State Campaigns Senior Manager

Equal Rights Advocates • New York, NY

1d • $120,000 - $145,000 • Remote

About The Position

Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) is seeking a State Campaigns Senior Manager (title depending on experience) to develop and lead multi-state advocacy campaigns under the supervision of ERA’s National Campaign Director. The Campaigns coordinate and support movement building, policy objectives, and other legal initiatives of Equal Rights Advocates to advance gender justice and accelerate the pace of reform for women and people across genders.
Equal Rights Advocates is a national nonprofit organization working to advance gender, racial, and economic justice through impact litigation, policy advocacy, movement building and other strategies. See details below. ERA has entrepreneurial and fast-paced work environment, sometimes requiring quick turnarounds and pivots in response to people and events that need our engagement. We roll-up our sleeves and dive right in where we are needed and make a difference. If this seems exciting and interesting, join our passionate and vibrant team of gender justice champions as we work to transform our communities into places where all of us can lead.

Requirements

• A law degree with 8-10+ years of relevant experience;
• Demonstrated experience running state advocacy campaigns, including state coalition experience;
• Proven ability to build and lead diverse coalitions; track record of navigating complex stakeholder dynamics and building consensus around shared goals.
• Exceptional legal writing and advocacy skills; ability to produce compelling regulatory comments, legislative testimony, legal briefs, and campaign materials and state policy-related information and related materials;
• Strategic thinker who can manage multi-state advocacy campaigns simultaneously plans while adjusting to changing circumstances
• Experience in grassroots and/or grasstops organizing;
• Excellent relationship builder with ability to engage effectively with policymakers, advocates, organizers, and movement leaders
• Expertise in employment law;
• Strong understanding of state and federal legislative and regulatory processes;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Demonstrated commitment to civil rights, racial justice, gender equity, and social justice; and dedication to advancing policies that will improve the lives of women and other marginalized communities;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and follow through;
• A collaborative, flexible mindset, with a demonstrated capacity to work on teams, take on different roles, and have a solution-oriented approach;
• Strong organizational, project and time management skills, including demonstrated capacity to manage and prioritize competing projects and deadlines on fast-paced, quick turnaround environment;
• Exceptional work-ethic and sense of responsibility; detail-oriented, with focus on quality and accuracy; resourceful at getting to the root of problems and finding solutions;
• Comfortable in a tech-oriented, paper-less environment and adept at navigating various systems and Apps, including but not limited to Microsoft 365 product, internal messaging (i.e. Slack), expenses, time tracking (i.e. Paylocity Timesheets), virtual telecom and video meetings (i.e. RingCentral, Zoom, Teams), legislative tracking and action alert systems, and other cloud-based systems/applications;
• Willingness to fly to DC and ERA’s headquarters in San Francisco as required for events.
• Candidate must have a valid authorization to work in the United States. ERA is unable to sponsor work visas. ERA will also not provide relocation assistance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies for the expansion of state-level campaigns and state outreach effectiveness, in coordination with the broader team (including the National Campaign Director and National Policy Director.
• Develop and lead state-based pay equity coalitions, including the NY Pay Equity Coalition for some percentage of overall time, including building collaborative relationships which will assist with state-level policy movement.
• Strengthen relationships and lead joint actions with current organizational and individual members of coalitions and networks that form the core of ERA’s economic security and educational equity campaigns and emerging initiatives, especially state-based partners.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with ERA’s prospective partners, especially state-based organizations.
• Lead formation of new partnerships, and participate in related fundraising activities.
• Collaborate on work plans and strategy memos for expanding our state campaigns.
• Support material production, project management, events, and coalition calls for ERA’s campaigns, including Equal Pay Today (EPT), Stop Harassment State Network, and other national campaigns.
• Draft blogs, fact sheets, sign-on letters, reports, and other collateral in support of campaigns.
• Draft regulatory comments and advocacy materials in collaboration with the National Campaign Director for federal executive branch advocacy.
• Play a senior management role in helping developing, tracking and moving progress on Equal Pay Today’s annual summit and goals, including the Equal Pay Today Policy Agenda priorities, in coordination with the National Campaign Director and Policy Department.
• Helping manage EPT’s equal pay days, collaborating with the legal and communications team to develop and distribute and leverage equal pay day toolkits, website content, and legislative material.

Benefits

• ERA offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical and dental plan options and employer-paid life and disability insurance benefits.
• Voluntary benefits include vision insurance, life and accidental insurance, critical illness and pre-tax flexible spending account.
• ERA also offers a generous 403b match with 100% vesting from the first day of participation.
• Employees also receive a generous amount of sick and vacation leave as well as additional seniority-based leave every 5 years of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree