City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn

Sr. Policy Advisor

  • Drives the Mayor's neighborhood revitalization goals, leading cross-functional project implementation and ensuring community impact

  • Builds strong relationships, facilitates working groups, and implements authentic resident engagement strategies

  • Oversees project plans, tracks progress, and serves as a key spokesperson, ensuring alignment with mayoral priorities


About the Company

At the City of Atlanta, we are passionate about building and improving our community. Our police officers, firefighters and building inspectors keep our citizens safe. Our Public Works staff keeps our City clean and helps maintain, build and improve our City’s infrastructure. Our City planners help envision and shape future City growth. Our Parks & Recreation professionals enhance our quality of life.

Our engineers help keep our drinking water clean, the largest airport in the world (by passenger volume) operating and our buildings maintained. Along with the host of Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources professionals whose support is vital, we are the City of Atlanta! If you are seeking a meaningful role where you can make a real difference improving and growing our City, we welcome you to explore the job opportunities we have to offer.

About the Job

The Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Community Revitalization, will work to advance the Mayor’s goals for catalytic revitalization of target disinvested neighborhoods across Atlanta. The Senior Advisor is responsible for leading this initiative, including overseeing project implementation, ensuring the progress and completion of capital projects, building community ownership, and managing key stakeholder relationships. The Senior Advisor must be a master facilitator, working collaboratively and swiftly across multiple departments, agencies, and sectors. A key component of the work is supporting the engagement of numerous working groups that focus the efforts of City departments, external agencies, non-profit and philanthropic organizations, development partners, and neighborhood leaders to implement the program in accordance with community goals.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the implementation of the high-priority, cross-functional place-based neighborhood revitalization strategy

  • Build an internal organizational framework and approach to strategy implementation that ensures regular, proactive, and strategic integration of broad mayoral priorities, maximizes community impact, and fully integrates racial equity and community inclusion

  • Guide the design, implementation, and evaluation of cross-functional initiatives involving multiple City departments and agencies, overseeing working groups, developing and approving project plans and project managers, and tracking collaborative progress

  • Serve as an expert resource for key internal leaders whose departments are critical implementers of strategy components (e.g., Commissioner of City Planning, Commissioner of Transportation, etc.)

  • Serve as external spokesperson and surrogate for the Mayor and the Chief Policy Officer relating to this work

  • Oversee a small team responsible for maintaining master project management/ tracking system for all major projects, programs, and initiatives contained within the strategy

  • Support other high-priority mayoral programs and initiatives as needed by supplying a unique perspective and familiarity with the perspectives of stakeholder served by the team’s initiatives and using it to evaluate other programs and policies

  • Develop and implement authentic, frequent community and resident engagement strategies, in and surrounding target neighborhoods, in collaboration with key stakeholders

  • Manage the ongoing implementation of the initiative’s comprehensive communications plan, in collaboration with key stakeholders

Qualifications

  • Education & Experience:

    • Undergraduate or equivalent experience in public policy, urban planning, community development, public administration, or related field

    • 10+ years of progressive experience in a related field

    • Master’s degree in public policy, urban planning, community development, public administration, or related field with 15+ years of progressive experience is preferred

      • Equivalent professional experience may be considered for substitution for the required degree on an exception basis

  • Knowledge & Skills:

    • Expertise in community development, neighborhood revitalization, community engagement, public administration, racial equity, economic mobility, and/or public policy principles

    • Extensive experience building public policy and/or cross-sector initiatives, especially relating to neighborhood revitalization, racial equity, and/or community development

    • Demonstrated experience successfully delivering large-scale, complex projects on time and within budget

    • Demonstrated success in the development, management, and implementation of major, high visibility, high impact strategic projects involving diverse stakeholders and sometimes competing priorities

    • Adept facilitator and team leader, with the ability to motivate and hold accountable diverse, cross-functional teams

    • Ability to work collaboratively to arrive at constructive solutions

    • Strong written and verbal communication skills

    • Strong and synergistic leadership skills

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City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Hybrid, Director & above Andrew DeZarn City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Hybrid, Director & above Andrew DeZarn

Director, Grants Accounting

  • Develops and maintains a long-term financial plan, integrating revenue, expenses, and capital expansion for the Department of Aviation

  • Forecasts financial needs, analyzes risk, directs the annual budgeting process, and provides performance reports to senior management

  • Manages daily operations, develops organizational structure, and leads staff, ensuring policy application and resource allocation


About the Company

At the City of Atlanta, we are passionate about building and improving our community. Our police officers, firefighters and building inspectors keep our citizens safe. Our Public Works staff keeps our City clean and helps maintain, build and improve our City’s infrastructure. Our City planners help envision and shape future City growth. Our Parks & Recreation professionals enhance our quality of life.

Our engineers help keep our drinking water clean, the largest airport in the world (by passenger volume) operating and our buildings maintained. Along with the host of Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources professionals whose support is vital, we are the City of Atlanta! If you are seeking a meaningful role where you can make a real difference improving and growing our City, we welcome you to explore the job opportunities we have to offer.

About the Job

The Director of Grants Accounting builds and maintains a long term financial plan for DOA that integrates revenue, expense, financing and capital expansion plans into cohesive program. This is a high level of strategic and operations management reporting to a top department executive or a department deputy. Position manages a primary function of the department and recommends operating policy and procedure subject to department executive approval. This level would be expected to manage a varied array of professionals and managers. This is NOT a routine promotional level and the specific justification for classification at this level must be documented.

Responsibilities

  • Builds and maintains a long term financial plan for DOA that integrates revenue, expense, financing and capital expansion plans into cohesive program

  • Forecasts and plans for the financial needs of the Airport (Long Range Financial Plan - LRFP)

  • Analyzes and measures financial risk

  • Actualizes the plan through budgeting and performance management

  • Directs and supports the LRFP updates

  • Directs and supervises the annual budgeting process

  • Provides reports and presentations to senior management regarding forecasting, planning and budgeting and financial performance

  • Manages the day to day operations. Creates operating plans, forecasts and reporting systems

  • Manages the budget preparation, submittal and administration

  • Develops organizational structure and selects, develops and manages staff

  • Establishes internal processes, interprets and applies organizational policies

  • Provides input into policy and strategy

  • Manages purchasing, inventory, equipment maintenance and other asset related functions and approves purchase/supply orders, expense accounts

  • May make purchasing or resource allocation decisions within organization guidelines

  • Applies organizational policies

  • May interpret organizational policies and recommend exceptions

Qualifications

  • Education & Experience:

    • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field with 8-12 years' of accounting experience and demonstrated management experience

    • Master's degree in accounting, finance or related field with 5-8 years' of accounting management experience is preferred

      • Equivalent professional experience may be considered for substitution for the required degree on an exception basis

  • Knowledge & Skills:

    • Strong general accounting and GAAP knowledge. Strong knowledge of spreadsheet modeling

    • In depth knowledge of airport operations

    • Strong leadership and management skills

    • Strong planning, organizational and presentation skills

    • Ability to perform economic analysis and modeling

    • Knowledge of operating procedures for Microsoft Office, accounting software and other financial databases

    • Ability to analyze situations or data requiring an in depth knowledge of selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results

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SVP of Development

  • Directs strategic development across all entities (c3, c4, PAC, 527), achieving revenue goals through diverse programs and team leadership

  • Collaborates with executive leadership and the board, fostering a culture of philanthropy and ensuring legal compliance for all fundraising activities

  • Builds and maintains strong connections with donors, board members, and staff, maximizing fundraising capacity and organizational visibility


About the Company

For more than 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) and its chapters have fought to protect and expand reproductive freedom—including access to abortion and contraception—for everybody. We are powered by our more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family.

Reproductive Freedom for All centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our organization and our work. Continuously learning from our history, we hold ourselves accountable to achieve reproductive freedom with equitable access for everybody. As the oldest and largest national membership organization primarily focused on advocating for abortion access, we organize and mobilize, galvanizing millions of people to take action to defend reproductive freedom, and shining a spotlight of accountability on bad actors who work to impose their ideological agenda on others. We also work to elect champions for reproductive freedom and advance state and federal legislation to safeguard it.

About the Job

Reporting to the Executive Director the Senior VP of Development is responsible for the strategic direction, design, implementation, and evaluation of development and fundraising programs for Reproductive Freedom for All 501 c4, Reproductive Freedom for All federal PAC, Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation 501 c3, and Freedom Fund 527. The VP of Development leads and supervises a team of development professionals in achieving the organization’s revenue goals and advancing its mission.

