Chief Legislative Officer (Deputy Director 6)

THIS POSITION WILL BE TELEWORK ELIGIBLE ON A HYBRID BASIS.

About Us

The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) is committed to improving the health of Ohioans and strengthening communities and families through quality care. ODM is implementing the next generation of Ohio Medicaid to fulfill its bold, new vision for Ohio’s Medicaid program - focusing on the individual rather than the business of managed care.

The goals of the next generation of Ohio Medicaid are:

• Emphasize a personalized care experience
• Improve care for children and adults with complex behavioral health needs
• Improve wellness and health outcomes
• Support providers in better patient care and
• Increase program transparency and accountability
  
  

What You Will Do At ODM

Office: Executive Suite

Bureau: Legislation

Classification: Deputy Director 6 (PN 20098854)

The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) seeks a Chief Legislative Officer who will embrace change, foster innovation, and focus on the needs of consumers, providers, legislators, and stakeholders.

Skills

As an ideal candidate, you should have executive leadership skills and a proven ability to champion the agency’s mission and vision across a variety of audiences and situations. Working alongside ODM’s Director, you will develop policies and procedures, and design the agency’s legislative and communication programs. In this position you will:

• Oversee the agency Communications Office and serve as the Deputy Director of Public Affairs.
• Advocate for legislative changes to incorporate innovative laws and regulations and focus on the needs of consumers, providers, legislators, and stakeholders.
• Align the agency’s advocacy strategy with the needs of consumers, providers,
  
  

legislators, and stakeholders.

• Serve as the project manager for policy and communication related informational and educational initiatives.
• Develop and maintain strategic alliances with advocacy groups, and other stakeholders.
• Advise and/or consult with the ODM Director, other staff, and stakeholders relative to existing, and proposed federal, state, and local policy initiatives.
• Represent the agency in legislation-related areas impacting agency, agency programs, ensuring timely and appropriate departmental involvement.
• Act as the liaison between federal, state, and local government officials, representatives, legislatives officials, government agencies advocacy groups, and other stakeholders.
• Represents the agency before the Controlling Board and JCARR.
  
  

What’s In It For You

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

Medical Coverage

• Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits are offered through the available Ohio Med plans.
  
  

Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance

• Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period. Length of eligibility period is dependent on union representation.
  
  

Time Away From Work and Work/Life Balance

• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth/Adoption leave
  
  

Employee Development Funds

• The State of Ohio offers a variety of educational and professional development funding that varies based on whether you are a union-exempt employee or a union-represented employee.
  
  

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

• OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee’s salary. Visit the OPERS website for more information.
  
  

Deferred Compensation

• The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan. Visit the Ohio Deferred Compensation website for more information.
• Change agent with strong credibility and influencing skills and the proven ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization as well as other sister agencies of state government and other organizations outside of ODM.
• Strong listening skills; able to drive a positive employee relations culture.
• Bias toward actionable, measurable results that strengthens the care continuum, streamlines back-office administration and increases operational efficiencies in support of ODM’s next generation program.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with a highly collaborative working style and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, influence and motivate diverse teams to achieve a unified goal.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Political Science, Public Administration, Law or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of combined experience in legislation and/or public affairs, with three or more years of strong executive leadership experience.
• Strong project management and analytical skills.
• Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders through successful completion within time constraints.
• Strong executive presentation skills, written communication skills and experience with a variety of computer software applications and data processing systems.
  
  

Job Skills: Executive Leadership

Organization

Ohio Department of Medicaid

Agency Contact Name and Information

HumanResources@medicaid.ohio.gov

Unposting Date

Ongoing

Work Location

Lazarus 5

Primary Location

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

Compensation

Negotiable

Schedule

Full-time

Work Hours

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Classified Indicator

Unclassified

Union

Exempt from Union

Primary Job Skill

Executive Leadership

Technical Skills

Executive Leadership

Professional Skills

Listening, Public Speaking, Visionary Thinking