Government Public Affairs Liaison

The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency operates five integrated and interdependent statutory programs that share a primary goal - to help people with disabilities to become fully productive members of society by achieving independence and meaningful employment.

Job Summary

Under limited supervision, the Government and Public Relations Liaison position develops and advances relationships with both private and public entities to include the GVRA board and council members, public entities, members of the General Assembly, and private GVRA stakeholders. The Liaison acts as the initial point of contact for GVRA stakeholder inquiries from legislative offices. The position also plays a critical role in the appropriations process, analyzing budget documents to assist in development of appropriations presentations. The Liaison plans and executes all board and council meetings with the assistance of administrative staff, developing presentations, talking points and arranging logistics. The candidate must have the ability to interpret relevant regulations and bylaws governing board and council activities.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Communicate regularly with General Assembly, Board and Council members verbally and in writing

• Ensure compliance with code sections, regulations and bylaws as they relate to Board and Council operations
• Coordinate all logistics with administrative staff for all Board and Council functions
• Identify critical issues and pose solutions, escalating if necessary
• Monitor and track legislation
• Write legislation briefs and impact statements
• Assist and support Executive Director, Director of Administration and Budget staff during appropriations process
• Respond to inquiries from members of the General Assembly
• Participate regularly on departmental meetings
• Works with internal programs and departments to promote business development opportunities

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in communications or a related field from an accredited college or university AND Three years of communications experience OR Six years of communications or related experience OR One year of experience required at the lower level Communications Spec 3 (GSP042) or position equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, or Political Science from an accredited college or university AND four (4) or more years of communications or related experience OR

• Masters’ degree in Communications, Public Relations, or Political Science from an accredited college or university AND two (2) or more years of communications or related experience OR

• Seven (7) or more years of communications, public outreach, or legislative experience, preferably with a State or Federal employer

Background Information

As a condition of employment with Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, you must successfully complete a mandatory federal and national background check, pre-employment testing, and additional checks required for your job.

Work Environment

This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers and smartphones.

Working Conditions

Incumbents working in this job perform duties in an office setting. This is a 40-hour workweek requirement. The position may involve managing a high volume workload and demands a high level of accuracy while working with deadlines. Regular attendance is an important part of being successful in this position. Reasonable accommodations can be made available to qualified individuals upon request.

Traveling Requirements

25%. This position involves traveling to different locations with or without passengers. This can include changing locations and entering or exiting a vehicle several times a day.

AAP/EEO Statement

GVRA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable Accommodations

The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request a reasonable accommodation during any step in the hiring process, please contact our HR Team at ada_request@gvs.ga.gov