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State Engagement Director

Employer
League of Conservation Voters
Location
Flexible (the employee may decide whether to work remotely or from an LCV office)
Salary
$86,557 – $105,183
Closing date
Jun 25, 2023

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Focus Areas
Environment
Job Function
Advocacy / Lobbying
Position Type
Full Time
Willingness to Travel
up to 25%
Experience Level
Professional

TitleState Engagement Director
Department: State Capacity Building
Status: Exempt
Reports to: Vice President, State and Local Strategies 
Positions Reporting to this Position: None
Location: Flexible (the employee may decide whether to work remotely or from an LCV office)
Travel Requirements: Up to 20%
Union Position: Yes
Job Classification Level: E
Salary Range (depending on experience): $86,557 – $105,183

General Description:

LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy, equitable and just community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.

For more than 50 years, LCV has grown into a potent political force for protecting our planet and everyone who inhabits it. We have built a powerful national movement with 30 state affiliates, and grassroots and community organizing programs across the country.

LCV is seeking a State Engagement Director who will work with our 30+ state affiliates and national organization to help facilitate network-wide advocacy campaigns that advance bold national policies that expand climate and environmental solutions, democracy, and racial justice and equity. The position serves as a connection between our independent state affiliates and national team on policy advocacy – with a particular focus on climate action at all levels of government and state-to-federal campaigns. The State Engagement Director will work collaboratively with our government affairs, campaigns, and community and civic engagement teams to identify national objectives and collaborate with our independent state affiliates to develop and execute campaigns to secure bold federal progress while building long-term power and capacity, advancing complementary state affiliate objectives, and advancing racial justice and equity in outcomes, processes, and partnerships. The State Engagement Director will work closely with the Vice President, State and Local Strategies to facilitate cross-departmental collaboration in partnership with our state affiliates. The ideal candidate is an experienced and effective leader deeply committed to environmental progress, democracy, racial equity and social justice, as well as a proven advocate, a creative thinker, and an effective collaborator and problem solver.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement multi-state federal advocacy campaigns in collaboration with a cross-departmental team and independent state affiliates, including implementing federal climate legislation, driving bold administrative action, and other efforts on climate that center racial and economic justice.
  • Serve as a liaison to state affiliate climate policy advocacy teams to ensure information sharing, connections to relevant national staff and resources, and strategic alignment.
  • Regularly provide an overview of state climate advocacy priorities, challenges, and activities  from across the Conservation Voters Movement to relevant national staff to create a shared understanding of the lay of the land.
  • Work with other members of the State Capacity Building department to connect state and federal advocacy efforts and ensure all efforts incorporate long-term capacity and building power, as well as deepening our work to achieve racial justice and equity.
  • Ensure that all of our collaborative federal policy advocacy with state affiliates is advancing racial justice and equity, including both in terms of process and policy objectives.
  • Review and collaboratively refine grant proposals from state affiliates for state-to-federal advocacy.
  • Convene and facilitate state affiliates regularly to discuss federal opportunities and coordinate strategy.
  • Collaborate with digital, communications, state capacity, organizing and advocacy teams to share tools, best practices, and other support for state affiliates to advocate for federal action.
  • Collaborate with the Development department and other staff to craft materials that will help raise resources for our climate, state-to-federal, and state capacity building work.
  • Travel up to 20% of the time for in-state visits with state LCV staff, retreats, training, and conferences, as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Work Experience: Required – Minimum of five years experience leading policy advocacy campaigns at the state and/or federal level, including participating in multi-state efforts. Preferred – Experience running multi-state efforts, particularly with independent organizations, and/or providing and overseeing grants to multiple local/state partners working towards a shared goal. Experience working with environmental and/or environmental justice organizations.
  • Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation and public speaking skills. Ability to work under pressure on multiple competing priorities. Organized and attentive to details; commitment to teamwork and community; ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks and thrive in a fast-paced setting. Emotional intelligence, strong interpersonal skills, humor, humility and compassion. Demonstrated ability to apply a racial justice and equity lens to policy advocacy. Demonstrated ability to develop collaborative, productive, respectful relationships with leaders and organizations.
  • Cultural Competence: Demonstrated awareness of one’s own cultural identity, views about difference, and the ability to learn and build on varying cultural and community norms. Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practices and culture. Understands on environmental issues intersect with racism, economic and social inequality in the U.S. and has a passion for working to dismantle these systems. Interested in electoral politics and understanding of how the electoral landscape affects policy advocacy. 
  • Working Conditions: This job operates in a professional office environment, and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and audiovisual systems. This position is largely sedentary, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods. The person in this position frequently communicates with partners and must be able to exchange accurate information. Applicants need to be located in and legally authorized to work in the United States. LCV requires all employees working from our offices or participating in in-person meetings or events to be fully up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations, subject to reasonable accommodation as required by law.

LCV offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes vacation, sick and parental leave, personal days, paid holidays, health insurance (two plan options for staff to choose from), dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance (short- and long-term), Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contribution, commuter benefits program, sabbatical, and student loan assistance.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “State Engagement Director” in the subject line by June 25, 2023. No phone calls please. 

LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other protected status. LCV is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact hr@lcv.org.

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