Director, Government & Institutional Partnerships
Center on Economics & Foreign Affairs · United States
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Manages relationships with public institutions, regulators, diplomatic missions, universities, and economic-development organizations to advance approved priorities.
Responsibilities
- Develop an institutional engagement plan for relevant federal, state, local, and international public-sector stakeholders. - Coordinate approved briefings, consultations, delegations, convenings, and partnership discussions. - Track public programs, authorities, regulatory developments, and government priorities relevant to CEFA's work. - Prepare principals with accurate background, objectives, talking points, commitments, and follow-up actions. - Maintain nonpartisan conduct and escalate lobbying, ethics, gifts, sanctions, foreign-agent, procurement, and conflict questions. Reporting & working relationships Reports to the appropriate chief officer or managing director. Works with CEFA executives, research and project teams, counsel, communications, public officials, agency staff, diplomats, universities, and development organizations. Authority & limits May lead assigned programs, staff, outreach, negotiations, and approved expenditures within written delegation. Final contracts, capital commitments, securities activity, public positions, and material partnership terms require authorized approval.
Required qualifications
- Substantial experience in government, diplomacy, public affairs, economic development, public policy, or institutional relations. - Strong knowledge of public-sector processes, protocol, ethics, and decision-making environments. - Trusted relationship-builder with excellent judgment, discretion, briefing, and follow-through skills.
Preferred qualifications
What success looks like: - Productive, nonpartisan relationships with priority public institutions. - Timely intelligence on programs and policy developments affecting CEFA initiatives. - Well-prepared engagements with clear outcomes and documented follow-up. - Compliance with applicable lobbying, ethics, disclosure, and representation requirements.
Benefits
Employment classification: Paid senior staff position. Status: Full-time. Term: Ongoing employment, subject to applicable law and CEFA policies. Compensation: Salary and benefits commensurate with experience and CEFA's approved compensation framework. Performance cycle: Annual objectives with regular check-ins and a formal performance review. Work arrangement: Location, travel, schedule, and exempt/nonexempt status determined for the final role and jurisdiction.
Equal opportunity
CEFA is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to any legally protected characteristic.
About Center on Economics & Foreign Affairs
CEFA is a mission-driven nonprofit institution connecting research, policy, capital, and public- and private-sector partners to advance economic development and foreign-affairs priorities at national scale.