Legislative Deputy Director

Along with the legislative director, coordinates information between Congressional and state delegation offices for analysis, testimony, visits by governing body members or executive staff, or similar activities; collaborates with the legislative director for development and implementation of the Board of Supervisors' state and federal legislative programs.

Further duties include:

• Supervises staff and manages the offices' work to ensure a smooth workflow and timeliness.
• Coordinates with senior leadership to assess the policy impact of, and response to, proposed legislation affecting the county in coordination with county agencies.
• Researches, analyzes and evaluates issues and prepares reports on all assigned federal and state legislation or studies, to provide recommendations and guidance for consideration by the Board.
• Represents the county at the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia and testifies before various committees and subcommittees of the state legislature.
• Provides detailed information on the county's position regarding pending legislation and works closely with legislators to ensure that state laws are consistent with county policies whenever possible. Along with the Director, provides ongoing legislative advice and updates to relevant county staff on critical legislative developments, ensuring that all parties are informed and able to respond to emerging legislative issues in a timely manner.
• Along with the Director, advises the Board and county department directors on all matters pertaining to the Virginia General Assembly, leading the development of the county's legislative strategy.

• Extensive knowledge of how to promote legislative or public policy interests with legislative and/or executive officials.
• Knowledge of how to assess operational or fiscal aspects of public policy issues.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, regional and/or local legislative processes, including structure and operation.
• Ability to work with diverse groups, with competing interests to develop collaborative positions, and to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to conduct high quality, detailed work in a fast-paced environment on short timeframes.

• Along with the Director, coordinates information at staff level between Congressional and State delegation offices for analysis, testimony, visits by government body or executive staff, or similar activities;
• Collaborates with the Legislative Director for development and implementation of the Board of Supervisors' legislative and State budget initiatives/positions;
• Helps to assess the policy impact of and response to proposed legislation affecting the County in coordination with all County agencies;
• Researches, analyzes, and evaluates issues and prepares reports on all assigned federal and State legislation or studies so that executive recommendations can be formulated for consideration by the Board;
• Provides substantive assistance to the Legislative Director in coordination of all operational, logistical and technical aspects of the government relations function, e.g. meetings, issues and strategy;
• Advocates and presents information on Board initiatives and positions at committee meeting, public hearings, as assigned;
• Oversees and provides input to the work of the legislative assistant and the Legislative Review Team in the analysis of legislation;
• Participates in the tracking of the progress and status of relevant State and federal legislation and develops related documentation;
• Coordinates the annual distribution of all enacted State legislation to County departments which have primary responsibility for implementation;
• Helps supervise the administration of the County's State legislative tracking database and develops an appropriate federal tracking system;
• Prepares documents appropriate to display on the County's website for government relations activities;
• Collaborates with the Legislative Director to develop a more formalized County process for the federal government relations function, including identification and analysis of County priorities for advocacy;

• Extensive knowledge of how to promote legislative or public policy interests with legislative and/or executive officials;
• Considerable knowledge of how to assess operational or fiscal aspects of public policy issues;
• Considerable knowledge of how to use the full range of desktop software products;
• Working knowledge of the federal, State, regional and/or local legislative processes, including structure and operation;
• Ability to develop and implement County legislation and State budget initiatives;
• Ability to work with diverse groups, with competing interests to develop collaborative positions;
• Ability to research, analyze and evaluate issues and prepare reports on legislation;
• Ability to track the progress and status of legislation;
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing at an advanced level;
• Ability to supervise the work of others.

• The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check and credit check to the satisfaction of the employer.
• This position may require extensive travel. The individual in this position may be expected to live in Richmond for all or part of the annual legislative session of the Virginia General Assembly. The position will also require attendance at legislative meetings throughout the year, primarily in Richmond, as well as other sites in the State and in Washington, D.C.

• Excellent written and oral communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with attention to detail.
• Ability to use word processing and presentation software to prepare documents, infographics, and to use and manage a database.
• Ability to work with diverse groups, with competing interests, to develop collaborative positions.
• Ability to learn new information quickly and synthesize it into understandable talking points.
• Working knowledge and experience of state/local government as well as federal.
• Working knowledge of local land use issues, taxation, environment, energy, FOIA (Freedom of Information Act), technology, and/or federal interaction at local level.