I'm looking to hire a State Policy Analyst to support our nationwide advocacy on child care. Feel free to send questions my way!
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1646138966/
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State Policy Analyst
Child Care Aware of America
Child Care Aware of America is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. Our mission is to advance a child care system that effectively serves all children and families. Joining our efforts provides a powerful opportunity to make a difference in the lives of families and to advocate for approximately 1.5 million child care providers in the United States. The child care workforce is 94% women; 40% people of color; and 22% foreign-born. And despite the invaluable service they provide, 36.7 percent of them live below 200% of the federal poverty line. Join CCAoA to help us realize our vision that every family in the United States has access to a high-quality, affordable child care system.
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
The State Policy Analyst will support the Senior Director of Federal and State Government Affairs and Chief, Policy, Research, and Programs, on Child Care Aware ® of America's (CCAoA) efforts to advocate for safe, quality, and affordable child care for all families. The State Policy Analyst will work in collaboration with the Federal Policy Analyst to support CCAoA's advocacy efforts. In addition, the State Policy Analyst will be involved in CCAoA's "Child Care Works" movement, which seeks to influence lawmakers and organize and support advocates.
Position Duties and Responsibilities:
• In coordination with the Senior Director of Federal and State Government Affairs, support and grow Child Care Aware ® of America's national network of advocates.
• Assess the needs of state and local advocates for technical assistance. Develop and provide responsive advocacy training and resources.
• Perform ongoing research to assess advocacy opportunities in states and to inform advocacy strategies
• As needed, assess and analyze the state child care and early childhood education policy landscape.
• Develop, write, and disseminate action alerts, social media content, website content, blog posts, toolkits, and other materials related to child care advocacy. Contribute to campaign plans.
• Maintain advocacy website programming, web design, and development.
• Support the execution of advocacy initiatives directly including project management, writing, analysis, and other activities.
• Respond to, troubleshoot, and assist constituents when issues arise with advocacy opportunities.
• Track state advocacy activities and report on metrics
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree required; degree in public policy, communications, or a related field preferred.
• 5 years of policy, advocacy, organizing or communications experience for a nonprofit, campaign, government, or similar organization, or equivalent.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills; ability to manage relationships across the organization and with external partners.
• Excellent and versatile writing skills.
• Knowledge of the state policy process, environment, and stakeholders
• Knowledge of child care and early childhood education policy a plus.
• Proven ability to translate complex issues into a compelling narrative, and write for multiple audiences. Experience in writing specifically for digital platforms.
• Flexibility a must: comfortable working in a collaborative team environment with constant change.
• Outstanding communication skills, project management skills, and impeccable attention to detail.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Excellent analytical thinking, judgment, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Must be highly skilled with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and experienced with AP Style
• Proficiency with advocacy CRM tools such as Salsa, Blue State Digital, NGPVAN.
• Familiarity with Hubspot, WordPress.
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