Louisville, Colorado
Scottsdale, Arizona
Irvine, California
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Cambridge, Massachusetts
West Lafayette, Indiana
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Sacramento, California
Rochester, Minnesota
Golden, Colorado
Stamford, Connecticut
Posted: 21-Sep-22
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: 4 Year Degree
Categories:
Years of Experience:
Preferred Education:
Additional Information:
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample and salary requirements to [email protected]a.org for full consideration.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Do you have between 3-5 years of experience working in a government relations or public affairs role? Have you worked on issues connected to EPA?
The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) is seeking a Manager, Government Relations who will be responsible for management of legislative and regulatory issues related to environment, worker health and safety, and other policy matters impacting the specialty chemical industry.
Reporting to the SOCMA Vice President, Legal and Government Relations, the position supports member activities including:
- Prepare read-ahead materials and meeting minutes for SOCMA committees
- Develop member materials for lobbying efforts
- Create informative collateral for SOCMA members including blog posts, one-pagers, guidance documents, articles etc.
- Assist in the development of presentations for department speaking engagements and webinars.
Additionally, this will be member-facing position with significant one-off, customized member assistance. The role also includes close collaboration with other departments on marketing, communications, and events/programming.
- Analyze regulations and legislation and developing support material
- Work with federal agencies on the evolution of existing programs and rulemakings (specifically, working with EPA)
- Support task forces and committees comprised of SOCMA members
- Draft issue-based white papers, comments, one-pagers, member alerts, etc.
- Cross-collaboration internally with other departments on related activities
- Support members on regulatory compliance issues
- Represent SOCMA in industry coalitions with partner organizations
- Contribute to content development for programming and events
- Help with membership growth through various association initiatives
- Contribute to the development of SOCMA's government relations strategic plan
- Support the development and implementation of new internal processes to streamline both departmental and organizational efforts
- Other duties as assigned
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
- Experience working on EPA or environmental regulatory matters
- TSCA experience a plus
- Strong communication skills (both internal and external) – written and verbal
- Self-motivated problem solver
- Ability to work collaboratively especially in hybrid work environment
- Strong understanding of legislative and regulatory processes
- Experience with coalition work (large and small)
- Bachelor’s degree in government, public policy or related experience
- Trade association experience preferred
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience preferably with a trade association, public affairs, government relations firm, or Congressional office
