Legislative:

• Work with Executive Director (ED) and other policy staff to create and advance policy that support’s HEAL mission throughout the year, with a focus on Utah State general legislative and interim sessions.
• Create effective  policy  strategy to actively move Utah forward within HEAL’s key campaign areas, with particular focus in transportation and energy systems.
• Collaborate closely with community engagement and communications efforts to ensure effective public engagement on air quality issues.
• Research and help draft strategic and evidence-based environmental policy proposals.
• Build and implement campaigns on transportation, regional haze, and other air quality issues.
• Monitor filed bills for positive or regressive environmental policy proposals and strategize approaches for support or opposition.
• Develop working relationships with bipartisan members of the Utah State Legislature and work with them to advance HEAL’s priority policy proposals.
• Educate community lobbyists and HEAL supporters on policy and empower them to take action via training, emails, social networking, and communications.
• Attend relevant legislative committee hearings and, when called for, prepare and give testimony and recruit others to do the same.
• Coordinate with allied organizations, businesses, and other key stakeholders to amplify messaging and leverage policy change.
• Educate and engage Utah residents in influencing state legislative policy-making and participating in the democratic process.
• Participate strategically in relevant federal policy issues when needed.

Regulatory/Legal:

• • Educate key state boards and agencies, such as the Air Quality Board. Responsibilities include attending hearings, presenting testimony, submitting public comments, and having one-on-one meetings with policy-makers and regulators.
  • Monitor and participate in important administrative developments at State agencies, regional forums, and municipal governments related to HEAL’s issues and communicate them to HEAL’s staff and supporters.
  • Write public and technical comments as part of regulatory processes.
  • Track the activities of HEAL’s principal corporate and government targets, such as Rocky Mountain Power, UDOT, the oil/gas/coal/industry, as well as the Department of Environmental Quality, the Governor’s Office of Energy Development, and others. Keep abreast of new developments, policy changes, staff changes, etc.
  • Participate in updating HEAL’s priorities as regulatory initiatives evolve.
  • In consultation with outside legal experts, help to design legal strategy for HEAL’s issues as needed.

Research and Strategy:

• Stay abreast of the most current laws, regulations, technology, and news pertaining to HEAL’s campaign issues at the local, regional, state, and federal levels.
• Review and evaluate background information and synthesize findings on the politics and the best available science, technology, and economics affecting HEAL’s primary campaign areas.
• Develop and write evidence-based policy stances and plan campaigns on relevant issues as they arise.

Coalitions, Partnerships:

• Create and lead strategic coalitions to advance policy at the local, regional, state, and federal levels on HEAL issue areas.
• Represent HEAL and its policy positions in public-facing events.

Outreach and Communications:

• Work with Community Engagement and Communications staff to educate and train community lobbyists to advocate for HEAL Utah’s priority initiatives at the Utah State Legislature, state regulatory bodies, and in local government processes.
• Draft and distill policy messages for use by Community Engagement and Communications staff.
• Thoughtfully communicate with and respond to HEAL members interested in issue areas.
• Plan and implement relevant community programs and events in collaboration with Community Engagement staff.
• Aid in the occasional staffing of general HEAL events and tabling.
• Work with HEAL’s Communications staff to draft emails to supporters within primary campaign issues, from updates to action alerts, as well as text for website updates, fact sheets, and additional materials.
• Coordinate with the Communications staff on talking points and speaking during press events and media requests.

Internal Capacity Building:

• Attend and play a supporting role at HEAL Utah’s major fundraising events.
• Guide and mentor HEAL interns.
• As appropriate, draft email appeals or other campaign-specific fundraising materials.
• Work closely with Development staff to initiate and develop grant ideas, craft grant narratives, manage policy-related grant activities, and report grant results.
• Meet with major donors to review HEAL’s activities when requested.
• Educate and mentor other staff on skills and subject-area expertise.
• Track and maintain metrics and evaluation frameworks to maintain accountability and track success across policy work.
• Collaborate with other staff to create evidence-based policy positions.