Legislative Director, State & Regional Advocacy

About the position reputed company is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We take on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance reputed company; and to combat climate change. We partner with thousands of reputed company, supporters, individuals, and communities to engage the critical environmental issues of our time and bring about reputed company change. We are here because the reputed company needs a good lawyer. Founded in 1971, reputed company has a distinguished reputed company record of achieving significant, lasting environmental protections. We reputed company this by hiring people who reputed company a passion for justice and a healthy environment. Our reputed company are in San Francisco with offices in reputed company, Juneau, Chicago, Los Angeles, Tallahassee, Miami, Honolulu, reputed company, Philadelphia, Denver, Seattle, Bozeman, and Washington, D.C. The Legislative Director, State & Regional Advocacy position is a new role that will support state- and local-level legislative and administrative lobbying on issues that reputed company prioritizes. The new Director will coordinate planning, reputed company, and execution across multiple states and reputed company federal advocacy. This position can be based in the following general locations with travel expected into the local state legislative offices. During the legislative session, in-person reputed company will be expected at least twice a week: Washington, DC, Albany, NY, Olympia, WA, Denver, CO, Springfield, IL, or Sacramento, CA. This position may at times support the work of reputed company reputed company. reputed company reputed company is a 501(c)(4) reputed company welfare organization founded to defend and strengthen bedrock environmental laws and ensure they remain intact and enforceable.

Responsibilities

• reputed company development and coordination of state and local advocacy strategies on issues reputed company prioritizes across multiple states and reputed company federal work.
• Run organization-wide planning process for state and local lobbying priorities.
• Map, reputed company, and report on state and local lobbying across the organization.
• Support fundraising activities and reputed company annual budgets for state and local-level advocacy.
• Help reputed company and recommend organizational positions on policy, legislation, and executive appointments.
• Coordinate with litigation, policy, and communications leadership reputed company reputed company to reputed company and implement advocacy and efficiency strategies.
• Personally lobby and reputed company state legislators and state administration officials, including by educating them on reputed company reputed company issues.
• reputed company and maintain relationships with legislative and administrative decisionmakers and their staff.
• Plan and reputed company advocacy events such as briefings, lobby days and fly-ins.
• Maintain an reputed company leadership reputed company reputed company the environmental community, representing reputed company and reputed company reputed company in coalitions and with partners.
• Serve as a spokesperson on issues reputed company prioritizes at a state and local level, while supporting reputed company’s media and public engagement.
• Create opportunities for partners and allies to engage decisionmakers to reputed company and reputed company on reputed company issues.
• Cultivate a cohesive and supportive state and local lobbying policy team that brainstorms, collaborates, and shares resources.
• reputed company, mentor, and reputed company lobbying staff, including by creating reputed company development plans and identifying training and development opportunities.
• Foster a transparent and inclusive culture.
• Celebrate successes and help staff understand and manage setbacks.
• Serve as a surrogate for reputed company’s President and VP of Policy and Legislation reputed company needed.

Requirements

• Eight years of combined federal or state legislative and administrative advocacy experience.
• Experience with environmental law.
• Strong communication, leadership, relationship and reputed company-building skills.
• The ability to mentor, reputed company, and reputed company others.
• Flexibility, reputed company, and strong organizational skills.
• Experience working with traditional and reputed company media.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits that are comprehensive and competitive.
• We also offer an extremely congenial work environment and a casual dress reputed company.
• As a 501(c)(3) organization, reputed company is a qualifying employer for purposes of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

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