The Senior VP of Development plays a key role in the development of the organizational vision and strategy and must exhibit leadership in implementing that vision as part of the executive team. They work closely with the Executive Director and President & CEO, are part of the Executive Team, and serve as the lead development officer liaison with the Board of Directors. They coordinate and lead efforts with other departments across the organization crafting innovative partnerships with foundations and donors to advance our common goals. They are responsible for providing leadership and fostering a climate that facilitates a culture of philanthropy as well as political action, meeting the annual and longer term financial and programmatic fundraising goals for the organization. They must have a commitment to Reproductive Freedom for All’s core values and integrating diversity, equity and inclusion into every aspect of our work.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute effective and comprehensive fundraising programs for Reproductive Freedom for All 501 c4, Reproductive Freedom for All federal PAC, Reproductive Freedom for all Foundation 501 c3, and Freedom Fund 527 (SuperPac)

    • Develop and implement annual fundraising priorities and plans for an integrated development program (membership/direct marketing, major gifts, special events, planned giving, foundations, and workplace giving)

    • Develop annual revenue projections across all entities and all channels

    • Develop annual budgets for the development department; regularly review fundraising department’s revenue and expenses, track department-wide progress to goals; regularly update President and Executive Director on progress; prepare reports and presentations for the Board of Directors

    • Build Reproductive Freedom for All’s funding capacity and culture. Deepen and diversify the revenue base, increase funding from all constituencies through all channels. Ensure that the development infrastructure supports short-term and long-term goals

    • Personally collaborate with President & CEO, Board leadership and organizational leaders to cultivate and solicit principal level gifts from current and prospective donors

    • Work with the Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer, and legal counsel to ensure legal compliance, as it relates to fundraising for all of the organization’s entities, 501 c4, 501 c3, PAC, and 527

  • Key Stakeholder Relations

    • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with members of Reproductive Freedom for All and Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation Boards of Directors, key benefactors, volunteer leaders and colleagues

    • Identify, supervise and direct development and institutional advancement opportunities for the President & CEO, members of the Boards of Directors, selected volunteer leadership, and senior staff members

    • Serve as primary liaison to Board Development of Reproductive Freedom for All and Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation

    • Develop relationships with prospective individual donors to increase funding, membership and visibility for the organization’s work

    • Provide support for the President & CEO in preparation for events and opportunities with prospective donors

    • Enlist senior management as appropriate in educating donors about the organization’s impact and investment worthiness

  • Supervision

    • Direct, supervise and manage the fundraising staff providing ongoing guidance, direction and motivation; hire staff as needed; delegate appropriately and ensure strong internal communication and coordination; evaluate performance and provide opportunities for personal and professional growth; and provide oversight to consultants

    • Lead by example; set high performance standards for self and staff. Foster a positive, team environment of achievement and ensure staff accountability through clearly defined and measurable goals

    • Build a sense of teamwork and ownership, empowering staff through active communication and delegation

    • Promote intradepartmental and interdepartmental collaboration

    • Create an environment that is inclusive, welcomes differences of opinion and promotes respect for others, and fosters trust and cooperation

    • Supervise relationships with outside vendors and consultants; play an active role in planning and execution, set clear expectations for achieving goals and accountability, and maintain clear and consistent communication

  • Other duties consistent with the duties and qualifications outlined herein may be assigned

Qualifications

  • A minimum of 10 years of development experience with a clear track record in developing and achieving fundraising milestones

  • A Bachelor’s degree

  • Broad knowledge of all areas of fundraising including: major donor cultivation and solicitation, membership/direct marketing including direct mail, telemarketing, digital, planned giving, working with both institutional and family foundations, executing special events and other innovative development strategies

  • Strong management skills and experience, both strategic and operational, and a demonstrated ability to build, motivate, mentor, and supervise a team of 10 or more staff

  • Broad experience with fundraising data base systems

  • Excellent writing and speaking skills and an ability to translate Reproductive Freedom for All’s mission and programs into effective fundraising initiatives

  • A personal passion and commitment to the organization’s mission and an understanding of reproductive freedom

  • Demonstrated commitment to working in an environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion

  • High cultural competence and the demonstrated ability to work with and mentor individuals with different lived experiences

  • A drive to make things happen. Proven experience managing high-performing, racially diverse teams; high standards for success and a healthy impatience for progress

  • Very strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with excellent judgment and a strong ability to communicate in writing and in person

  • Proven ability to listen deeply to what people are saying (while understanding what they aren’t) to identify and resolve challenges. Ability to make tough and strategic decisions when confronted with difficult choices and in highly complex situations and in fast-moving environments

  • Proven ability to successfully manage up and sideways, with an eagerness and ability to figure out what high-level stakeholders need; ability to deliver on it

  • An ability to travel

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Bully Pulpit, Multiple, Hybrid, Director & above Andrew DeZarn Bully Pulpit, Multiple, Hybrid, Director & above Andrew DeZarn

Design Director

  • Leads a growing design team, driving impactful ad campaigns for global brands and social change organizations, ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery

  • Strategically elevates creative output, fostering growth for junior designers and pushing boundaries in brand identity and collateral design

  • Champions a design-focused approach, contributing to the agency's rapid expansion and global competitiveness through innovative work


About the Company

Bully Pulpit International is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government and we communicate without barriers and measure what matters. BPI specializes in public affairs, corporate reputation, and social impact. A growing firm, we sit on both coasts and connect Silicon Valley technology, Madison Avenue creative, Washington policy and real people.

About the Job

We are an ambitious, quickly expanding team looking for a Design Director that can help us compete on a global scale. You are a smart, strategic, focused and ambitious senior design leader looking for the chance to make an impact on the advertising campaigns for both the biggest brands in the world and the most important mission-driven organizations fighting for meaningful social change in the country. This is an opportunity to push a design and creative team forward, lead impactful and meaningful work, and help to grow a talented, hungry team.

  • Overview. Capable of leading and developing top-notch ad campaigns across brand and social impact marketing. You will manage the design team and process to ensure campaigns are delivered on time, on budget and to the highest design and quality standards

  • Leadership. Lead a growing team of graphic designers; you have a background in designing brand identities and collateral & a desire to help young designers and creatives grow

Qualifications

  • 15+ years design experience in an agency environment, including at least 5 as a Senior Designer leading a range of advertising campaigns (brand reputation & social impact experience preferred)

  • A laser focus on design quality control. You want every design to be pixel-perfect and know how to maintain high design standards across a large graphic design team. You excel at reviewing graphic design work across multiple clients and providing the clear, actionable feedback necessary to make the work better and ensure it meets our standards

  • A background in resource management and the ability to help allocate and manage design resources, including designers, freelancers, and agencies

  • An active role in hiring, training, and managing the creative team’s development while providing direction and insights on performance and needs to the creative leadership

  • Exceptional communication skills, capable of communicating creative and design decisions - and why they work - to clients at the highest level (Fortune 1 C-Suite)

  • A desire to lead, mentor and manage a growing team of designers and art directors using persuasive leadership skills, clear communication, and comprehensive knowledge of branding / design strategies and best practices

  • Fluency in graphic design across both digital and traditional channels, including all social media platforms, print, OOH, DOOH and video advertising

  • Strong organizational skills that enable you to juggle multiple tasks, prioritize work streams, delegate effectively, and meet deadlines with ease

  • Applications without a portfolio will not be considered

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Vooru, Reston, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn Vooru, Reston, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn

Corporate Tax Manager

  • Manages diverse tax compliance projects for multiple corporate entities, including assisting with US/CA income tax provisions under IAS 12

  • Responsibilities include preparing federal & state income tax returns, estimated payments, extensions, and property tax filings, along with reporting oversight

  • Supports tax research, audit responses, and special projects related to sales & use and income tax, offering opportunities for growth and development


About the Company

Vooru is a tech-enabled recruitment firm that connects top companies with the right talent. We specialize in permanent placements in the Greater Washington area and around the United States. Our unique compatibility-based matching platform allows us to better understand who companies and professionals are today, and how to help them get where they want to go.

Our client is arguably the best when it comes to culinary innovation and provisioning services for the travel industry. They continue to move food safety & production where it’s most needed and meet the growing demands of their business and their end-users. This team seeks a skilled Corporate Tax Manager.

About the Job

Reporting to the Corporate Tax Director (US/Canada), the Corporate Tax Manager (or Sr. Manager) will work on a variety of tax-related issues and compliance projects for multiple corporate entities within the company’s-controlled group. This professional will need to be curious and willing to expand their technical skills with the intent of developing themselves to take on additional responsibilities within the company and continue to grow their career.

Responsibilities

  • Work on a variety of tax-related issues and compliance projects for multiple corporate entities within the company’s-controlled group

  • Assist with the preparation of the U.S. & Canadian income tax provisions in accordance with IAS 12, including ongoing updates of book-tax accounting differences, monthly accruals, and quarterly update of State & Provincial apportionment

  • Assist with the preparation of federal & state income tax returns, estimated tax payments, and extension requests

  • Participate in the preparation of Canadian income tax returns in conjunction with external accounting firms

  • Assist with the preparation of the company’s property tax & Commerce report filing responsibilities

  • Provide oversight and review of monthly tax reporting and submissions

  • Assist the Tax Director & Sr. Tax Manager group with research and projects related to U.S state and local sales & use and federal & state income tax issues and transactions

  • Assist with the preparation of formal responses to tax audit requests and notices

  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn and grow technical expertise in tax matters

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications:

    • 6+ years of relevant public and/or corporate tax experience

    • 2+ years of managerial responsibilities

    • BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance

    • CPA license and/or equivalent certification

    • Strong exposure to ASC 740 or IAS 12 with the versatility to develop outside of these related functions as well

  • Preferred Qualifications:

    • Big Four Public Accounting Background is a plus

    • Familiarity with US (Section 482) & OECD Transfer Pricing guidelines

    • Experience in a Technology, Retail, and/or Food Services environment is a plus

    • Proven ability to work in a cross-functional, diverse, and fast-paced environment

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Vooru, Baltimore, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn Vooru, Baltimore, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn

Sr. Manager, Accounting

  • Oversees all daily finance/accounting operations, including cash management, payroll, and general ledger, ensuring accurate close processes

  • Responsibilities include preparing financial reports and analyses, annual budgets, and forecasts, while developing controls and ensuring compliance

  • Manages audits, tax filings, the 401k plan, fixed assets, and insurance, while mentoring the accounting team and partnering with leadership on strategic initiatives


About the Company

Vooru is a tech-enabled recruitment firm that connects top companies with the right talent. We specialize in permanent placements in the Greater Washington area and around the United States. Our unique compatibility-based matching platform allows us to better understand who companies and professionals are today, and how to help them get where they want to go.

Our client empowers individuals and families to overcome challenges and achieve their mental health recovery goals. Its mission is to address the diverse needs of at-risk children, adolescents, and adults by providing mental health services throughout Maryland. This team is currently seeking a Sr. Accounting Manager.

