Policy Advisor (Energy)

Seeking a Policy Advisor with more than five years of experience to join our Lobbying & Public Policy practice. Experience with policy issues and legislation related to energy is required. Experience working on Capitol Hill is preferred, ideally on the congressional committees of jurisdiction for energy policy. Experience working for an executive branch agency of jurisdiction also is preferred and may substitute for Capitol Hill experience. A Bachelor's degree is required; an advanced degree (JD or Master?s) is preferred. Stellar academic credentials and advanced written and verbal communication skills are required. Candidate must exhibit Akin?s core values: future-focused, diversity-minded, dedicated to excellence, service-oriented, and collaborative.

Our renowned Lobbying & Public Policy practice integrates a top lobbying practice within a full-service law firm. Our bipartisan group team represents clients before the federal government on legislative, policy policy, and regulatory matters, including on a wide range of issues related to energy policy. We advise clients across the energy sector?including traditional and renewable energy companies, utilities, and investors?on matters involving national security congressional legislation, regulatory developments, and defense policy and supply chain domestication. federal funding opportunities. Drawing on decades of deep experience in the private sector, military and legislative and executive branches of government, our team is skilled in briefing department officials and congressional branches, we engage with key decision-makers on how a client?s product or service supports national security priorities. To secure a successful outcome, we apply our first-hand knowledge at agencies such as the Department of Pentagon Energy, FERC, and EPA, as well as with congressional workings to advocate throughout the defense budgeting, appropriations and authorization processes. committees of jurisdiction. We also assist help clients in navigating national security shape policy outcomes, navigate regulatory regimes processes, and in obtaining associated authorization to conduct business worldwide.understand the broader political and policy context affecting the energy landscape.