Policy Director

State of Colorado; Denver (CO); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Office of the Governor in Colorado seeks a Policy Director to oversee a policy advisors team, provide strategic policy guidance to the Governor, and coordinate the office’s legislative agenda. You will work with cabinet agencies, senior staff, and external stakeholders to advance the Governor’s policy priorities.

The role requires strong writing, governance coordination, and leadership to ensure quality policy analysis and effective communication across state government.

Qualifikationen

• Experience advising senior leadership on policy matters
• Ability to coordinate policy work across multiple teams and agencies
• Strong writing and editing skills for policy memos and speeches
• Mentoring and developing policy staff and advisors
• Stakeholder engagement and outreach to inform policy choices

Aufgaben

• Hire and supervise deputy policy directors and policy advisors to provide quality advice to the Governor, achieve the goals of the office, and advance the Governor’s policy agenda
• Ensure quality control for all written products produced by the Office of Policy and that all policy memoranda addressed to the Governor are polished, thorough, accurate, and cited
• Mentor and assist policy staff to maximize effectiveness and ensure professional growth
• Directly advise the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and senior staff on general policy matters and on projects of unique importance
• Work in collaboration with the Deputy Chief of Staff, the Director of Legislative Affairs, and other members of the Governor’s senior staff on strategies to achieve the Governor’s agenda
• Coordinate with Cabinet members and key agency staff on high-priority issues and matters that involve multiple agencies and jurisdictions
• Engage external stakeholders as appropriate to inform and support policy and the Governor’s strategic agenda
• Review and draft office communications, including talking points, speeches, and memos, to ensure consistency and accuracy, and maximize strategic opportunities
• Set priorities in a fast-paced professional environment and provide structure to an office dealing with a wide range of challenges
• Brief the Governor’s Office on relevant policy issues arising from state and federal legislative activities
• Support management of the administration’s proactive legislative agenda and of externally driven legislation that affects the Governor’s operations and priorities

Jobbeschreibung

Who We Are

Colorado Governor-elect Phil Weiser is committed to an administration that represents all of Colorado, and serves and protects every Coloradan. Governor-elect Weiser and his team will lead State government to ensure that we serve the people of Colorado, working to make their lives better, and together, we meet opportunities and challenges with creativity, collaboration, and compassion. His commitment to serve as the People’s Governor means that he and his team will have a sustained focus on how to make Colorado safer, more affordable, more sustainable, and a great place to live, build a business, and raise a family.

We Have Strong Core Values

Our core values drive our actions. We are: 1) principled, maintaining the highest ethical standards, acting with integrity, and operating transparently; 2) public servants, who are always ensuring our work is not about us, but instead is about improving the lives of the people of Colorado; 3) innovative, by seeking to solve problems creatively and operate with a continuous improvement mindset; and 4) "better together," by working to support each other as a team and collaborate effectively.

Department Information

The Office of the Governor oversees the operation of the executive branch of state government, including the coordination, direction, and planning of agency operations. The Governor’s staff includes offices for budgeting, communications and outreach, legal counsel, legislative liaison, operations, policy and research, and scheduling.

Department: Office of the Governor

Position Title: Policy Director

Summary of Functions: The Policy Director oversees and manages an office of policy advisors who provide strategic policy and legislative analysis and recommendations, project management, press guidance, and general policy support for the Governor’s agenda. The position also works with the rest of the senior staff to help set policy strategies for the office and assists with implementing the office’s and the agencies’ legislative agenda. The Policy Director directly advises the Governor on general policy matters, coordinates the office’s policy work with the work of other teams in the Governor’s Office, including budget, communications, community engagement, legal, legislative, operations, and scheduling, as well as with cabinet agencies, and from time to time takes on specific policy assignments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Hire and supervise deputy policy directors and policy advisors to provide quality advice to the Governor, achieve the goals of the office, and advance the Governor’s policy agenda
• Ensure quality control for all written products produced by the Office of Policy and that all policy memoranda addressed to the Governor are polished, thorough, accurate, and cited
• Mentor and assist policy staff to maximize effectiveness and ensure professional growth
• Directly advise the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and senior staff on general policy matters and on projects of unique importance
• Work in collaboration with the Deputy Chief of Staff, the Director of Legislative Affairs, and other members of the Governor’s senior staff on strategies to achieve the Governor’s agenda
• Coordinate with Cabinet members and key agency staff on high-priority issues and matters that involve multiple agencies and jurisdictions
• Engage external stakeholders as appropriate to inform and support policy and the Governor’s strategic agenda
• Review and draft office communications, including talking points, speeches, and memos, to ensure consistency and accuracy, and maximize strategic opportunities
• Set priorities in a fast-paced professional environment and provide structure to an office dealing with a wide range of challenges
• Brief the Governor’s Office on relevant policy issues arising from state and federal legislative activities
• Support management of the administration’s proactive legislative agenda and of externally driven legislation that affects the Governor’s operations and priorities