Full-Time Policy Manager
Job Description
Who We Are
United States of Care is seeking a Policy Manager to join its growing team. The mission of United States of Care is to ensure that everyone has access to quality, affordable health care regardless of health status, social need, or income. A non-partisan non-profit, we are building and mobilizing a movement to achieve long-lasting solutions that make health care better for everyone. United States of Care will help make it happen by working with people from across the country: patients and caregivers, advocates, physicians and other clinicians, policymakers, and business, civic, and religious leaders.
Position Overview
The Policy Manager works in close collaboration with the Director of Policy Solutions to develop, support and execute USofCare’s people-centered policy priorities. The Policy Manager will take on substantive policy research, analysis and writing work to further USofCare’s agenda. They must be familiar with health care policy issues and current affairs, and must be able to critically evaluate how changes in these spheres impact our policy work.
The Policy Manager is entrepreneurial, collaborative, and passionate about developing and advancing health care policies that reflect the needs of people and address inequities in our health care system. They must have strong analysis and writing skills, as well as excellent attention to detail. Ability to multi-task and work independently are essential, as is willingness to pitch in on other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Conduct relevant policy research on a wide range of topics, with the ability to independently identify key themes and big picture implications as well as dig deeply into details when needed;
- Evaluate state and federal legislation, regulations and other policy documents to identify opportunities to advance USofCare’s objectives;
- Serve as an internal resource on the organization’s policy priorities, and provide policy support to the External Affairs team’s efforts to advance these priorities;
- Lead the development of reports, resources, memos, blog posts, op-eds, and other external communications materials related to USofCare’s policy work in close collaboration with the Policy Director;
- Serve as a liaison across the Policy team and with the Innovation Lab team to ensure that policy work reflects what USofCare is hearing from people in our community engagement and listening findings;
- Independently project manage projects with careful attention to deadlines;
- Serve as a liaison to external partners and represent USofCare in external meetings, and assist the Policy Director with day-to-day management of external partnerships, including contractors, consultants and policy fellows;
- Manage policy interns;
- Occasionally provide support with scheduling, planning and follow up for external briefings and engagements and internal meetings;
- Prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion principles, including utilizing the organization’s equity lens to inform all work;
- Contribute to other organizational initiatives as needed.
Qualifications
- 4 or more years of health policy work experience;
- A strong commitment to ensuring every person has access to quality, affordable health care;
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion principles in your work;
- Experience working on a range of health care policy and program areas, including private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP, and/or policy areas related to increasing access to care, promoting health equity and addressing costs and affordability;
- Exceptional writing, editing, verbal, organizational, and presentation skills;
- Dedication to operating in a diverse, bipartisan learning atmosphere exploring multiple policy solutions to achieve that mission;
- Ability to handle multiple projects at once and deal with competing priorities from multiple sources;
- Demonstrated ability to work independently on assignments and projects and use sound judgment and critical thinking skills;
- Facility for building and maintaining positive, professional relationships with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders;
- Ability to take informed risks, step out of your comfort zone and embrace ambiguity; use organization’s collective intelligence to solve problems, weigh outcomes, and take calculated risks;
- Strong computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and G suite;
- Flexibility and enthusiasm;
- Bachelor’s degree required.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should fill out and submit the form here. If you require reasonable accommodation in submitting your application, interviewing or participating in the employee selection process, please reach out to accommodations@usofcare.org126 total views, 0 today