About the Job

The Sr. Accounting Manager will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the organization’s accounting functions, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial records, and driving process improvements. This role involves managing a team of accounting professionals, ensuring compliance with regulations, and providing financial insights to support organizational goals.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the day-to-day operations of the Org’s Finance/Accounting Department including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, cash management, and general ledger

  • Oversees and coordinates with the department month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes, ensuring timely and accurate reconciliations, accruals and posting of journal entries

  • Prepares the monthly and annual Financials reports for CEO and all owners including summary analysis of major revenue and expense variances and cash flow impacts

  • Prepares the annual operating and capital budgets in collaboration with the CEO and department managers

  • Prepares the forecasts in collaboration with department managers to obtain visibility on the revenue and expenses anticipated over the remainder of the year

  • Develops and maintains accounting procedures and system of internal controls. Implement new controls, procedures, and financial policies to safeguard assets, prevent fraud and ensure compliance with accounting standards and governmental regulations

  • Responsible for the annual financial review, including preparing required work papers

  • Contract with an independent firm to perform financial review, and audit of the Retirement Plan

  • Coordinate with Payroll and HR the Workers Compensation audit. Will provide necessary documentation, explanations and responses to review or audit inquiries

  • Responsible for the day-to-day administration of the company’s 401K plan

  • Develops and maintains a system of inventory control for all fixed assets and assures adequate and appropriate insurance coverage is acquired

  • Works with independent firm to ensure that all annual tax filings are prepared and filed on a timely basis

  • Works with IT contractor & CEO in determining IT budgets, equipment needs, and overall vision of IT solutions

  • Collaborate with Workforce Development Department to ensure the payroll/HRIS functions are streamlined, and personnel changes are communicated across departments

  • Assist CEO and Workforce Development Manager with employee benefit plan reviews, HRIS, reviews, and updating of policies and procedures, as needed

  • Assists CEO with administering and implementing Risk Management Programs, including the review and administration of insurance coverage and fraud prevention initiatives

  • Maintain compliance with GAAP, tax regulations, and internal policies. Develop and enforce internal controls to safeguard company assets

  • Manage and mentor the accounting team, providing guidance, performance feedback, and professional development opportunities

  • Partner with CEO and department managers to provide financial insights and support strategic initiatives

  • Lead or support special projects, including system upgrades, policy updates, and other organizational priorities

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications:

    • 6+ years of accounting and/or finance experience, including 3-5 years in a leadership role

    • BS/BA degree in Accounting and/or Finance and an active CPA certification

    • Strong understanding of general accounting principles, policies, and procedures

    • Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year and close process

    • Self-motivated and driven to exceed expectations

  • Preferred Qualifications:

    • Public Accounting Background is a plus

    • Experience in a large nonprofit environment is preferred

    • Proven ability to work in a cross-functional, diverse, and fast-paced environment

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Sr. Manager, Media Relations

  • This role drives NRF's strategic goals by highlighting policy priorities, research, and economic trends to press, lawmakers, and stakeholders

  • Cultivates media relationships, crafts press materials, pitches stories, and promotes NRF initiatives and events, including Retail's Big Show

  • Responsibilities include collaborating on messaging, identifying social media content opportunities, and building a positive narrative for the retail industry


About the Company

The National Retail Federation is a trade association that passionately advocates for the people, brands, policies and ideas that help retail succeed. From its headquarters in Washington, D.C., NRF empowers the industry that powers the economy. Retail is the nation’s largest private-sector employer, contributing $5.3 trillion to annual GDP and supporting more than one in four U.S. jobs. For over a century, NRF has been a voice for every retailer and every retail job, educating, inspiring and communicating the powerful impact retail has on local communities and global economies.

About the Job

NRF has an excellent opportunity for a Sr. Manager to join its growing media relations team. This key communications role will drive efforts to advance NRF’s strategic goals and highlight the organization’s policy priorities, industry research and economic trends with press, lawmakers and other stakeholders. The ideal candidate will work closely with beltway, trade and national media to promote a positive industry narrative and further the organization as the leading voice of retail.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the development and implementation of NRF’s media relations efforts to advance NRF’s agenda, increase brand awareness and advance the interests of the retail industry

  • Draft press releases, statements and other materials relating to NRF’s public policy, advocacy agenda and industry trends and NRF events

  • Cultivate relationships with reporters

  • Pitch stories to targeted media contacts and promote NRF initiatives and events

  • Provide timely information to the press and work to build a positive media narrative surrounding the industry

  • Collaborate cross-divisionally to develop messaging on policy priorities, industry trends and economic issues

  • Identify opportunities for social media content for NRF branded channels

  • Manage media outreach and registration surrounding NRF events and activities, including Retail’s Big Show

  • Monitor policy and industry trends and stay informed on issues impacting the retail industry

  • Support other internal and external strategic initiatives

  • Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism or a related discipline

  • At least 4 years of communications or marketing experience

  • Excellent writing and editing skills and ability to message complex issues

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with high attention to detail and strong organization skills

  • Disciplined self-starter with the demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a team, to concurrently manage and drive results on a variety of projects

  • Excellent decision-making skills, strategic insight, professional initiative

  • Familiarity of Cision or other PR and media databases

  • Effective presentation skills

  • Creative problem-solving skills

  • Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills

  • Some travel required

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Director, Tax Policy

  • Leads Roosevelt's tax policy work, conducting research, writing reports/briefs/op-eds, and engaging with fellows and experts to develop impactful research

  • Develops the tax policy research agenda, collaborating with teams across the organization, and serves as Roosevelt's primary tax and budget policy expert

  • Manages a team of fellows, overseeing research product development, ensuring quality and timeliness, and partnering with development to secure funding


About the Company

The Roosevelt Institute takes on today’s greatest public policy challenges by advancing bold, cutting-edge research and policy ideas. We believe that the future of the American economy and our democracy depends on a new way of thinking about markets and government—and have successfully engaged with policymakers and the media to inform and shape public debate. Too few people hold too much economic and political power today, and we know that a stronger society is possible if we rectify this imbalance between private actors and the public. With a commitment to transforming corporations, restructuring markets, reviving democratic institutions, and reimagining the role of government, our work moves our nation toward a more resilient, equitable, and green future.

The Roosevelt Institute is a think tank, a student network, and the nonprofit partner to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum that, together, are learning from the past and working to redefine our collective future. Focusing on corporate and public power, labor and wages, and the economics of race and gender inequality, the Roosevelt Institute unifies experts, invests in young leaders, and advances progressive policies that bring the legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt into the 21st century.

About the Job

The Roosevelt Institute is hiring a Director, Tax Policy and Analysis to lead the organization’s work to build a more progressive tax code that rebalances power in our economy and democracy. The Director’s work will combine long-range strategy development, research and writing, spokesperson work, and day-to-day management. Their time will be divided roughly as follows: 40 percent personal research and writing; 30 percent managing fellows and contract authors; 20 percent promoting work of program; 10 percent administrative and management tasks (for example, supporting the development team). Included in the time devoted to research and writing and fellows management may be supporting research associates and program managers.

Reporting to the Principal Economist, the Director will partner with team members and leaders across the organization to develop, refine, and execute program strategy. The Director will also serve as Roosevelt’s primary subject matter expert on tax and budget policy—driving strategy, serving as an internal resource for colleagues, and representing Roosevelt in the media, among advocacy groups, with funders, and with elected officials. Candidates with subject expertise in tax law, budget-focused legislation, public economics, or any combination of the three are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

  • Research and Writing:

    • Research and author reports and issue briefs as well as other products, including blog posts, articles, and op-eds

    • Engage with fellows, external partners, and outside experts in developing research

  • Program Strategy and Leadership:

    • Working with the Principal Economist and in conjunction with the government relations, development, and communications teams, develop a research agenda on tax policy, including identifying areas for new long-range thought leadership as well as for near-term policy change

    • Lead and help build a team of part-time fellows and contract experts, aligning them around program goals, overseeing research product development, and ensuring that the whole of the program’s work and products is greater than the sum of its parts

    • Partner with the Think Tank Director to guide research by junior staff in support of program goals

    • Where appropriate, represent the organization’s program work with press, government officials, funders, and allied organizations

    • Manage and review the research and writing of fellows, contractors, and staff to ensure quality and rigor across all projects as well as to assess the timeliness of projects as they relate to near-term opportunities and current events

    • Partner with the development team to articulate clear goals, strategies, and deliverables for proposals to support program work and to track and report out on progress

  • Management:

    • Oversee product pipeline for program area and ensure all products meet the highest research standards, are positioned to drive strategic outcomes, and are delivered on time

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in law, economics, or other related degree strongly preferred

  • 10 years of experience in tax and budget program strategies, policies, and analysis

  • Exceptional writing, editing, and communications skills

  • Experience writing and/or communicating about fiscal policy to a wide audience

  • Deep knowledge of at least one subfield and familiarity with the subfields of tax law, legislative budget process, public and/or macroeconomic policy

  • Demonstrated success managing researchers across topics—including balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders and priorities (e.g., academic and research experts, advocacy and media goals) and ensuring timely delivery of projects

  • Experience collaborating with teams across an organization to develop and execute program strategies, as well as troubleshooting and course-correcting as needed

  • Passion for the Roosevelt Institute’s mission and paradigm-focused theory of change

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Director, Strategic Initiatives

  • Develops gov relations and comms strategies for the Roosevelt Institute, collaborating with subject matter experts to create relevant written products and events

  • Serves as a liaison between the think tank and external relations team, driving understanding of research and facilitating its deployment to policymakers

  • Manages the Fireside Stacks newsletter, represents the Institute to media and stakeholders, authors strategic materials, and contributes to fundraising efforts


About the Company

The Roosevelt Institute takes on today’s greatest public policy challenges by advancing bold, cutting-edge research and policy ideas. We believe that the future of the American economy and our democracy depends on a new way of thinking about markets and government—and have successfully engaged with policymakers and the media to inform and shape public debate. Too few people hold too much economic and political power today, and we know that a stronger society is possible if we rectify this imbalance between private actors and the public. With a commitment to transforming corporations, restructuring markets, reviving democratic institutions, and reimagining the role of government, our work moves our nation toward a more resilient, equitable, and green future.

