Legislative Liaison

State of Connecticut - Office of Policy and Management; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Our State Employee Benefits Overview

Professional growth and development

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

The State of Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management (OPM) in Hartford is seeking a Legislative Liaison (Executive Assistant 1) to coordinate policy development with Governor, agencies, and stakeholders, with a strong focus on budget impact.

As an unclassified role, you will draft, track, and advocate the Administration’s positions on proposals and actions, supporting the Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs. This full-time position offers growth opportunities in a pivotal state agency.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience working on large-scale budget development process for a statewide or equivalent government organization.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate policy development with OPM, the Governor’s Office, state agencies, and stakeholders.
• Draft, track, and advocate the Administration’s positions on legislation.
• Monitor and analyze legislative appropriations and budget bills.
• Interact with the public and executive/legislative staff.
• Compile data for the Secretary and briefings to support deliverables.
• Attend meetings and advance action items.
• Draft communications, meeting summaries, Excel data, and PowerPoint slides.
• Represent the Secretary on boards and in meetings.

Job description

Introduction

The State of Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management (OPM) is accepting applications for a Legislative Liaison (Executive Assistant 1) position in Hartford.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Our State Employee Benefits Overview page
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

This is a full time (40 hours per week) position conveniently located in Hartford, CT, easily accessible to all major highways.

LOCATION

• Office of Policy and Management
• 450 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT
• Full-time, first shift, 40 hours per week
• Monday through Friday

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

• Two (2) years of experience working on large-scale budget development process for a statewide or equivalent government organization.

ABOUT US

At OPM we report directly to the Governor and provide information and analysis that the Governor uses to formulate public policy for the state. We also assist state agencies and municipalities in implementing the law and public policy on behalf of the people of Connecticut. We prepare the Governor’s budget proposals; implement and monitor the execution of the enacted budget; and oversee the executive branch agencies that report to the Governor.

THE ROLE

The Legislative liaison (Executive Assistant 1) will coordinate the development of state governmental policies and/or programs with OPM staff, the Office of the Governor, state agencies, quasi-public agencies and other stakeholders with a particular focus on budget impact. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs to draft, track and advocate the Administration’s position on legislative proposals and administrative actions to improve state governmental policies and/or programs with a particular focus on budget impact.

This is an unclassified position that serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

Acts as an executive assistant to a state elective officer or department head as defined in Section 4-5 of the Connecticut General Statutes and performs such duties as are assigned.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Coordinate the development of state governmental policies and/or programs with OPM staff, the Office of the Governor, state agencies, quasi-public agencies, municipalities, and other stakeholders;
• Draft, track and advocate Administration’s position on legislative proposals and administrative actions to improve and/or implement state governmental policies and/or programs;
• Support the Office of the Secretary, particularly the Legislative Affairs office;
• Monitor, track, and analyze legislative appropriations and finance budget bills and other legislative committee bills;
• Interact with the public, executive and legislative branch employees, and legislators;
• Compile and coordinate data for action by leadership;
• Draft responses to legislative inquiries;
• Prepare a wide variety of correspondence, notes, memorandums, drafts, transcripts, charts and forms;
• Research, review, and report on the effectiveness of existing or proposed state governmental policies and/or programs;
• Compile data and background information for the Secretary and provide briefings to support deliverables or meetings;
• Attend meetings and operationalize action items and next steps;
• Draft communication documents, meeting summaries, Excel data, and PowerPoint presentations;
• Represent the Secretary on various boards and commissions or in various meeting capacities; and
• Related duties as required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with the state appropriation and spending processes.
• Demonstrated experience successfully communicating financial explanations.
• Experience working with finance and policy teams.
• Experience coordinating the development of state governmental policies and/or programs with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience drafting, tracking, and advocating for legislative proposals and administrative actions to improve state government.
• Experience providing administrative and operational support in a legislative office.
• Experience interacting with the public, executive, and legislative branch employees, and legislators.
• Experience compiling and coordinating data for action by leadership.
• Experience preparing a wide variety of correspondence, notes, memorandums, drafts, transcripts, charts and forms.
• Experience researching, reviewing and reporting on the effectiveness of existing or proposed state governmental policies and/or programs.
• Experience drafting communication documents, meeting summaries, Excel data, and PowerPoint presentations.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.