Manager, State Government Affairs

Ensuring Comfort, Productivity, and Environmental Stewardship

Ensuring human comfort, productivity, and safety while practicing environmental stewardship is the mission of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). Through our certification program, standards, advocacy, and other activities, we strive to help save energy, improve productivity, and ensure a better environment.

Manager, State Government Affairs

AHRI has an opening for a Manager, State Government Affairs. The Manager of State Government Affairs serves as one of AHRI’s lobbyists and representatives at the state level. This role involves developing, coordinating, and administering policies, strategies, or programs relating to all phases of state legislative advocacy.

This position also includes drafting articles, testimony, legislation, reports, and technical documents related to policy and public affairs issues. The Manager of State Government Affairs will monitor state legislation, codes, and regulations to analyze their impact on AHRI’s member companies and distribute relevant information to educate and mobilize members.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.

What You’ll Do

• Act as liaison to state and local government agencies and other trade associations on issues of mutual concern.
• Develop and maintain current knowledge of state legislative and regulatory issues important to AHRI’s membership.
• Work with state legislators on key issues and participate in the development of industry coalitions to advocate priority issues identified by AHRI’s members and management.
• Track state legislative issues, write letters, and respond to specific inquiries from members, state, and local agencies.
• Develop and maintain key political relationships at the state level to advocate on behalf of the association. This position will require moderate travel.
• Draft articles, testimony, legislation, reports, and technical documents related to policy and public affairs issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public policy, political science, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of related experience.

Compensation & Benefits

AHRI offers a competitive salary and a full benefits package, including employer contributions to 401(k) and Roth(k) plans, in a friendly, hybrid work environment. The salary range for this position is $77,500 – $96,250.

Equal Opportunity Employer

AHRI does not discriminate and will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, military service, ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, or differing ability, as defined under applicable law, in its selection, recruitment, or employment practices.

This position does not offer employment-based visa sponsorship or assistance, including H1B, F1-OPT, or F1-CPT visas.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please visit www.ahricareers.org.

If you require assistance with completing the application process, please call 703-600-0304.

NO RECRUITERS, PLEASE.