Government Relations Consultant VI, Local Government and Community Relations

Government Relations Consultant Vi, Local Government And Community Relations

Primary Location Pleasanton, California Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $196500 - $231100 / year Job Number 1405935 Date Posted 02/20/2026 Submit Interest
Job Summary: In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for establishing, fostering, and maintaining effective relationships with elected and appointed officials at all levels of government and strategic civic and business organizations independently and leveraging relationships when necessary; serving as a representative on local government, community, and neighborhood groups and business associations independently; developing and managing a strategic sponsorship plan to increase visibility and advance business and advocacy priorities with key stakeholders through community events, activities, and employee engagement independently; advising senior leadership on key community issues; identifying and advising on strategic engagements and facilitating relationship building with key stakeholders independently; collaborating with senior leadership to develop approaches and solutions to key community issues; evaluating and approving positioning to local government ordinances and ballot measures as needed; providing strategic direction on external issues that may impact KP business priorities and leveraging strategic relationships to support leadership; and facilitating the process to secure needed approvals to support capital projects (e.g., building permits) independently.
Essential Responsibilities:
Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds collaborative, cross-functional relationships. Solicits and acts on performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influences, mentors, and coaches team members. Practices self-leadership; creates, evaluates, and responds to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit or team members. Leads the adaptation to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Fosters open dialogue amongst team members.
Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying member and operational needs; translates business strategy into actionable business requirements; develops and updates new procedures and policies. Gains cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves highly complex issues; escalates and resolves issues as appropriate; sets standards and measures progress. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates, obtains and distributes resources. Removes obstacles that impact performance; guides performance and develops contingency plans accordingly; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
Promotes KPs interests by: fostering effective relationships with elected and appointed officials, policymakers, trade associations, and other groups; providing guidance on communicating with key external stakeholders on KP; mentoring others on influencing strategic partners to take positions consistent with KP; and facilitating others to be effective liaisons and representatives of KP.
Partners with internal stakeholders on government relations by: coordinating with key internal stakeholders and senior leadership on developments in legislation, regulations, legal proposals, public policy, key personnel changes, national/state/local issues; integrating approaches and solutions to key issues; guiding planning efforts and response to proposed legislation, regulations, legal proposals, public policy, national/state/local issues; and managing recommendations and ensuring communication of positioning to internal audiences.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)
Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
Attention to Detail
Business Knowledge
Communication
Critical Thinking
Cross-Group Collaboration
Decision Making
Dependability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
Drives Results
Facilitation Skills
Health Care Industry
Influencing Others
Integrity
Learning Agility
Organizational Savvy
Problem Solving
Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
Teamwork
Topic-Specific Communication
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)
Company Representation
Government Operations
Political Advocacy, Lobbying and Engagement
Relationship Building
Business Documentation
Business Value Communication
Information Gathering
Market Risk Knowledge
Persuasion
Reputational Management
Risk Management
Written Communication
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum six (6) years of experience in legislative, regulatory, or government relations at the local, state, or federal level, health policy, communications, public affairs, or a directly related field.
Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university AND Minimum nine (9) years of professional experience (includes internship and unpaid work experience) OR Minimum twelve (12) years of experience in legislative, regulatory, or government relations at the local, state, or federal level, health policy, communications, public affairs, or a directly related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's from an accredited college or university.
Primary Location: California,Pleasanton,Pleasanton Tech Cntr Building E Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Flexible Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-NCAL-09|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: Oakland Reg - 1950 Franklin - Rgnl PA-Commnty&Gov Reltns - 0208 Pay Range: $196500 - $231100 / year Kaiser Permanente is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not include the value of our total rewards package. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills and geographic location along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure that pay equity is achieved and maintained across Kaiser Permanente. Travel: No Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.