Partnership HealthPlan of California is the pre-eminent rural health plan in California, serving
24 Northern California counties. The Government Affairs team is responsible for Partnership’s
engagement with local, state, federal stakeholders, including with key legislator, regulators,
and others. The Associate Director of Government Affairs will serve as a key member of
Partnership’s Government Affairs team leading advocacy, relationship development, and issue
management for Medi-Cal and Medicare related policy. Using multiple engagement tools, the
Associate Director of Government Affairs will advocate for rural health care needs, sharing
Partnership’s perspectives at the statewide level to inform rural Medi-Cal policy.

▪ Consults with and advises Partnership leadership on legislative and policy issues.
▪ Engages with local, rural, organizations (providers, health centers, CBOs, members,
and others) to advocate for rural health needs.
▪ Develops Partnership’s positions on state and federal legislation and regulations, and
engage necessary stakeholders.
▪ Organizes legislative educational sessions promoting the unique needs and challenges
of rural communities, representing rural perspectives at the statewide level, and
informing rural Medi-Cal policy solutions.
▪ Proactively engages Partnership departments to inform them of state and federal
legislative and regulatory activity that would impact their scope of work.
▪ Engages with legislative district staff to educate on Partnership priority issues and
support constituent inquires.
▪ Partners with Regional Directors to engage with county Board of Supervisors
▪ Assists in the development of on-going and innovative communication strategies,
programs and activities to support Partnership’s role in rural health care.
▪ Other duties as assigned.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities
▪ Participates in special projects and assignments, as needed.
▪ Supports members of the Executive team, as needed.

All HealthPlan employees are expected to:

• Provide the highest possible level of service to clients;
• Promote teamwork and cooperative effort among employees;
• Maintain safe practices; and
• Abide by the HealthPlan’s policies and procedures, as they may from time to time be updated.

HIRING RANGE:

$156,741.30 - $203,763.69

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER NOTICE

The job duties, elements, responsibilities, skills, functions, experience, educational factors and the requirements and conditions listed in this job description are representative only and not exhaustive of the tasks that an employee may be required to perform. The employer reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of its business, competitive considerations, or work environment change.