District of Columbia

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is seeking a full-time Communications Manager. This individual will play an integral role in implementing and advancing our external communications efforts, including managing the public and members-only websites, social media profiles and media relations. The Communications Manager will work in collaboration with the Director of Communications on all aspects of GHSA’s communications with our members, partners, and the media. This position is responsible for:

“We’re at a pivot point from the way it was to the way it will be in the future. We, as a community, are trying to figure out what we need to change in order to preserve the benefits from traffic enforcement but to correct systemic problems we see,” Russ Martin, GHSA’s senior director of policy and government relations, told Vox.

Summary

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) primary mission to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes through the development and implementation of effective education, research, safety standards and enforcement policies and programs. NHTSA is charged with writing and enforcing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as well as regulations for motor vehicle theft resistance and fuel economy.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for SADD National staff, development, programs, and execution of its mission.

Responsibilities

• Government Relations Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive government affairs strategy that aligns with the organization's objectives and priorities.
• Legislative Monitoring and Analysis: Track and analyze local, state, and federal legislation and regulations that may impact the organization, providing timely updates and recommendations to senior management.
• Advocacy and Lobbying: Engage with government officials, legislators, and regulatory agencies to promote the organization's positions and policies through lobbying efforts,

The Senior Researcher will be responsible for large and complex research in support of the AAA Foundation’s overall mission.

Responsible to carry out a number of traffic research studies in support the mission of AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. This individual will manage one or more studies awarded to other research institutions.

Supports AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety research and assists with identifying new research topics, drafting research needs statements, conduct in-house research activities such as literature reviews, design experiments, analyze data, interpret results, and prepare technical documents.

The administrative coordinator supports the organization’s headquarters office by performing a variety of office management, clerical, program support and administrative tasks.

The senior accountant performs a variety of tasks related to the accounts payable, cash management and general ledger processes for the organization, including overall financial support to internal and external parties.