Director of Policy (Remote Option) at Benefits Data Trust

• The Director of Policy informs the organization’s overall strategy, develops BDT’s policy agenda, and leads the Policy team. The Policy team: provides technical assistance to state and local government; writes and promotes policy briefs and playbooks; informs BDT’s products and services; and oversees BDT’s overall research agenda and studies with external researchers. Research documenting the impact of public benefits on people’s health, education, and economic well-being, and the impact of streamlining access to benefits builds public will for increasing benefits access, advances policy and practice change, and raises awareness of BDT’s offerings. • Refine and execute BDT’s policy and systems change agenda with a focus on advancing equity • Maintain and strengthen relationships with national and state policy leaders, including government agency leaders, advocates, and academics. Participate in strategic coalitions • Develop and cultivate new opportunities to promote BDT products and services to government and philanthropy • Oversee technical assistance to state and local agencies to streamline benefits access, including the use of federal policy options and waivers, and to promote innovation and measurable systems change • Strengthen BDT’s role as a thought leader in health and human services transformation and benefits access through conference presentations, testimony, webinars, press, policy and research briefs, public comments, and blog posts • Inform the evolution of BDT’s products and services and provide policy advice to other departments • Oversee the research team responsible for developing BDT’s overall research agenda, including partnering with external experts to conduct and publish rigorous research and working with BDT’s Data Science, Projects, Strategy and Product teams to prioritize internal research and evaluation activities that promote equity, impact, and efficiency • Supervise and support the professional development of BDT’s policy and research staff

Director of Policy (Remote Option)

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Trooper Sanders

Manuela Vargas Jaramillo Verified

About Benefits Data Trust:

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www.bdtrust.org

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