinating with leadership and healthcare professionals to advance workers' rights, with a compensation package including benefits and retirement plans.