Director, State & Local Advocacy
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Covenant House InternationalYouth homelessness advocacy
Source API remote eligibility restrictions: United States; Outside of above travel, this position is 100% remoteFull-TimeDirector
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Job Details
- Experience
- Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in public policy, advocacy, systems change, government affairs, coalition leadership, technical assistance, consulting, or related fields
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementMicrosoft Office SuiteChange Management
Requirements
- Have a minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in public policy, advocacy, systems change, government affairs, coalition leadership, technical assistance, consulting, or a related field.
- Demonstrate experience supporting policy implementation and/or advocacy initiatives at state and local levels.
- Have significant knowledge of at least one major social determinant of health policy domain, such as housing, behavioral health, workforce development, education, child welfare, poverty reduction, public benefits, violence prevention, or juvenile justice.
- Be familiar with federal legislative and regulatory processes and how they interact with state and local systems.
- Have experience working with nonprofit organizations, public agencies, coalitions, or cross-sector partnerships.
- Have experience navigating politically diverse environments and building bipartisan relationships.
- Be able to manage multiple initiatives and deliver high-quality work on deadlines.
- Bring political judgment, change-management experience, and relationship-management skills across executives, frontline staff, youth leaders, government officials, and community partners.
- Have facilitation and convening expertise, data literacy, and familiarity with public funding systems and nonprofit financing.
- Be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Teams, Zoom, and project management tools.
- Preferred: Bachelor's or master's degree in public policy, social work, public administration, public health, political science, law, or a related field.
- Preferred: Proficiency with Asana, Smartsheet, and Quorum; capacity-building, adult-learning, coaching, facilitation, policy-writing, landscape-analysis, and coalition-building expertise.
Responsibilities
- Monitor state and local legislative, regulatory, and administrative developments affecting youth homelessness and related policy domains.
- Analyze policy landscapes and identify systems-change opportunities with site leaders, frontline staff, community partners, and young people.
- Produce policy briefs, issue papers, legislative summaries, talking points, fact sheets, and other advocacy materials.
- Translate policy developments into actionable guidance for nonprofit leaders, program staff, and youth.
- Design and implement advocacy capacity-building strategies across U.S. sites.
- Help site leaders develop, execute, and improve state and local advocacy plans.
- Develop advocacy tools, guidance documents, training curricula, and implementation resources.
- Provide technical assistance on state and local legislative, regulatory, budget, and administrative advocacy.
- Support sites implementing federal funding and policy initiatives and identify models that can be adapted across the federation.
- Cultivate partnerships and represent Covenant House International in coalitions, working groups, and policy collaboratives.
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