The Roosevelt Institute is a think tank, a student network, and the nonprofit partner to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum that, together, are learning from the past and working to redefine our collective future. Focusing on corporate and public power, labor and wages, and the economics of race and gender inequality, the Roosevelt Institute unifies experts, invests in young leaders, and advances progressive policies that bring the legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt into the 21st century.

About the Job

The Roosevelt Institute is hiring a Director, Strategic Initiatives to help lead government relations (GR) and communications strategy from within the think tank. The Director, Strategic Initiatives will work closely with subject-area experts to help them develop work plans that are responsive to changing political conditions, identify and take advantage of policy windows, and defend progressive policy priorities. They will serve as an essential connector between the think tank and Roosevelt’s external relations team.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Think Tank, the Director’s work will combine long-range strategy development, spokesperson work, writing, and occasional research. They will support the strategic translation and positioning of think tank work for different audiences, especially policymakers, through fact sheets, op-eds, and other written products. Additionally, they will be responsible for managing Roosevelt’s weekly c4 newsletter, Fireside Stacks, which offers weekly commentary on progressive politics, policy, and economics.

Responsibilities

  • Strategy:

    • Work with subject matter experts in the think tank to develop strategy to ensure relevance of written products and events for GR purposes

    • Serve as liaison between think tank and external relations team (currently consisting of GR and communications/media) to drive internal understanding of products, strategic releases, and external deployments of products

    • Plan policy events and convenings

    • Contribute to the efforts of Roosevelt Forward, Roosevelt Institute’s sister organization, as needed

  • External Engagement:

    • Project manage and author Roosevelt Forward’s weekly newsletter, Fireside Stacks

    • Represent the team’s research and ideas to the media and other stakeholders by presenting at press briefings, engaging lawmakers, speaking with reporters, and engaging in conversations on social media

    • Partner with the development team to write funder pitches; make grant management plans, including outcomes and deliverables; and report on grants

    • On occasion, represent the think tank in person and virtually at convenings of funders and other thought partners

  • Research and Writing:

    • Author fact sheets and other products translating think tank reports and briefs for GR and communications audiences

    • Ghost-write content for organization leaders (such as the CEO, VP Think Tank, and others) and fellows

    • Opportunities to research and author or co-author strategic policy reports, research papers, op-eds, articles, presentations, and other products, with the opportunity to develop an area of specialization while also working across issue areas

    • Research and develop strategy around exploratory lines of work

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree strongly preferred

  • Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in government or advocacy with a focus on economics or political economy

  • Demonstrated understanding of federal policymaking processes and how research is deployed in those processes

  • Demonstrated experience setting and implementing campaign strategy

  • Persuasive commitment to the Rooseveltian worldview and an understanding of what it means to do paradigm-shifting policy work

  • Top-notch written and verbal communication skills; a proven track record of writing clear, structured, and persuasive communications (e.g., reports, factsheets, talking points, policy memos, and briefs) with excellent attention to detail

  • Experience collaborating with teams across an organization to develop and execute program strategies, as well as troubleshooting and course-correcting as needed

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VP, Communications

  • Develops creative messaging & Comms strategies, building Reproductive Freedom for All's brand and profile while prioritizing diversity and inclusion

  • Serves as a spokesperson, cultivating media relationships and collaborating with diverse audiences, including progressive partners and Capitol Hill offices

  • Operates at an executive level, ensuring message cohesion, leading the Comms Team, managing budgets, and fostering professional development


About the Company

For more than 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) and its chapters have fought to protect and expand reproductive freedom—including access to abortion and contraception—for everybody. We are powered by our more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family.

Reproductive Freedom for All centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our organization and our work. Continuously learning from our history, we hold ourselves accountable to achieve reproductive freedom with equitable access for everybody. As the oldest and largest national membership organization primarily focused on advocating for abortion access, we organize and mobilize, galvanizing millions of people to take action to defend reproductive freedom, and shining a spotlight of accountability on bad actors who work to impose their ideological agenda on others. We also work to elect champions for reproductive freedom and advance state and federal legislation to safeguard it.

About the Job

We are looking for a VP of Communications to set and lead an overarching strategy for Reproductive Freedom for All’s communications department. An integral member of Reproductive Freedom for All’s executive team, this person will deploy creative and effective communications strategies in order to lift up the organization’s campaigns, initiatives, political programs, and long-term vision for reproductive freedom.

The VP will be a campaigner at heart, an experienced communicator, thoughtful manager, persistent problem-solver, on-the-record spokesperson and a collaborative leader who can thrive in a fast-paced, ambitious work environment and is passionate about advancing Reproductive Freedom for All’s mission. They will be in charge of multiple projects at once and must have a commitment to Reproductive Freedom for All’s core values and integrating diversity, equity and inclusion into every aspect of our work.

An ideal candidate is passionate about reproductive freedom, with at least 10 years of experience including experience building and leading high-performing teams and a commitment to working collaboratively, including with other departments, and helping contribute to a positive and high-impact workplace.

Responsibilities

  • Drive ambitious and creative messaging, communications, and external affairs strategies for entire organization

    • Provide high-level guidance and generate creative ideas and fine-tuned feedback to influence narratives, shape public opinion, and reach key audiences, keeping in mind the organization’s focus on young people and people of color

    • Build Reproductive Freedom for All’s brand and national profile, as well as the profile of our executives

    • Seek out new ways of engagement to grow our audience and stakeholders, with an eye towards diversity and inclusion, constantly pursuing innovation, excellence and results

    • Creatively design processes to measure impact and efficacy of communications work

  • Represent Reproductive Freedom for All in high-level spaces and places

    • Serve as on-the-record spokesperson with national and state media, including by tapping into your own network of trusted reporter relationships

    • Disseminate messaging and materials and collaborate with broad and diverse audiences, including progressive movement organizational partners, campaigns, Capitol Hill offices, other members of the reproductive rights, health, and justice movements, and more

  • Operate at an executive level in the organization and work closely with the President & CEO, Executive Director, and other members of the Executive Team to align the organization’s priorities and campaigns to maximize impact

    • Ensure enterprise-wide message cohesion and brand consistency

    • Collaborate with the Communications Director and other national and state staff to develop and execute strategic communications plans that maximize coordination, efficiency and effectiveness, and reflect the organization’s values

  • Provide excellent project and people management and leadership to the Communications Team

    • Provide direction, leadership, and guidance for the Communications Department and support the Communications director in achieving high-impact results and supporting their team’s growth and professional development

    • Supervise communications departmental and project budgets

  • The Vice President may perform other duties not specifically identified in this job description, as needed, and consistent with the duties outlined herein

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications:

    • At least 10 years of experience in campaigns, advocacy or political organizations with a focus on communications, media relations, and/or developing and deploying creative content to achieve organizational objectives

    • Excellence in staff management with the proven ability to develop, coach, and manage high-performance teams of individuals with varied lived experiences

    • High-level strategic planning and budgeting skills, including a sophisticated understanding of state and national political and policy landscapes and ability to prioritize and balance short- and long-term needs in fast-paced and high-stakes environments

    • Deep attention to detail and exceptional written and verbal communication skills

    • Outstanding problem-solving and decision-making skills

    • Strong interpersonal skills and experience with building and maintaining productive relationships with colleagues internally and externally

    • A willingness to work in collaboration with departments across the organization

    • Proven track record of high-level media pitching, managing crisis communications, and on-the-record work

    • Maintain a strong network of media relationships

    • Strong background driving narratives at a federal and state level, with the experience to weave both together

    • High cultural competence and the demonstrated ability to work with and mentor individuals with different lived experiences

    • Experience supervising executive visible leadership plans and positioning executives

    • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambitious work environment

    • Experience working with membership organizations and a desire to engage members

    • Demonstrated ability and excitement to engage members of varied communities and people with different lived experiences

    • Demonstrated commitment to working in an environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion

    • Impeccable judgment in complex situations and ability to operate with diplomacy and discretion

    • Commitment to Reproductive Freedom for All’s mission and goals

  • Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience with the reproductive freedom movement is a plus

    • Language skills in addition to English, such as Spanish, is a plus

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Director, State Campaigns

  • Leads internal alignment for Reproductive Freedom for All's state work, collaborating with leadership and providing regular performance reports

  • Manages State Campaigns Directors, supporting their planning, budgeting, and execution of inclusive organizing and campaign strategies

  • Establishes strategic direction for state work, focusing on political & electoral mobilization, while building strong relationships and serving as a spokesperson


About the Company

For more than 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) and its chapters have fought to protect and expand reproductive freedom—including access to abortion and contraception—for everybody. We are powered by our more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family.

Reproductive Freedom for All centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our organization and our work. Continuously learning from our history, we hold ourselves accountable to achieve reproductive freedom with equitable access for everybody. As the oldest and largest national membership organization primarily focused on advocating for abortion access, we organize and mobilize, galvanizing millions of people to take action to defend reproductive freedom, and shining a spotlight of accountability on bad actors who work to impose their ideological agenda on others. We also work to elect champions for reproductive freedom and advance state and federal legislation to safeguard it.

About the Job

Reproductive Freedom for All is searching for a Director of State Campaigns who is deeply committed to protecting and expanding reproductive rights. Our team is committed to building lasting political power and a strong presence in key states with grasstops and grassroots organizing is core to that mission.

The Director of State Campaigns will lead a strategy to further establish Reproductive Freedom for All’s presence at the state level. The ideal candidate will have experience working with senior organizational leadership to develop continued strategic investment in state work for an organization that has a nationwide presence. They will have experience guiding high level leaders in key states who are responsible for the growth and impact of Reproductive Freedom for All’s statewide presence. Responsibilities will include managing Reproductive Freedom for All State Campaigns Directors that lead Reproductive Freedom for All chapters in key states, as well as providing strategic guidance and support for Reproductive Freedom for All’s campaign work happening across states where we do not have state chapters.

