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Government Affairs Director (Inst)

Job Group: Communications and Marketing
Job Subgroup: Communications
Salary Range (Annual): 32: $170,600-348,480
Employee Category: Limited
Job Code: CM005
  • Job Summary:
    Develops institutional strategy and messaging on legislation impacting the institution, and serves as a liaison to legislators and consultant for institutional senior leaders on legislative issues in support of institutional communication goals
  • Job Responsibilities:
    • Develops, implements, and monitors strategic communication initiatives to government entities and stakeholders to maximize engagement, strengthen collaboration efforts, and communicate institutional objectives and concerns
    • Monitors and disseminates legislative actions that affect institutional activity
    • Develops operational policies and procedures to align with legal requirements and applicable laws
    • Serves as the main point of contact and unit liaison to governmental stakeholder groups providing organizational information and representing the interests of the unit
    • Serves as a subject matter expert to institutional leadership on legislative matters and on issues and actions of national higher education associations
    • Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
    • Develops and audits the unit budget
  • Education:
    Bachelor's Degree Preferred Minimum
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    Yes
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    Yes
  • Employee Category:
    Limited
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    32: $170,600-348,480
  • Job Code:
    CM005: Government Affairs Director (Inst)
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=CM005

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