Position Title: Federal Policy Coordinator
Reports To: Federal Policy Team
Salary Range: $75,000 - $90,000
Overview
Family Values @ Work (FV@W) is looking for a passionate and experienced advocate to join our team as we work to pass federal paid family and medical leave, paid sick and safe days and universal childcare in the United States. Reporting to the Federal Policy Team, the federal policy coordinator will work to provide advocacy, lobbying, state network coordination and resource creation.
Family Values @ Work
FV@W is a national network connecting 27 state coalitions to each other and to the wider movement for economic justice with a focus on caregiving generally, and paid family and medical leave, paid sick and safe days and child care specifically. To build capacity for the state coalitions, we provide technical assistance with strategic planning, communications, and fundraising; connect states with experts; and provide multiple opportunities for peer learning and collaboration. We expedite the learning curve of new coalitions by helping them map the arc of their campaigns, implement best practices from the outset, anticipate likely opposition, and reach a wide range of allies in their own states.
FV@W coalitions' efforts have raised awareness and changed the public dialogue about earned sick and safe days (ESSD) and family and medical leave insurance (FMLI). Over the past 17 years, FV@W's member coalitions have been instrumental in helping to win more than 50 new earned sick days laws and 10 new paid family and medical leave programs, impacting more than 55 million workers and their families. We provide leadership to the national care economy movement through the Work Family Strategy Council and their signature campaign "Paid Leave for All" (PLFA) and the National Child Care Table which several staff members help to coordinate. FV@W aims to win federal paid leave, paid sick days, and child care policies and this requires greater advocacy support to build federal capacity across the network, and strengthen relationships with federal law makers.
The network is aligned around shared movement-building principles that contribute to a strong and integrated movement for economic, racial, and gender justice. We have built the capacity, power, and relationships to advance policies, change culture and win campaigns on new issues that emerge from the communities that ground our network. The ideal applicant will work in concert with these values.
Position Description
Providing strategic thinking and executing outreach to federal legislators and other national stakeholders will require a working knowledge of economic policy issues, specifically paid family and medical leave, paid sick and safe days and childcare advocacy. In general, this person will:
● Provide background information regarding elected officials and build relationships with congressional staff that enables access and reliable information sharing;
● Create and maintain data and documentation on congressional and other stakeholders who will influence the policy debate for staff and FV@W network to use;
● Work with the policy team to develop intelligence and analysis of federal policies as they are gearing up and coordinate with staff and network leaders to inform related strategies;
● Lobby and educate congressional representatives and their staff on key aspects of the policy areas and related bills.
Specific Areas of Focus
Provide leadership on developing the state to federal policy coordination across the network.
● Work with the policy team to strengthen relationships with members of the FV@W Federal Working Group and coordinate peer-peer learning, provide information and coordination needed to increase their leadership, keep them informed and develop power building goals and actions;
● Coordinate state and local political activities focused on congressional delegations that result in deepening relationships and increasing accountability;
● Identify and utilize best practices for state to federal organizing that result in shared knowledge and documentation.
● Support the network with contributions to curriculum, training and other resources focused on both paid leave and child care federal policy.
● Contribute to materials, reports, and presentations about FV@W's impact in the legislative terrain and field.
● Apply a strong racial, gender and economic justice racial lens to all of FV@W programmatic work.
Connect FV@W Policy Efforts to the National Strategy for Federal Policy:
● Ensure a strategic, coordinated approach to implementing our theory of change, with national partners and other groups.
● Support the policy and field team's strategic thought and level of effort regarding FV@W's role in the Paid Leave for All campaign, Child Care Campaign and the larger economic justice field. There may be additional coordination with FV@W Action.
● Represent FV@W in the coordination of national actions and events with national groups, networks and individuals.
Education, Knowledge and Skills Required:
● Education: Significant work experience in a relevant area with a minimum of 3-5 years of related work experience on Capitol Hill. Demonstrated knowledge and experience with the legislative process.
● Demonstrated experience working in female-led organizations and with diverse groups of organizations, communities and individuals.
● Experience representing organizations before major governmental agencies and entities.
● Strong written and verbal communication skills.
● Familiarity and comfort with social media and integrated communications for use in
communications, coordination and reporting.
● Experience researching, examining and explaining legislative and regulatory proposals
and reports.
● Ability to become a registered lobbyist.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to jobs@familyvaluesatwork.org by February 19, 2021.
FV@W seeks applicants that reflect the diversity of our broad network members. We are equal employment opportunity organizations that do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, age, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital or parenting status.
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