The Director of State Campaigns will lead us in designing and managing a state based power building strategy and oversee various members of the state campaigns department in executing the program. They will have experience in successfully building and managing teams that are grounded in intersectional justice. They care about empowering volunteers to take on meaningful roles in this work. They are enthusiastic about using a wide range of strategies to drive campaigns that win bold, transformative change. They take pride in leading a team that is result-oriented and adaptable with excellent judgment, professionalism, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure internal alignment—Serve as overall lead for Reproductive Freedom for All’s state work with the VP of Organizing and Campaigns; develop organizational goals for state work and ensure alignment with State Campaigns Directors

  • Provide regular reports on Reproductive Freedom for All’s state work which will include state level metrics, stories of state success, and photos documenting state work

  • Coordinate with director level staff of Communications, Political, Government Relations, Digital and Data, and Organizing/Training to ensure visibility and collaboration on state level work that is moving forward on a state level, and to ensure the work is reflective of the organization’s values

  • Manage State Campaigns Directors in chapter states where Reproductive Freedom for All has staff infrastructure and empower them to effectively engage the local communities in their states while ensuring an inclusive approach that promotes excellence in organizational outreach

  • Support State Campaigns Directors in building annual campaign plans and processes to effectively organize and build political power in communities of color and organize young people, in building budgets through cross departmental planning, and establish metrics for tracking outcomes

  • Help create inclusive organizing and campaign plans and processes to effectively organize and build political power in communities of color and organize young people

  • In collaboration with the Political Department, establish the strategic direction for Reproductive Freedom for All’s state work in chapter states; identify measurable outputs based on political and electoral mobilization

  • Build and leverage strong, strategic relationships within the communities that support our work, including the progressive community, as well as communities that are largely impacted by reproductive restrictions, organizations and elected officials and direct team members in doing the same

  • Serve as organizational spokesperson with the media

  • The Director of State Campaigns will perform all other duties not specifically identified in this job description, as needed, and consistent with the duties outlined herein

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications:

    • Demonstrated experience (8+ years) of related work experience, such as community organizing or electoral campaign coordination, with a passion for organizing with people as means for change

    • At least four years of experience directly supervising, managing, or mentoring staff, ideally organizing staff

    • Commitment to not only protecting and expanding reproductive rights, but also supporting other fights for justice and civil rights

    • Considerable experience holding organizers accountable to SMARTIE goals and creating daily, weekly, or monthly metrics via Google Sheets, VAN reports, and the like

    • Strong leadership and team management skills enabling collaboration, excellence and inclusion within teams

    • Commitment to the mission of reproductive freedom for everyone

    • Strong interpersonal skills and experience with building and maintaining productive relationships with colleagues internally and externally

    • High cultural competence and the demonstrated ability to work with and mentor individuals with different lived experiences

    • Experience with, or the demonstrated ability in, developing leaders

    • Demonstrated commitment to working in an environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion

    • Demonstrated ability and excitement to engage members of varied communities and people with different lived experiences

    • Experience working with or in state legislatures

    • Commitment to forging strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

    • Experience coordinating across several departments and ability to communicate and work internally to effectively accomplish goals

    • Able and prepared to travel to Washington, D.C., chapter states, and other locations as necessary

  • Preferred Qualifications:

    • Ideally have experience managing campaign and organizing teams for high-profile issues and or candidates at the state level

    • Experience in the reproductive freedom space and advocacy background

    • Experience with “newer” forms of digital organizing tools and tactics, such as distributed organizing, relational organizing, and the like

    • Experience creating complex reports reflective of team metrics and goals

    • Language skills in addition to English, such as Spanish, is a plus

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Director, CA Campaigns

  • Leads strategic legislative, political, organizing, and advocacy campaigns in California, including electoral work and advocating for reproductive freedom policies

  • Manages the state program budget, directs organizers, builds a statewide volunteer base, and cultivates relationships with policymakers and Gov leaders

  • Develops written materials for digital & fundraising teams, collaborates on comms strategies, serves as a spokesperson, and supports donor relations


About the Company

For more than 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) and its chapters have fought to protect and expand reproductive freedom—including access to abortion and contraception—for everybody. We are powered by our more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who believe every person should have the freedom to make the best decision for themselves about if, when, and how to raise a family.

Reproductive Freedom for All centers diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our organization and our work. Continuously learning from our history, we hold ourselves accountable to achieve reproductive freedom with equitable access for everybody. As the oldest and largest national membership organization primarily focused on advocating for abortion access, we organize and mobilize, galvanizing millions of people to take action to defend reproductive freedom, and shining a spotlight of accountability on bad actors who work to impose their ideological agenda on others. We also work to elect champions for reproductive freedom and advance state and federal legislation to safeguard it.

About the Job

Reproductive Freedom for All seeks a Director of California Campaigns to lead our California chapter, and continue to establish our political and organizing program in California. The Director of California Campaigns is responsible for developing and executing campaign strategy, program management, and day-to-day work duties. Reproductive Freedom for All’s mission requires us to increase our membership with young people and people of color, engage existing supporters, and activate critical constituencies to protect and expand reproductive freedom for all at the state level. The Director of California Campaigns should develop a program that will employ organizing tactics and strategies to meet the goals required by our mission. The Director of California Campaigns will be expected to play a strong, visible, inclusive, and strategic role in promoting statewide relationships including serving at coalition tables, working with coalition partners, donors, and elected officials.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Reproductive Freedom for All in strategic legislative, political, organizing and advocacy campaigns in California. This includes executing electoral work for candidates in a strategic fashion working up and down the ballot, as well as advocating in the state for reproductive freedom policies

  • Manage the program budget for state level work and ensure resources are spent to assist with local power building

  • Direct management of Organizers in state, including managing the building and mobilizing of a state-wide pool of volunteers, members, and activists through a variety of outreach activities to grow our general organizing and political work

  • Strategically build and maintain relationships with state policy makers and state government leaders in order to establish Reproductive Freedom for All’s footprint in the state and advocate for reproductive freedom and Reproductive Freedom for All’s members’ mission locally

  • Develop and deliver written materials outlining Reproductive Freedom for All’s on the ground advocacy efforts for Reproductive Freedom for All’s Digital and Fundraising teams

  • Work with Reproductive Freedom for All’s Communications team to craft messages and develop strategies to shift the narrative away from the opposition’s narrative and utilize opportunities to leverage political power, as we confront historic threats to reproductive freedom. Serve as spokesperson for the organization in California

  • Provide thoughtful leadership and vision, collaborating with the Director of State Campaigns to set the strategic direction, priorities and policies for the state

  • In coordination with the Development team support, deepening relationships with current donors and creating meaningful relationships with major institutional and individual donors

  • Understand and represent Reproductive Freedom for All’s goals both nationally and locally with partners and in coalition work

  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications:

    • Candidates must be located in California

    • The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience as a leader and political campaigner in California

    • Demonstrated commitment to protecting and expanding reproductive rights, as well as supporting other intersectional fights for justice and civil rights

    • Demonstrated commitment to ensuring anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of the planning and execution of our work

    • Experience leading a political or organizational campaign and strong familiarity with grassroots organizing strategies

    • Significant knowledge and understanding of California political landscape and dynamics

    • Strong state based coalition partner experience and the ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including those of diverse communities and backgrounds

    • Strong organizational skills and a record of success at keeping simultaneous projects organized

    • Strong leadership skills and political sense with demonstrated success in managing/collaborating with teams

    • Demonstrated commitment to Reproductive Freedom for All’s mission, values, and goals

    • Strong supervisory skills with a track record of managing organizing staff

    • Knowledge of diverse groups, working with a multicultural workforce and sensitivity to and appreciation of cultural differences

    • Flexibility to work occasional weekends/evenings and the ability to travel across the state as needed

    • The Director of California Campaigns will work in a hybrid role, both at home, with in-person events, and at other locations as necessary and must be prepared to travel as needed

  • Preferred Qualifications:

    • Bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus

    • Experience with VAN/Hustle

    • Experience as an on the record spokesperson is a plus

    • Experience managing budgets, and familiarity with 501 (C)3 and 501 (C)4 funding mechanisms is a plus

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Gifts Coordinator

  • Provides comprehensive admin support to the Major & Principal Gifts team, including managing calendars, preparing reports, and drafting donor communications

  • Supports donor cultivation and stewardship by collecting materials, assisting with gift agreements, and managing donor recognition

  • Maintains the CRM database, tracking actions, updating donor information, researching prospects, and supporting portfolio management for major gifts


About the Company

The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Since its founding in 1949, the Institute has been driving change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the most critical challenges facing communities in the United States and around the world. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the Institute has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, and an international network of partners.

The Institute’s Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA) is a central division focused on Institute-wide donor and prospect engagement. Areas of practice include principal and major gift fundraising, corporate and foundation relations, annual giving and membership programming through the Institute’s Society of Fellows, planned-giving, trustee engagement, major events, stewardship, research, gift accounting, and advancement communications.

About the Job

The Major & Principal Gifts Coordinator works directly with the Senior Director and Director (Major & Principal Gifts Team), supporting the organization’s top fundraising priorities and highest-level individual and family foundation donors. In this role, the coordinator will provide support to the Major & Principal Gift Officers assisting with all materials to prepare and support them in their identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of high-net-worth individuals. The coordinator will assist in tracking and logging donors and prospects in the CRM database including recording interactions, gift agreements, and all tasks associated with follow up. Additionally, the Coordinator will assist in supporting activities related to the annual fund and planned giving. As the Institute prepares to go into a large-scale fundraising campaign, it is integral that the OIA Coordinator exhibit strong organizational ability, professionalism, attention to detail, and swift prioritization skills.

This role works directly with the Senior Director and Director. The expectation is for this role to be in our Washington, D.C. office a minimum of 2x a week to collaborate with colleagues.

