Position Summary

Venn is seeking an Assistant Vice President to join its health policy practice as a full-time lobbyist. Candidates must have 4+ years of experience as a congressional staffer or lobbyist with expertise in fast-paced health care advocacy, including legislative or regulatory work.  Applicants should have an established track record of legislative or regulatory successes, managing multiple high priority workstreams at once, and have close working relationships with Congressional staff from both parties and staff in the Administration.

About Venn Strategies

Venn Strategies is a fast-paced, nationally recognized full-service government and public affairs firm based in Washington, DC. Our record of success reflects our broad working relationships, strategic expertise, and impeccable bipartisan reputation across the policy and political spectrum.

We offer our clients a range of services focused on advocacy, issue management, coalition management, grassroots engagement, alliance development, and strategic advisory services. Specializing in critical infrastructure, health care, tax, economic policy, financial services, and trade, Venn strikes a critical balance between providing the depth and breadth of a major political powerhouse and the personal attention and engagement that only a principal-driven boutique can offer.

Required Experience:

• Service on Capitol Hill or experience lobbying Congress

• Competency in one or more subject areas related to health policy

• Mapping and executing a strategy for achieving client/project goals

• Contributing to client and advocacy meetings confidently with desired outcomes

• Managing multiple high priority, complex workstreams

Responsibilities:

• Hill advocacy

  • Effectively engage with staff on the Hill to support client and firm goals

  • Generate clear federal advocacy deliverables, including bill introductions and building co-sponsorships, fielding hearing questions, and building key policymaker relationships.

• Client management

  • Anticipate client and project needs and engage internal and external assets to meet them.

  • Identify challenges to reach targeted objectives and proactively design a strategy/engage resources to seek alternative approaches.

  • Effectively communicate complex political dynamics to clients verbally and in writing.

• Team collaboration

  • Show clear initiative in applying political strategy to achieve client business goals.

  • Demonstrate superlative analytical and communication skills, both written and oral.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (focus on public health or related discipline preferred)

• Be enthusiastic and hardworking, capable of multitasking and working simultaneously on multiple projects.

• Must be able to function well on a team, including regular and proactive communication.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

• Uphold a professional image with external and internal business contacts.

• Work ethically and with integrity, including maintaining client and firm confidentiality.

• Maintain the highest level of discretion with confidential and sensitive information.

• Effective problem-solving to resolve routine client questions and critical thinking skills to anticipate client needs.

EEOC Statement

Venn’s employment practices are in accordance with the laws that prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran’s status, marital status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law. Venn is an equal opportunity employer.

If you require an alternative method of application or screening, please contact Human Resources.

Position Summary

Venn Strategies is a fast-paced, nationally recognized full-service government and public affairs firm based in Washington, DC. Our record of success reflects our broad working relationships, strategic expertise, and impeccable bipartisan reputation across the policy and political spectrum.

Responsibilities

Venn seeks an Executive Assistant to support two of our Principals on the Management Team.  Administrative responsibilities include interfacing with clients and Venn staff, scheduling meetings and appointments, making travel arrangements, providing business relationship support, handling some research assignments, and assisting with other office tasks as needed.

This position will also work closely with the Vice President of Operations & Programs and the Senior HR Manager to ensure smooth internal processes. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in business operations and contribute to a dynamic team.

This role combines strategic executive support with operational execution, with approximately 60% of the role focused on Executive Assistant responsibilities and 40% on Operations.

Experience

The ideal candidate must have  2+ years of full time, relevant previous experience, be a self-starter who is hard working and flexible, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, superlative organizational and decision-making skills, a high attention to detail, and a clear sense of confidentiality when conducting business on behalf of the firm.

How to Apply

Submit a cover letter and resume within application.

EEOC Statement

Venn’s employment practices are in accordance with the laws that prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on race, religion, color, gender, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran’s status, marital status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law. Venn is an equal opportunity employer. If you require an alternative method of application or screening, please contact Human Resources.

Position Summary

Venn is seeking an Associate with familiarity and interest in critical infrastructure policy and programs, including critical minerals, energy, transportation, and national security. The ideal candidate will possess 1-3 years of relevant experience to support our growing critical infrastructure practice group. A strong candidate will have a proven track record with federal policymaking, the political process, project management, and/or experience especially in one or more of the following issue areas: critical minerals, defense, energy, infrastructure security, environmental, transportation, manufacturing, and economic development.

About the Critical Infrastructure Practice Group

Venn Strategies’ Critical Infrastructure practice group creates and implements government and public affairs strategies to meet our clients’ diverse needs, including cultivating meaningful relationships with Congress, the White House, and Federal Departments and Agencies, providing regulatory analysis, developing policy recommendations, facilitating stakeholder partnerships, and building coalitions that amplify client voices.

The group covers several high profile and emerging policy issues, including physical and cyber security, technology innovation, manufacturing, trade, federal funding mechanisms, and infrastructure development across critical minerals, transportation, energy, environmental, and other technology and infrastructure sectors.

About Venn Strategies

Venn Strategies is a fast-paced, nationally recognized full-service government and public affairs firm based in Washington, DC. Our track record of success is a function of our broad array of working relationships, our strategic expertise and our impeccable bipartisan reputation across the policy and political spectrum.

We offer our clients a wide range of deliverables focused on advocacy, issue management, coalition management, grassroots engagement, alliance development and strategic advisory services. Specializing in matters of health care, tax, economic policy, financial services, trade and critical infrastructure, our firm strikes a critical balance providing the depth and breadth of a major political powerhouse, combined with the personal attention and engagement that only a principal-driven boutique can offer.

Experience:

• 1-3 years of relevant policy experience.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred or comparable experience).

Responsibilities:

• Support multiple client teams with complex and fast-moving projects and tasks.
• Research, analysis, and writing on client priorities to produce in-depth memos of relevant policy issues.
• Watch hearings and other key Congressional, Administration, and stakeholder meetings and prepare summaries relevant to client needs.
• Organize fly-in and fly-out events, including preparing background materials, managing attendees, and coordinating event logistics.
• Monitor key actions on the Hill and at relevant agencies (e.g., U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Department of Energy) that may affect client business.
• Administer client team coordination, including tracking Hill, agency and other stakeholder outreach, preparing agendas and materials for regular client calls and communication, summarizing calls and identify action items, tracking progress and implementation of actions.
• Help clients in drafting, reviewing, and submitting comments and applications to federal funding opportunities and regulatory proceedings.
• Build positive working relationships with clients.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required:

• Must have 1-3 years of relevant experience to support growing critical infrastructure practice.
• Be enthusiastic and hardworking, capable of multi-tasking and working simultaneously on multiple projects.
• Must be able to function well on a team.
• Knowledge of Congressional and regulatory processes and major policy initiatives in Congress and the executive branch.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Uphold a professional image with external and internal business contacts.
• Work ethically and with integrity, including maintaining client and firm confidentiality.
• Maintain the highest level of discretion with confidential and sensitive information.
• Effective problem-solving to resolve routine client questions and critical thinking skills to anticipate client needs.
• Ability to follow instructions, including a strong adherence to meet deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills to prioritize and complete work efficiently.

EEOC Statement

Venn’s employment practices are in accordance with the laws that prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran’s status, marital status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law. Venn is an equal opportunity employer.

If you require an alternative method of application or screening, please contact Human Resources.