Manager, Government Relations

1 month ago

Arlington, United States CURA Strategies Full time

OVERVIEW

CURA Strategies, an award-winning health care communications and public affairs agency, is looking for a self-starting Government Relations Manager with experience in grassroots advocacy, congressional engagement and integrated communications to join our team. If you have a passion for working at the intersection of policy and communications, desire a highly visible position with lots of growth and leadership opportunities, and want to apply your skills to help transform health care, we want to talk to you.


At CURA, our aim is to transform health care through meaningful client work. Working with clients in the areas of maternal health, opioid addiction, mental health, cardiology, kidney disease and transplantation, and more, we pride ourselves in creating lasting results for clients – and we are looking for someone who shares our passion and believes in our mission.


RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Support grassroots advocacy/public affairs initiatives and communications campaigns across multiple clients and work closely with the senior team to seamlessly execute client activities.  
  • Monitor news for legislative and regulatory developments to stay abreast of health care issues that are relevant to our clients.
  • Develop and maintain mailing lists of key stakeholders, including congressional staffers, third-party stakeholders, patient advocates, etc. utilizing digital grassroots advocacy software such as Quorum or Phone2Action, along with standard Microsoft/Google spreadsheet tools.
  • Draft statements, issue/policy briefs, talking points, fact sheets, legislative support letters, and other materials as necessary.
  • Attend/support in-person and phone meetings, including meeting scheduling/logistics, developing agendas, taking notes and sending follow-up correspondence.
  • Support the development of strategic communications plans that shape policy and corporate/brand awareness, such as conducting research, identifying key stakeholders and offering creative ideas.
  • Develop relationships and coordinate correspondence with key external audiences: third party organizations, media, health care professionals, policymakers, etc.
  • Support other communications activities as needed, such as drafting social media posts, drafting bylines and press releases, pitching reporters, etc.
  • Assist with organizing activities that support the overall CURA culture.

 

REQUIREMENTS

  • Bachelor’s Degree required. At least 3 years of government relations experience, including but not limited to positions at congressional or state legislative offices, at public affairs or lobbying agencies, within a federal agency, or in-house at a non-profit or for-profit health care organization.
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of the legislative and regulatory processes with some expertise in health care policy.
  • Enthusiasm for building and cultivating key policy and stakeholder relationships to help achieve client advocacy goals.
  • Must have excellent writing and organizational skills, as well as a strong ability to multi-task.
  • Must be a strong project manager with a proactive and positive attitude toward client service.
  • Familiarity with digital advocacy tools (I.e. Quorum, Phone2Action, etc.) and social media engagement preferred.

  

TRAITS WE ADMIRE

  • A passion for improving health care and driving smart creative campaigns to achieve transformational change.
  • Results-focused approach, and the ability to work closely with senior members of the team to execute a campaign to success.
  • Have a proactive, positive attitude toward client service and team management.
  • Responsive, dependable and accountable to team members and clients, and consistently gets the job done.
  • Enthusiasm about the unlimited growth opportunities that come with being a team member at a fast-growing start-up firm and wants to stay for the long-term.
  • Mission-minded and excited to join the CURA family, which works hard to do good work (and has fun doing it).
  • Not shy in sharing bold opinions, but respectful of the bipartisan nature of our firm.


ABOUT CURA

CURA Strategies is an integrated strategic communications and public affairs agency exclusively focused on health care and wellness.


Our name, CURA – Latin for care, concern, and attention to others – exemplifies our mission: to work with clients to transform the health care system and improve lives. Whether our client is a business, a non-profit or a government agency, we believe that taking transformative action to improve people’s lives is always the winning strategy. Our culture is built on a love for transforming health care through integrated communications, a desire to proactively serve and contribute, and strong partnership with our clients to deliver results. We specialize in issue-based communications and coalition building. Our approach to advancing our clients’ missions is to integrate advocacy, stakeholder engagement and traditional communications to build meaningful campaigns that change the way people understand and act on today’s most pressing health care issues. Leveraging this unique approach, we’ve successfully launched 12 issue-based campaigns/coalitions since we started in 2016.


Led by a bipartisan team of DC communications veterans, our approach has received considerable notice from industry peers. Since our launch in 2016, CURA has received numerous awards and recognition, including:  

  • PRWeek, Outstanding Boutique Agency of the Year, Finalist (2024)
  • PRovoke Media, North American Boutique Agency of the Year (2023)
  • PR News, Top Places to Work in PR (2020)
  • PRovoke Media, Global and North American New Agency of the Year (2018)

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