Responsibilities

  • Administrative Support:

    • Supports the Major & Principal Gifts team in tracking deadlines, entering actions in the CRM database, preparing reports, and crafting donor correspondence, emails, and briefings

    • Responsible for administrative support for the Major and Principal Gift team, which supports the organization’s Institutional Advancement needs

    • Responsible for managing and supporting donor events and functions, including tracking RSVPs, logistical support, correspondence with attendees, and staffing events as appropriate

    • Ensures fundraising pages on the website are up-to-date and assists in creating and updating pages as needed

    • Assist in maintaining Directors’ calendars of meetings, phone calls, and other interactions with donors and prospects. This includes direct interactions with donors, prospects, and support teams to confirm appointments and coordinate logistics

    • Assist with travel arrangements, reimbursement, and accommodations for the Major & Principal Gift team

  • Donor Management Support:

    • The coordinator will create and review reports that show revenue, gifts and pledges received, and progress towards campaigns and goals

    • Responsible for collecting materials needed for donor cultivation, which includes interacting regularly with OIA and Institute team members

    • Responsible for the administrative actions related to gift agreements, assisting in creation of donor bios, and reviewing donor recognition listings for Major & Principal Gifts

  • CRM Database Management:

    • Responsible for entering and tracking actions and contacts, updating donor information, researching and entering biographical and donor-related information, building prospect lists for geographic and thematic opportunities, and assisting with tracking and supporting portfolio management

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate (Bachelor’s) degree preferred or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

  • At least 1-3 years of professional experience, preferably in fundraising, membership or relationship management fields, experience with CRM database management preferred

  • Passionately interested in fundraising, current events, and trends and ideas related to the Institute's work and mission

  • Highly motivated, creative professional who can work comfortably in a high-paced and very detail-oriented team environment

  • Keen sense of personal integrity and discretion with handling sensitive information

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and experience working with organizational leaders. Ability to represent the Institute to high-level donors in a positive, knowledgeable, and professional manner

  • Excellent administrative and organizational skills, with an emphasis on time-management, attention to detail, and the ability to organize and implement various activities within a deadline-driven environment

  • Excellent writing skills in email, letters, and marketing materials, including high-level proofreading

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel and Word; experience in Salesforce preferred

  • Ability to quickly master project management software

  • Ability to quickly master CRM database software

  • Ability to quickly master donor research databases and work with data to identify trends and opportunities

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Bechtel, Reston, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn Bechtel, Reston, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn

Sr. Counsel, Nuclear Power

  • Provides expert legal counsel to Nuclear, Security & Environmental global business unit, focusing on the Nuclear Power business line

  • Advises on complex, often unique legal issues related to commercial nuclear projects, including contract negotiation, development, and execution

  • Collaborates with business leaders and legal professionals globally, managing risk and supporting commercial success through proactive legal guidance


About the Company

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

About the Job

The Senior Counsel provides legal advice and guidance to the Bechtel Nuclear, Security & Environmental (NS&E) global business unit (GBU) on matters affecting Bechtel business related to this skillset. The work is typically complex and challenging, involving issues that are unique and require a high degree of original and creative thought for their solution. The work performed by the NS&E GBU covers both government work (for customers such as DOE, DOD, NASA), as well commercial nuclear power (both domestic and international).

The Senior Counsel will work in Bechtel’s Nuclear, Security & Environmental Global Business Unit (NS&E GBU) with particular focus on the Nuclear Power business line. The successful candidate will be working as an integral part of a dynamic legal team, managing legal risk across the full breadth of the NS&E GBU in a manner that supports and facilitates the continued commercial success of the business and must be adept at building strong relationships and trust with business leaders and legal professionals both in the US and internationally.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for provision of services in support of commercial nuclear prospects and projects both in the US and worldwide

  • Reports to the Principal Counsel of the NS&E GBU

  • Responsible for providing proactive legal advice across a wide variety of subject matters and jurisdictions

  • Advises on the development and negotiation of contracts for the delivery of major projects in the US and around the world and supporting them during execution

  • The legal work is typically complex and difficult because it involves matters that:

    • Are unique and/or of critical importance to the business/undertaking in question and require a high order of original and creative legal endeavors for their solution; and/or

    • Require extensive search and analysis and the obtaining and evaluating of company input regarding controversial issues in areas that involve legal and other multi-disciplinary functions

Qualifications

  • Education & Experience:

    • LL.B. or JD degree with at least 15 years of professional progressive related experience in a major law firm or major engineering, procurement, and construction company

      • Must hold a current license to practice law in the United States

    • In-depth understanding and experience in matters relating to the engineering and construction sectors

    • Specific exposure to, and substantial experience of, the structuring and negotiation of major public infrastructure projects both in the US and internationally

    • Exceptional professional skills plus the breadth of experience to advise on the full range of legal issues likely to be faced by the NS&E GBU

    • A proactive self-starter who will roll up their sleeves and delve into the detail when appropriate

    • An approachable, down to earth, straightforward, resilient and persuasive personality with strong negotiation, drafting, communication and influencing skills and a constructive, commercial and imaginative approach to problem solving

    • The self-confidence and strength of character to speak his or her mind, combined with the sensitivity, judgment and tact to know when to insist and when to pull back

    • International in outlook and able to work easily with people from different cultures and backgrounds

    • Willingness to travel regularly and extensively

  • Knowledge & Skills:

    • Experience in nuclear-related and/or major infrastructure engineering, procurement and construction transactions

    • Intellectual Flexibility and Technical Acumen:

      • Demonstrable ability to quickly understand a broad range of commercial legal issues

      • Possesses strong lateral and analytical thinking skills

      • Is astute at identifying new sector or technical knowledge which will be advantageous to the business and awareness of current and evolving customer needs

      • Accustomed to a high degree of rigor, accuracy, detail and complexity

    • Project Management:

      • Manages all elements of complex transactions with minimal supervision against tight deadlines

      • Conscientious, detail-oriented, resilient and tenacious with the ability to prioritize workload and to run a number of projects simultaneously

      • Handles complex negotiations independently and reaches solutions which meet the needs of all parties

    • Commercial Acumen:

      • Understands how the business works and appreciates the role that the legal function can play in supporting business objectives

      • Uses their knowledge of the business and the law to advise on risk/reward trade-offs

      • Sees ahead clearly and can identify how to accomplish future goals; and

      • Has the pragmatism to interact effectively with senior non-lawyers globally

    • Influencing Skills:

      • Ability to influence major decisions having legal ramifications through reasoned analysis and business understanding

      • Willingness to make hard decisions on legal advice and strategic business initiatives

      • Possesses the intellect, stature and independence of thought to inspire confidence at the highest levels within Bechtel

      • Comfortable operating as a senior member of the business

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Tech:NYC, New York, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn Tech:NYC, New York, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn

Program Director

  • Spearheads the development and launch of the Org's Fellowship program, cultivating civic leadership within New York City's tech community

  • Oversees all program phases, from curriculum design and fellow selection to alumni engagement and impact reporting

  • Builds and maintains strong relationships with fellows, member companies, partner organizations, and civic institutions, serving as the program's public face


About the Company

Tech:NYC is an engaged network of tech leaders working to foster a dynamic, diverse, and creative New York. We bring together New Yorkers to support a successful technology ecosystem, attract and retain top-tier talent, and celebrate New York and the companies that call it home. Tech:NYC mobilizes the expertise and resources of the tech sector to work with city and state government on policies that ensure New York’s innovation economy thrives.

About the Job

Tech:NYC seeks a seasoned professional for a leadership role on our team. The Program Director will lead the development and implementation of the organization’s new Fellowship program to promote civic-minded leadership in New York City’s tech sector. The Fellowship will expose tech leaders in our membership companies to the inner workings of New York City, creating a network of leaders that bridge the City’s civic and business worlds. With a cohort of their peers, Fellows will explore visions of New York—past innovations, imagined futures, and the road forward—and strengthen the bonds between the tech sector and the City at large.

The Program Director will serve as the face of the Fellowship for public audiences and carry the Fellowship through the design, planning, and implementation stages, beginning with the inaugural cohort in 2025. Among other duties, the Program Director will own relationship management with the Fellows, employer-member organizations, partner organizations, and civic institutions around New York City that interface with fellows as part of programming. The Program Director will report to Tech:NYC CEO & President.

Responsibilities

  • Program Design + Implementation

    • Support the design stage of the Fellowship, including attending working sessions alongside Tech:NYC leadership and partner organizations to develop the Fellows selection process and finalize the curriculum and roadmap to launch

    • Drive implementation and project management of the Fellowship, beginning with the selection of an initial cohort (Spring-Summer 2025) and the official start date of Fellowship program (Fall 2025)

    • Steward the Fellowship within Tech:NYC and serve as the Fellows’ engagement lead and primary point of contact

    • Serve as primary liaison with Tech:NYC member organizations and external partners about the program

    • Identify opportunities to expand the Fellowship’s engagement, both internally with member organizations and externally with civic institutions and changemakers in NYC

    • Develop a plan to engage alums of the fellowship in Tech:NYC, as well as civic engagement opportunities across New York

    • Produce routine and ad hoc Fellowship program reporting

  • External Relations + Relationship Management

    • Represent the Fellowship and Tech:NYC publicly and collaborate with the Tech:NYC communications team to amplify the impact of the Fellowship and engage potential member organizations and civic institutions in future cohorts

    • Manage relationships with member organizations, funders, strategic partners, and other organizations contributing to the Fellowship

    • Answer Fellows’ questions, provide support, and confirm attendance & logistical needs at Fellowship events

    • Guide development of the Fellowship experience by routinely engaging Fellows and employer-members to gather input and refine program design

    • Provide supervision to colleagues and partners supporting coordination and administration of the Fellowship

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications:

