Regulatory and External Affairs Manager

Regulatory and External Affairs Manager

Department

Advocacy and Practice Affairs

Basic Function

Provide representation to federal agencies to make ACEP’s views known to policymakers and draft policies, formal comment letters, and position statements regarding regulatory issues facing emergency medicine. In addition, coordinate and support ACEP’s external affairs activities.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities

• As directed by the Congressional Affairs Director, Advocacy & Practice Affairs, establish, track, and maintain relationships with federal agency officials, the White House, and other health interest groups; educate them about ACEP policy positions and the practice of emergency medicine; and advocate for inclusion of ACEP policy into federal regulation and policy.
• Summarize and analyze proposed rules and other administration policies; prepare ACEP’s draft response working with other stakeholders within the College on both the staff and member side, and with ACEP outside consultant(s).
• Collect and report regulatory information in a timely fashion so that ACEP government affairs strategy and tactics can be developed to influence or modify the development of federal regulatory policy in the direction of ACEP policy.
• Manage assigned regulatory issue campaigns and work with outside consultants.
• Maintain the system for tracking regulatory and enforcement issues that affect the practice of emergency medicine and provide regulatory analysis of identified regulations and enforcement activities.
• Participate and contribute to departmental strategy discussions on regulatory issues and federal advocacy.
• Identify opportunities for potential ACEP appearances before appropriate federal regulatory leaders, commissions, and other forums, and coordinate any such appearances.
• Represent ACEP with various regulatory coalitions and identify opportunities for ACEP to establish or lead coalitions on federal regulatory issues of importance to ACEP.
• Prepare draft statements, testimony, and talking points for distribution to regulators and the media supporting ACEP policy goals.
• Coordinate articles on regulatory policy matters for ACEP communication vehicles with Communications staff.
• Provide regulatory reports for the ACEP Board of Directors, Federal Government Affairs Committee, and other committees and task forces of the College.
• Coordinate the overall functions of ACEP’s coalitions and strategic partnerships.
• Identify and solicit new potential external partners and maintain partnerships with a high-level understanding of each external partner’s policy priorities and initiatives.
• Act as ACEP’s main point of contact for external partnerships for questions, comments, and concerns, and maintain an updated database of contacts.
• Create proposed agendas for external partnership meetings and identify relevant staff and emergency physicians for inclusion in the meetings to represent ACEP; attend and participate in the meetings.
• Assist with American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD) Section Council duties, including preparing ACEP members and helping coordinate for bi-annual AMA HOD meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Relationships and Contacts

Reports to: Congressional Affairs Director, Advocacy & Practice Affairs

Internal Contacts: Staff in all ACEP departments

External Contacts: Federal agency officials, consultants, and staff; ACEP Federal Government Affairs Committee members, Reimbursement Committee members, section and task force leaders, ACEP members, ACEP chapters; medical specialty societies and other health interest groups.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in political science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• One to two years’ experience as a policy analyst for a health-related organization, or working in a federal agency dealing with health issues.

Other Desired Qualifications

• Politically sensitive, capable of establishing credibility with federal agency officials and ACEP members.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated, energetic, strong project management skills.
• Flexible.
• Familiarity with health care policy issues.

We are an equal opportunity and E-Verify employer who offers a competitive salary, an excellent benefits package, a retirement plan, and more. If you have questions regarding this position or would like to submit your resume, please contact us at [email protected]