Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Consult with City officials to gain a thorough understanding of City public policy, legislative needs, and federal funding priorities and assist in the development and implementation of a lobbying strategy to assist the City in achieving its legislative and funding goals at the federal level. 2. Serve, at the federal level, as a liaison between the City and the White House, members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and other federal government officials/agencies from all political parties. 3. Assess and advise the City on the political landscape to help guide the City’s lobbying strategy. 4. Alert the City to proposed legislation or planned initiatives that may impact the City, either positively or negatively, and assist in developing, and carrying out, the appropriate City response strategy. 5. Research, monitor, and lobby with respect to all aspects of pending legislation that impacts the City. 6. Assist in fostering positive working relationships with members of the legislature and their staff. 7. Provide regular written legislative reports as prescribed by the City and routine updates on strategies planned and activities undertaken with regard to specific initiatives to the Chief Deputy Mayor and/or their designee.