    • A minimum of eight years of experience designing and executing programs or complex lines of work, with strong competencies in stakeholder and partner engagement, external relations, and/or cohort development and administration

    • Comfort balancing the priorities and attention of external partners with internal vision

    • Exemplary project management skills, particularly in launching new initiatives

    • Experience working with a small, dynamic team with evolving responsibilities

    • An understanding of the roles and dynamics of membership-based associations

    • Exemplary communication and writing skills

    • Experience in grant management and reporting

    • A keen eye for participant experience in large-scale programming and events

    • Familiarity with the civic sector in New York City and the dynamics therein

  • Preferred Qualifications:

    • Familiarity with the tech sector and tech industry dynamics

    • Experience with human-centered program or service design

    • Experience developing or leading leadership programs

    • A passion for collective impact and civic sector innovation

    • Personal connection to New York City

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Director of Policy

  • Implements health policy strategies aligned with the Org's mission, including identifying emerging issues and collaborating on related research & briefings

  • Manages policy projects, provides support to the board, ensures alignment with grantmaking and comms., and supervises vendors

  • Builds and maintains relationships with policymakers, grantees, and stakeholders, collaborating with the grantmaking team and representing the foundation


About the Company

The Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) is a nonpartisan independent foundation created in 1999. The foundation focuses on achieving health equity for people of color by changing the systems that influence people’s ability to be as healthy as possible. Connecticut is the nation’s wealthiest state with some of the best health outcomes in the country. However, not everyone has the opportunity to live their healthiest lives, and there are significant racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes in the state.

About the Job

The Connecticut Health Foundation is focused on health equity for people of color, and the policy director is the point person in determining how to best use policy to achieve the foundation’s goals. This individual plays a leading role in building strong relationships with those working on health policy at the state level, including policymakers and advocates, to advance foundation’s strategic goals and policy objectives.

Day-to-day responsibilities include developing, implementing, and monitoring strategy; formulating policy initiatives that advance the foundation’s mission; maintaining strong relationships with policymakers, advocacy grantees, and other constituents; and monitoring and formulating responses to relevant public policy issues.

The director of policy is a member of the program team and collaborates closely with the chief of staff and director of communications and the director of grantmaking to assure that policy activities are coordinated with the communications and research strategy and grantmaking. As a nonpartisan, private foundation, the Connecticut Health Foundation does not lobby and is committed to working with policymakers of all political affiliations.

Responsibilities

  • Health policy strategy development (approximately 40%)

    • Advance the foundation’s mission and strategic plan by developing a public policy and advocacy strategy, including creating and updating the policy agenda

    • Identify and develop strategies to respond to emerging health policy issues that are pertinent to the foundation’s objectives

    • Monitor state and federal health policy activities related to Medicaid, health reform, maternal health, and other issues related to the foundation’s priority areas

    • Collaborate with the communications team on the development and execution of public policy-related research and educational briefings

    • Remain abreast of current research, activities, and assure the foundation is aware of the perspectives of various stakeholders on issues

  • Project management (approximately 35%)

    • Work with the President and CEO, VP of Program, Chief of Staff and the Board of Directors to develop, execute and evaluate the foundation’s policy strategy

    • Provide staff support and leadership to the Board and Public Policy and Communications Committee

    • Work closely with the program team to ensure the foundation’s policy work is closely aligned with grantmaking and communications activities

    • Supervise consultants and vendors to accomplish objectives in a quality and cost-effective manner

    • Manage special projects as assigned, including overseeing foundation events, such as convenings of advocacy grantees

  • Collaboration and building partnerships (approximately 25%)

    • Cultivate strong relationships with government leaders, the health care community, advocates, grantees, and other funders

    • Collaborate with the grantmaking team to provide technical assistance to CT Health grantees and partners

    • Review and provide input on grant proposals, concept papers and reports

    • Organize, facilitate, and attend convenings with colleagues, experts, stakeholders, grantees, and other partners

    • Represent the foundation on advisory committees, steering committees, and working groups, as well as at community and grantee events

    • Present foundation work at professional meetings and in publications, as needed

Qualifications

  • Education & Experience

    • Demonstrated commitment to racial equity and health equity

    • Seven or more years of experience in public policy, advocacy, government, or a related field; background in policy or advocacy desirable

    • Experience working with a broad group of stakeholders, including public officials, health care, public health, nonprofit, advocacy, and funder communities

    • Expertise in health care or public health and an understanding of the changing landscape of Medicaid, health care coverage, and health equity. Connecticut experience is a plus

    • Expertise in building capacity and training partners and grantees in policy and advocacy

    • Self-motivated and able to work independently, and comfortable working in a collaborative environment

    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to talk about complex ideas with a wide variety of audiences

    • Able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

    • Understanding of and commitment to systems change, equity, and diversity

    • Excellent interpersonal skills: a leader, a team player, and listener

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Analyst, Soc. Impact & Rep. Risk

  • Leads and manages research projects for multiple client accounts, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality deliverables

  • Conducts in-depth analysis of societal issues and their impact on corporations, providing strategic recommendations to clients

  • Leads and mentors junior team members, while contributing to product development and refining research methodologies


About the Company

National Journal Membership offers award-winning journalism, boardroom-ready presentations, customized infographics and analysis, and exclusive events. We provide members with the data, content, and resources they need to stay on top of key movements in people, politics, and policy.

Part of National Journal, Gravity Research specializes in strategy and business development, risk management, and stakeholder mapping. We help organizations navigate high-priority policy and brand issues, identify key influencers, and develop data-driven messaging and engagement strategies for creating impact. Our custom research provides analytical insights, deep-dive profiles, custom benchmarking, and ongoing tracking to help you engage both inside and outside of Washington, DC.

About the Job

Social Impact and Reputational Risk Analysts are responsible for contributing to all aspects of Societal and Reputational Intelligence (SRI) client engagements. Analysts on the social issues benchmarking team use our media monitoring tools and a range of qualitative research methods to identify and track trending issues, produce custom analysis for our clients, and develop bespoke insights and recommendations. Analysts work directly with senior leaders at Gravity Research and senior public affairs and C-suite executives at client companies.

Responsibilities

  • Managing research for 4-6 client accounts and being responsible for the timely delivery of all project work

  • Collaborating with team members to develop research methodologies and approaches to answer client questions

  • Leading associates and interns who are supporting the client research process

  • Developing smart, nuanced analysis on how societal issues may impact corporations, their workforces, and their consumers, and synthesizing findings into strategic recommendations for clients

  • Drafting deliverables, including PowerPoint presentations, memos, and other formats, to communicate findings and recommendations to clients

  • Presenting findings and interacting with clients to better understand their needs, serving as a trusted expert and advisor on challenging societal issues

  • Regularly consuming news about a range of societal issues and their impact on the business community to incorporate current trends into research and analysis

  • Contributing to product development by crafting new and innovative approaches to producing the analytic work, optimizing operations, and perfecting the research product

  • To perform this job successfully, each essential competency and responsibility must be performed satisfactorily

    • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform essential functions

  • Other duties may be assigned to meet organizational goals

Qualifications

  • A highly analytic, natural problem solver

  • The ability to highlight key insights within a complex set of data, synthesize large amounts of information, and then clearly explain these insights to clients

  • A skilled project manager, able to independently manage competing priorities and adhere to timelines

  • A strong writer able to clearly frame issues for a variety of audiences; some experience with PowerPoint or other visual presentation formats highly preferred

  • An individual with 1-3 years of experience in at least one of the following domains: strategy consulting, policy analysis, risk analysis, Capitol Hill or executive agency experience, or political science research

  • Earned Bachelor's degree required

  • Entrepreneurial spirit; Track record of building new initiatives from conception to execution

  • Creative thinking and resourcefulness in problem-solving

  • Prodigious work ethic and spirit of generosity

  • Active contributor to a diverse and inclusive workplace

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Executive Director

  • Provides strategic direction, oversees operations, and manages a diverse team to achieve the Org's mission and goals

  • Oversee fiscal planning, stewards donor relationships, and ensures long-term financial stability

  • Serves as the organization's public face, builds key relationships, and advocates for civil liberties and human rights


About the Company

Founded in 1923 as the first local affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU SoCal is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that has been at the forefront of major efforts to protect and promote civil liberties, civil rights, and equal justice in California and nationwide. ACLU SoCal tackles a vast array of issues, including First Amendment rights, criminal justice, voting rights, gender equity, reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants’ rights, police practices, jail reform, education equity, and economic justice. With more than 120,000 members, a staff of 85, and a total budget of $18 million (as of December 2024), ACLU SoCal is headquartered in Los Angeles and currently has offices in Orange County (Orange), the Inland Empire (Riverside), and Kern County (Bakersfield).

ACLU SoCal consists of two separate, nonprofit corporate entities: the ACLU of Southern California—a nonprofit social welfare organization under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code—and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, a section 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity. Both entities are tax-exempt, have the same overall mission, and share office space and employees. Both are governed by boards of directors to whom the executive director reports.

