Texpirg state DIRECTOR
The TexPIRG State Director will help tackle real problems, implement smart solutions and get real results. Run our state office, and oversee campaigns to stop the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms, defend vital protections for consumers on Wall Street, protect communities from toxic threats and dangerous products, and more.
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We're looking for highly qualified, driven and passionate candidates to run our office in Austin, Texas, and direct our public interest program in the state.
SUMMARY
The TexPIRG State Director is responsible for developing our strategy, approach and local message to win our campaigns. The State Director will also meet with local decision-makers and opinion leaders, and represent our organization to allies and the media. State Directors help to build and foster our membership, grassroots and online base of support. Finally, the State Director will help recruit staff and volunteers to join us, fundraise for our programs, and maintain good systems for tracking and building on our work.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Program: Run our in-state program participating in and overseeing policy development, research and messaging.
Advocacy: Bring problems and solutions to the attention of decision-makers—including state legislators, people on the governor's staff, state regulators and local officials. Develop appropriate messages and materials for making the case to decision-makers. Build relationships with key players in the state, the region and at the federal level.
Campaign strategy: Develop plans to win on our environmental campaigns. Assess opportunities for building political support for our agenda through coalition-building, grassroots organizing, media coverage, endorsements and message development.
Media outreach: Serve as the public spokesperson for our public interest campaigns through media events, press releases, editorial board meetings and other outreach with a goal of building name recognition for the organization, educating the public about our issues, and building and demonstrating support for our positions.
Coalition building: Identify, reach out and work with partners who can help us win our campaigns.
Fundraising: Write grant proposals, build relationships with foundation staff and meet with large donors, all to bring more resources to campaigns we're waging to protect the public interest. Work with our citizen outreach staff to build and develop our membership base.
Staff recruitment and development: Recruit new staff and volunteers to increase our impact and build our power.
QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates must have at least 3-5 years of relevant professional experience. Qualified candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to public interest issues and to citizen-based social change, as well as a track record of leadership. We're looking for goal-driven and results-oriented individuals who have excellent verbal, writing and analytical skills, the ability to speak persuasively in a charged atmosphere, and enthusiasm for the work. The ideal candidate will have experience in state-level political advocacy and organizing, a proven ability to recruit, train and develop staff, the ability to raise money, and demonstrated success in building relationships with the full spectrum of political stakeholders.
APPLY NOW and direct your application to Kyle Larson
Pay & Benefits
Target annual compensation for this position is commensurate with the relevant professional experience and/or advanced degrees that a candidate has. TexPIRG offers a competitive benefits package.
Location
Austin, Texas
The Public Interest Network
TexPIRG is part of the Public Interest Network. We're a group of organizations working to address problems our society can't afford to ignore—from preserving irreplaceable resources like air, water and a livable climate; to transforming vast systems of transportation and energy that were designed to meet the needs of a different century; to growing and distributing food in ways that won't destroy the environment and threaten human health.
To Apply
Visit http://jobs.uspirg.org/apply.html and direct your application to Kyle Larson, Hiring Director for The Public Interest Network.
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