House Majority Senior Policy Advisor

Job Description: The Utah House of Representatives Majority Staff is a partisan office serving the needs of the Majority Caucus Members. This position requires excellent communication skills, an ability to anticipate needs, and critical thinking. The majority staff for the House of Representatives maintains an exciting culture of high performance, innovation, problem-solving, and flexibility. A Senior Policy Advisor is responsible for assisting members of the House Majority caucus as they develop and implement policy through the legislative process. This position requires being detail oriented, strong analytical and research skills, and strong interpersonal skills. This is not a career service position and incumbents serve in an at-will basis. Incumbents serve in a partisan capacity and must be willing to work extended hours and weekends during the legislative session, the interim, or as needed. Example of Duties: •Coordinate and manage policy issues for the Utah House of Representatives, House leadership, and caucus staff to support the development and advancement of legislative policy initiatives. •Conduct policy research, legislative analysis, and strategic review of proposed legislation to assess policy impacts and provide recommendations to House leadership and members. •Monitor and track legislation throughout the legislative session and interim process, including advising on policy implications, political considerations, and implementation challenges. •Develop and implement legislative strategies, action plans, and policy initiatives in coordination with the Speaker of the House and House Majority Caucus leadership. •Facilitate policy work groups, task forces, committees, and stakeholder meetings to support legislative priorities and policy development efforts. •Prepare briefing materials, policy memos, white papers, correspondence, reports, talking points, summaries, and other written communications for leadership, members, and external stakeholders. •Support and coordinate House involvement with boards, councils, commissions, committees, and task forces aligned with legislative priorities and statewide initiatives. •Analyze and interpret policy data, reports, and research findings to provide strategic recommendations and support evidence-based decision making. •Design, administer, and evaluate surveys, questionnaires, and other data collection tools used in policy research and legislative analysis. •Assist House Majority Caucus members with policy development, messaging, legislative strategy, and constituent or stakeholder communications. •Interface regularly with members of the executive and judicial branches, local government entities, industry stakeholders, and the general public on legislative and policy matters. •Lead and coordinate the end-of-session “lifting and sifting” process, including bill prioritization, procedural management, and legislative strategy coordination.