About the Job

The Executive Director provides the leadership, vision, and strategic planning necessary to address civil liberties and civil rights issues in Southern California and to ensure that the affiliate is well positioned to meet the challenges of the future. The Executive Director should possess a proven track record as a leader in diverse nonprofit organizations, including a strong track record in fundraising, management, and external relations

Responsibilities

  • Leadership and Vision

    • Lead the organization’s senior leaders and staff to a shared vision of goals and strategies that advance the ACLU’s mission

    • Implement best practices for effective organizational management, including practices that assess the effectiveness of projects undertaken by ACLU SoCal

    • Grow and expand the ACLU’s reputation, developing and maintaining key relationships of influence

    • Ensure strong relationships with the ACLU’s national staff to advance programs, communications, and operational priorities

    • Work collaboratively with the boards of directors in implementing an effective model of strategic governance

    • Guard the organization’s integrity, credibility, and non-partisanship

    • Champion and value equity, diversity, belonging, and inclusion (EDBI) at every level of the organization, assessing the impact of internal policies and practices through a racial equity lens, and striving towards a culture of authentic belonging

    • Motivate and maintain a cohesive staff, ensuring strong internal communication and collaboration. Foster a supportive team-oriented environment where independent and innovative thinking is encouraged and staff act with clarity of mission and purpose

    • Drive a culture of accountability with clear program goals, strategies to accomplish, and regular feedback. Ensure staff have the resources they need to accomplish the work

    • Foster an environment of continuous improvement, learning, and effectiveness

  • Fiscal Management and Fundraising

    • Oversee fiscal planning and financial oversight, ensuring use of best practices that meet the highest standards and ensure sustainability

    • Represent the affiliate and ACLU national organization through strategies that advance the ACLU’s robust fundraising program goals and protect ACLU SoCal’s long-term financial stability

    • Steward key donor and foundation relationships and solicit selected major donations and grants

    • Anticipate funding needs and collaborate with the philanthropy team to seek out opportunities to meet those needs

    • Ensure that the governing boards can meet their fiduciary responsibilities by proactively and transparently providing financial reports, conducting regular audits, and engaging the boards in the budgeting process

  • Public Representation

    • Represent the affiliate’s priorities on key issues, articulating the organization’s positions and communicating its mission to increase the organization’s visibility and public understanding of the ACLU’s goals and work

    • Serve as the affiliate’s chief ambassador and spokesperson, strategically broadcasting the mission, ambitions, and work of the ACLU; promoting ACLU SoCal and its priorities and activities in both the traditional and new media ecosystems; and in media interviews and in appearances before large audiences

    • Exhibit courage and clarity when addressing highly controversial and complex issues

    • Cultivate and leverage a diverse set of voices to represent the organization’s positions on its work in the press, with the legislature, and with coalition partners

Qualifications

  • Profound commitment to advancing social justice and defending and expanding the rights and liberties that define American democracy

  • Deep knowledge of civil liberties and civil rights issues and familiarity with the ACLU and the current landscape in the state of California

  • Experience working in a social justice or civil rights organization; experience practicing civil rights law and/or organizing for civil liberties and civil rights is strongly preferred

  • Clear understanding of and commitment to ACLU SoCal’s integrated advocacy approach and a firm commitment to advancing the ACLU’s core issue areas

  • Strong business acumen and ability to manage the financial, budgeting, and administrative operations of a complex nonprofit organization with a hybrid work model

  • Track record of successful fundraising—or evidence of the knowledge, personal skills, and talent for fundraising—to cultivate, solicit, and steward gifts, partners, and donors

  • Exceptional communication skills, including public speaking and writing, to advocate on behalf of the affiliate and strategically broadcast the mission, ambitions, and work of the ACLU in myriad forums, in media interviews, and in appearances before large audiences;

    • ability to speak Spanish is a plus

  • Experience working with diverse audiences, including elected officials, community leaders, people directly impacted by public policy, coalition partners, business and industry leaders, and the media

  • Ability to engage with staff in ways that afford them voice and visibility, promote their development and growth, and enhance individual and team performance through effective mentoring, coaching, training, and team building

  • Capacity for holding the entire organization accountable for delivering measurable results consistent with achieving the goals in the strategic plan and financial plan

  • Strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills, including ability to give and receive feedback, build trust in an organization, and motivate staff and board members

  • Keen understanding of systemic racism and white supremacy and a track record of actively promoting anti-racism, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging

  • Experience working with or serving on a volunteer board of directors or a similar governing body

  • Engaging, optimistic, and intellectually curious; a great listener with personal warmth and strong resilience in the face of disagreement or criticism

  • Creative, results-oriented, self-starting, willing to learn, and able to manage an aggressive schedule, working beyond a standard workday

  • At least ten years of relevant professional experience with a track record of increasing leadership responsibility and accomplishment

  • Bachelor’s degree; an advanced degree is preferred

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Policy Director

  • Drives interagency collaboration to develop and implement policies that improve child well-being across multiple sectors

  • Builds relationships with key stakeholders, including experts, community leaders, and advocacy groups, to inform policy development and ensure effective program implementation

  • Oversees the GOC's Policy Team, providing leadership and guidance to staff while ensuring alignment with priorities


About the Company

The Governor's Office for Children serves as a central coordinating office to support the well-being of children and families and reduce the number of children living in poverty, which requires a holistic, coordinated approach within State government and across public and private sectors at the federal, State, and local levels. The Governor's Office for Children will lead statewide efforts to build a comprehensive and efficient network of supports, programs, and services for children and their families in order to promote social and emotional well-being, reduce food insecurity, combat youth homelessness, expand access to health services, improve educational outcomes and job readiness, expand access to good jobs, and increase economic opportunity in sustainable ways in jurisdictions that historically have experienced underinvestment.

The Governor's Office for Children will also work with multi-sector partners to implement place-based strategies designed to provide "cradle to career" access to high quality education and care; connect workers to high quality jobs; enable family-sustaining income and access to affordable high quality housing, child care and health care, including reproductive, maternal, behavioral and mental health care; and increase community health and safety.

About the Job

The Director of Policy will lead policy and implementation efforts designed to improve services and opportunities for children related to early education and care, child welfare, elementary and secondary education, education and training after high school, social and emotional well-being, maternal, infant, and child health, juvenile justice, and community development including issues such as housing, transportation and access to green space. The Director will assist the Special Secretary in re-establishing the Governor’s Office for Children as a coordinating body across state agencies to ensure a holistic approach to improve the well-being of children in Maryland and drive progress toward reducing child poverty in the state.

The Director will play a leadership role in running the Children’s Cabinet, leading inter agency initiatives in line with the Children’s Cabinet priorities, and shaping a state-wide policy agenda to eradicate child poverty in Maryland. This is a hybrid position based in Annapolis and requires flexibility to report to locations in Annapolis, Baltimore, and other areas of the state as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Lead policy and implementation efforts designed to improve services and opportunities for children related to early education and care, child welfare, elementary and secondary education, education and training after high school, social and emotional well-being, maternal, infant and child health, including behavioral and mental health, juvenile justice and community development

  • Drive interagency processes with sub-cabinet agency staff to develop and implement ideas and initiatives designed to ensure that all state agencies are maximizing resources in order to promote child well-being and economic mobility

  • Drive external engagement with key stakeholders working on child well-being, education and health, including local and national experts and key stakeholders. Ensure incorporation of stakeholder input into the development of GOC’s initiatives and programs. Support stakeholder engagement with relevant agency staff to ensure effective implementation of services and programs

  • Manage the GOC’s Policy Team

  • Develop effective communication materials related to the Children’s Cabinet, ENOUGH Act, and the Governor’s Office for Children’s policy priorities

  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications

    • A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university

    • At least 5 years of experience in public policy, preferably in a government or political setting

    • Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines

    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

    • Ability to analyze and interpret data

    • Strong attention to detail and accuracy

    • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

    • Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion in all matters

    • Flexibility to work outside of regular business hours, as needed

  • Preferred Qualifications

    • Master’s degree

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Policy Analyst

  • Conducts research, develops policy proposals, and drafts policy memos to support the Governor's priorities for improving child well-being

  • Manages workstreams, supports the Children's Cabinet, and engages with stakeholders to advance policy initiatives

  • Develops communication materials and engages with community members, parents, and youth on child well-being issues


About the Company

The Governor's Office for Children serves as a central coordinating office to support the well-being of children and families and reduce the number of children living in poverty, which requires a holistic, coordinated approach within State government and across public and private sectors at the federal, State, and local levels. The Governor's Office for Children will lead statewide efforts to build a comprehensive and efficient network of supports, programs, and services for children and their families in order to promote social and emotional well-being, reduce food insecurity, combat youth homelessness, expand access to health services, improve educational outcomes and job readiness, expand access to good jobs, and increase economic opportunity in sustainable ways in jurisdictions that historically have experienced underinvestment.

The Governor's Office for Children will also work with multi-sector partners to implement place-based strategies designed to provide "cradle to career" access to high quality education and care; connect workers to high quality jobs; enable family-sustaining income and access to affordable high quality housing, child care and health care, including reproductive, maternal, behavioral and mental health care; and increase community health and safety.

About the Job

The Policy Analyst must possess the core skills and passion to support the Policy Director and Governor’s Office for Children in its mission to reduce child poverty and increase economic mobility across the State of Maryland. The Policy Analyst will support policy and implementation efforts designed to improve services and opportunities for children that will reduce child poverty, including expanding access to high-quality education, healthcare, economic security, and safe and thriving environments.

The Policy Analyst will staff the Children’s Cabinet and Children’s Cabinet working groups and engage in extensive outreach and research around policy areas in their portfolio. The Policy Analyst will also support senior leadership in any engagements relating to the analyst’s portfolio, and will manage special projects as needed. This is a hybrid position and requires flexibility to report to locations in Annapolis, Baltimore, and other areas of the state as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Engage in research and policy development

  • Work with subject matter experts working on child well-being, education and health, including local community members, parents and youth across the state

  • Conduct research and develop policy proposals based on the GOC priorities

  • Draft or support drafting of high quality memos to the Special Secretary and the Governor on policy issues under the GOC portfolio

    • Manage and respond to issues within the Special Secretary’s portfolio

  • Project manage various workstreams or rapid turnaround requests as assigned by the Special Secretary

  • Develop effective communication materials related to the Children’s Cabinet, ENOUGH Act, and the Governor’s Office for Children’s policy priorities

  • Support administrative functions of the Governor’s Office For Children

  • Assists with special projects including events

Qualifications

  • A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university

  • At least 2 years of experience in public policy, preferably in a government orpolitical setting

  • Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Ability to analyze and interpret data

  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

  • Strong people-management skills

  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion in all matters

  • Flexibility to work outside of regular business hours, as needed

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