Director - Public Policy Consumer Advocacy - H&R Block - Washington, DC

Director - Public Policy Consumer Advocacy - H&R Block - Washington, DC -

JOB SUMMARY – The Director will lead the event of H&R Block’s coverage positions, advocacy initiatives, and efforts to construct and keep relationships with exterior teams and organizations influential in shaping public coverage relating to shopper points. The Director may also help with positioning H&R Block because the “voice of the person taxpayer” and as a thought chief and professional in particular person tax points. Key focus areas might be tax coverage, tax administration and tax-associated shopper providers. Answerable for: Creating H&R Block coverage analysis and associated merchandise; Offering strategic recommendation to allow H&R Block to maximise its attain to policymakers; Partaking with exterior teams and organizations that increase the visibility of H&R Block’s public coverage initiatives; and, Efficient undertaking management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES – Develop strategic, proactive public coverage positions, along side senior management. Lead and proactively handle constructive relationships with main educational and analysis establishments, shopper advocates, business and tax practitioner teams, and media to construct H&R Block’s exterior profile as thought leaders. Develop coverage analysis and evaluation merchandise and promote analysis and associated merchandise to inner and exterior organizations by way of strategic communications. Lead evaluation of legislative proposals, laws and steerage issued impacting particular person taxpayers and the way H&R Block serves them.

Associate with H&R Block enterprise models to determine alternatives to help strategic initiatives and for enterprise models to help coverage initiatives. Develop progressive methods to realize coverage objectives and aims and guarantee alignment and coordination with Authorities relations technique and techniques. Help Authorities Relations staff with material experience as wanted. Handle the deliverables of exterior consultants together with, for instance: writers, assembly facilitators and different specialists engaged in coverage outreach actions.

Implement contractual agreements with exterior teams and organizations, as applicable. Facilitate H&R Block thought management shows at public coverage conferences, skilled conferences, public boards and press conferences. Symbolize H&R Block as a spokesperson on public coverage and shopper advocacy points. Lead and direct the work of others Different duties as assigned QUALIFICATION/REQUIREMENTS Demonstrated monitor report of constructing coalitions to safe legislative and regulatory modifications, notably within the tax area.

Potential to acknowledge a altering legislative and regulatory setting and act to affect legislative and regulatory coverage Capacity to steer third celebration advocacy efforts to realize objectives. Demonstrated capability to drive change inside group; robust influencing expertise and skill to cope with essential points Robust planning, group and determination-making capabilities; should be capable of prioritize and handle a number of duties concurrently, resolve conflicts and remedy issues with minimal supervision Grasp’s or different graduate diploma required with 10+ years of demonstrated expertise and outcomes in Group Affairs, Advocacy or Authorities Relations. Demonstrated capacity to efficiently lead and develop groups. Most popular expertise in main a distant workforce whereas sustaining alignment and reference to government and enterprise priorities Workforce participant with talent and skill to work with senior leaders and practical leaders throughout H&R Block with ease Willingness and skill to journey typically and to take care of a versatile work schedule; Wonderful written and oral communication expertise Robust interpersonal expertise with the power to steer via affect and community.

Extremely skilled demeanor and diplomatic expertise. Persuasive, efficient and versatile in private interactions in any respect ranges of the group Most popular qualifications: Levels in Accounting, Enterprise Administration, Regulation, Communications, or Public Policy/Administration. Earlier expertise with group engagement, advocacy and authorities or public affairs

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