Company: Community Care Network of Kansas
Job Title: Policy and Data Specialist
Job Classification: Exempt, Full-Time
Pay Range: $50,000-$65,000/year
Reporting Relationship: VP, Regulatory and External Affairs
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or similar schedule)
Location: Topeka, KS | Hybrid option (must reside in commutable distance, and in Kansas)

Who We Are: Community Care Network of Kansas

Community Care Network of Kansas (Community Care) strives to ensure all Kansans have access to quality, community-based healthcare close to home. We are a statewide association made up of a network of community clinics, all dedicated to providing the best medical, dental and behavioral care to Kansans.

Together, we are leaders in health care training, technical assistance, and public policy discussions at the local, state and federal levels. We collaborate with other health care providers, foundations, and individuals who partner to educate and advocate for increased access to high-quality care for all. We believe healthy Kansans build strong and vibrant communities, which strengthen the overall quality of life in our great state..

Role Overview:

Working with other members of the Policy Team, the Policy and Data Specialist will assist in developing and maintaining relationships with policy makers in coordination with other team members; research and evaluate policy to help identify and support effective policy options; provides expert guidance on and help determine how well our policy priorities align with our strategic plan; provide data research supporting the development of targeted and informative educational narratives related to our policy priorities; and leads efforts in identifying potential impacts of our policy priorities on our members, patients, partners, other stakeholders, and Kansans, in general. The position will also serve as support or lead staff on policy-focused special projects.

Major Duties:

• Supports Community Care’s efforts related to collaboration and collective action between Community Care, state associations and agencies, member clinics, and other stakeholders to advance legislative, regulatory, licensing, and payment policy.
• Conducts policy analysis and research on current, proposed, or potential policies that impact member clinics or the communities/patients they serve.
• Identifies and communicates to Community Care leadership best practices for consideration for legislative, regulatory, and other policy change, including other states’ experiences with similar policies.
• Creates, maintains and manages a legislative tracking system to keep Community Care leadership apprised of legislative activity affecting member clinics or the populations they serve.
• Develops and implements a comprehensive data analysis processes to support Community Care legislative and advocacy development and messaging.
• Staffs the Community Care Legislative Committee, working with the leadership team on agenda development and timing of meetings.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare finance, healthcare policy, public administration, or similar field of study; Master’s degree preferred.
• One to five (1-5) years’ of work experience in related field.
• Unrestricted Driver’s License required.
• Ability to promote a professional and positive appearance and work environment.
• Ability to make sound, well-informed decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to communicate complex and technical information in a clear and concise manner, both verbally and written.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, written and verbal communication skills required.
• Creative thinking and problem-solving skills; willingness to seek input regularly for process improvement.
• Passion and commitment to improving health in Kansas.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple individuals and manage several projects at once with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy with the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information and situations.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly maintain stationary position with regular need to relocate to attend meetings internally and externally.
• Ability to read computer screens and operate computer peripherals for an extended period of time, or the ability to discern electronic information through reasonably available accommodations.
• Regularly communicate with staff, members and stakeholders in writing, video conferencing and in-person meetings.
• Ability to lift or have the ability to utilize reasonably available resources to maneuver, up to fifty (50) pounds.
• Regularly required to speak and hear, sit, stand, bend, stoop, kneel and walk.
• Ability to travel as needed within the State of Kansas and nationally.

Work Environment:

• Professional, fast-paced, and deadline-oriented environment in an office setting with regulated temperatures and moderate noise level.

Additional Duties:

Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this position description at any time. The position description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee(s) holding this position. Employees are required to follow Community Care policies and procedures and maintain a professional personal appearance and workspace. Employees are required to follow any other position-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by the employee’s supervisor.

Community Care Network of Kansas does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the appointment to and termination from its Board of Directors, hiring and firing of staff or contractors, selection of volunteers, selection of vendors, and providing of services.