Government Affairs and Policy Manager or Associate (CGR Focus)

Company: AmCham China

Industry: Nonprofit Organization

Job title: Government Affairs and Policy Manager or Associate (CGR Focus)

Reports to: GA director

The Government Affairs and Policy Associate/Manager will support/lead implementation of the Chamber’s relevant initiatives through delivery of traditional and new value-added services in coordination with colleagues across the organization, ensuring maximum member value primarily in the core Chamber areas of Advocacy, Access, and Insights. This will include a primary focus on managing chamber relations with key Chinese government stakeholders at both the central and local levels and actively seeking to understand and communicate the key concerns of member companies. Monitor relevant policy developments and provide timely updates to the team and/or members. The Associate/Manager will additionally support key GA-related events/products, including the annual Government Affairs Conference and annual Appreciation Dinner, White Paper and Business Climate Survey, in addition to organizing other policy and GA-related events throughout the year.

Primary (60%):

• Proactively support the chamber’s overall government outreach and advocacy efforts, developing strong relationships with assigned ministries/organizations, actively seeking opportunities to engage on behalf of member company interests, and proactively deepening ones knowledge of how both the Chinese and US governments operated and interact with one another.
• Organize meetings with government agencies at both the senior (including annual White Paper delivery meetings), working, and provincial levels
• Lead or support the planning and execution of key events such as the Annual Government Affairs Conference and the Annual Appreciation Dinner
• Support the drafting and reviewing process of GAP-led advocacy products, including the annual White Paper, Business Climate Survey and other surveys and reports
• Support efforts to conduct specific policy-focused analysis, perspectives and reports, including regulatory submissions to the government
• Track, research, and analyze Chinese regulatory and legislative changes
• Log member service needs and services delivered in the Dynamics CRM, to populate the member engagement scorecards and enable cross-chamber collaboration
• For each meeting and event record insights, issue tags, and key interactions with invited experts and member companies in the Dynamics CRM
• Use Dynamics CRM tagging, surveying and targeting capabilities for all programs to deliver targeted member engagement

Secondary (40%):

• Lead the planning and execution of AmCham’s Business and Investment Outreach trips
• Plan and implement other events, meetings and projects, in close coordination with other members of the GAP and other teams
• Regularly engage with and provide timely policy support to members, government officials and AmCham staff
• Prepare and co-deliver briefings on behalf of AmCham China both for Chinese government and member and member audiences
• Support AmCham China chapters with government engagement, in coordination with the member operations team, as needed
• Develop relevant industrial knowledge based on the scope of work from assigned ministries and work with relevant colleagues from the Member Operations team to provide insights to members
• Support the team’s valued added services, such as Policy+, the Social Impact Initiative, and other projects as needed