Month: December 2025

The Assistant Director of Government Relations in Penn Medicine’s Department of Government and Community Relations supports Penn Medicine’s advocacy efforts across state, federal, and regional levels, with a particular focus on Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Reporting to the Senior Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs, the Associate Director helps develop and implement Penn Medicine’s annual advocacy agenda and supports relationship-building with government officials across jurisdictions. This role works closely with Penn Medicine entities, departments, faculty, and staff to facilitate communication with elected and appointed officials.

Responsibilities:

• Assists in managing and implementing Penn Medicine’s advocacy agenda across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, including tracking, analyzing, and engaging on legislative, regulatory, and policy developments relevant to Penn Medicine. Must have strong writing and research abilities, ability to manage complex tasks and ensure adherence to timelines.
• Supports engagement at the federal, state, and regional levels, in coordination with internal teams and external consultants.
• Implements a strategic approach to cultivating relationships and communicating Penn Medicine’s advocacy priorities. Establishes and strengthens relationships with elected and appointed officials and key staff across jurisdictions.
• Primary responsibility for the Government Relations weekly newsletter process and ensures timely distribution of the weekly Government Relations report to stakeholders. Communicates with internal and external constituencies by drafting reports and updates as necessary.
• Participates in meetings for industry associations and outside organizations focused on government relations and health care policy, including but not limited to the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, the American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and others.
• Supports the preparation of comment letters, legislative and policy summaries, and internal stakeholder communications related to advocacy priorities.
• Serves as an advisor to the Senior Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs on strategic initiatives and short- and mid-term planning activities, including special projects.
• Works closely across the Government and Community Relations Office to ensure a coordinated public affairs strategy that aligns with organizational goals, including the Associate Vice President of Government and Community Relations and the Director of Government Relations.
• Ensures compliance with applicable lobbying disclosure and reporting requirements and assists with lobbying reporting and tracking. Maintains ethical standards of conduct at all times.
• Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures
• Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization

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The Associate Vice President (AVP) for Foundation and Corporate Relations is a senior leader in Drexel University’s Office of Institutional Advancement (IA) and has primary responsibility to develop and execute strategies to increase philanthropic support across the university from private foundations and corporations. They will lead an effective centralized team in identifying funding opportunities that match the institution’s strengths and aspirations. The AVP will cultivate high-level relationships with current and prospective private funders, as well as constituents throughout the Drexel community, including the president, provost, deans and directors, faculty and IA fundraising units.

Essential Functions

• Implement focused fundraising strategies to secure financial philanthropic support from foundations and corporations in alignment with university priorities.
• Expand the prospect pool of potential foundation and corporate funders.
• Oversee pipeline development to ensure a robust approach to fundraising growth.
• Work in a collaborative and proactive manner with deans, program directors, faculty, staff and administrators.
• Create a culture of philanthropy among this cohort for seeking support from foundations and corporations.
• Develop tailored communications to foundations, in partnership with the development communications and marketing team.
• Leverage the assets of Drexel’s research community, develop opportunities for cross-functional and interdisciplinary proposals.
• Serve as a coach and mentor, providing direct managerial oversight for a centralized Foundation and Corporate Relations team.
• Set annual revenue targets in collaboration with team members and track progress against goals.
• Ensure that all proposals and grant reports to potential funders are accurate, compelling, professionally presented and completed in a timely fashion.
• Proactively steward funder relationships throughout the grant lifecycle, from proposal through final reporting.
• Ensure that resources allocated to the office of FCR, both human capital and operating funds, are well stewarded.
• Serve as an active participant of the Institutional Advancement Leadership Team.
• Serve as an active participant on the Principal Gifts team, submitting materials on a timely basis, effectively managing all projects and assignments, and accompanying the President, Provost and other academic leaders on visits when appropriate.
• Work in a consultative and cooperative manner in support of the President’s Office, the Provost Office and University and Community Partnerships.
• Work closely with the Office of Research and Innovation to coordinate all fundraising efforts as they pertain to multi-tiered funding opportunities for philanthropic and sponsored research.
• Develop and maintain a metrics-based system for tracking and measuring Foundation and Corporate Relations goals and activities.
• Annually develop a comprehensive strategic operating plan for FCR across all units.
• Keep abreast of new trends in the field of institutional fundraising with an emphasis on using data-driven decision-making models.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

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