Washington State Dept of Natural Resources Legislative & External Affairs Director opening
Recruitment #2013- 08-7041-08443 Salary Range: $7,000.00 - $8,600.00 per month Located: Olympia, Washington The Legislative & External Affairs Director directs the Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) legislative program and advises the Commissioner of Public Lands and DNR's Executive Team on major policy and external relations issues. This is an exempt position that reports directly to, and serves at the pleasure of, the Commissioner of Public Lands. Major responsibilities include but are not limited to: *Represents DNR and the Commissioner of Public Lands in interactions with members and committees of the Washington State Legislature (legislature), legislative staff, Governor's staff, and Office of Financial Management (OFM) staff. *Establishes and maintains excellent working relationships with members of the legislature, legislative staff, Governor's staff, OFM staff, and the legislative directors of other state agencies, governments, and interest groups. *Drafts agency-request legislation in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Lands and DNR's Executive Team. Works with members of the legislature to accomplish the introduction and passage of DNR-request legislation. *Ensures that legislative bills with potential to affect DNR are timely and thoroughly reviewed by DNR staff, and brought to the attention of the Commissioner of Public Lands and DNR's Executive Team. *Synthesizes diverse information to recommend DNR's position, priority, and actions on bills with potential to affect DNR. *Provides testimony on behalf of DNR and the Commissioner of Public Lands at legislative hearings and work sessions. *Works closely with DNR's Budget & Economics Director to develop and advocate for DNR's operating and capital budget requests. *Meets individually with members of the legislature to resolve issues related to legislation and DNR's budgets. *Directs DNR staff interactions with members of the legislature and legislative staff. Coordinates DNR's responses to inquiries from members of the legislature and legislative staff. *Guides, mentors, and develops an administrative assistant and two intra-agency "session" interns that directly report to the Legislative & External Affairs Director. *Establishes and maintains excellent working relationships with DNR's stakeholders including trust beneficiaries; the forest products, mining, agriculture, and shellfish industries; small forest landowners; environmental organizations; and recreational users of DNR-managed lands. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND HOW TO APPLY GO TO: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/dnr/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=704724 Or e-mail [email protected] Questions? Please contact Melody Wolf at (360) 902-1350.
