NRDC has over 700,000 members and activists in California with a staff of nearly 150 working in or San Francisco, Santa Monica and Sacramento offices. We are hiring an experienced campaign manager to join the Campaigns team in the Center for Policy Advocacy department, working with our California Advocacy team out of our San Francisco, CA office. Reporting to Western Campaigns Director, and working closely with our in-state program staff on a full range of priority environmental and public health issues, the California Campaign Manager will develop and implement advocacy tactics to influence federal and state policy and decision makers in California, and potentially the Pacific Northwest.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Develop and implement state campaign plans and budgets for advocacy and accountability initiatives in close collaboration with Western Campaigns, Program, California Advocacy, Government Affairs and Communications partners.
- Typically engage in 2-3 concurrent priority campaigns, including for the NRDC Action Fund.
- Develop and maintain an array of partnerships and represent NRDC and the NRDC Action Fund on coalitions, as needed with state and locally-based organizations to achieve campaign objectives.
- Organize campaign briefings and reports for internal and external interested parties.
- Manage campaign consultants and vendors as assigned.
- This position does not have direct reports but there is a great deal of horizontal management required in the role.
- Expect regular in-state travel (usually 7-10 business days per month), with occasional out-of-state travel as the position requires.
- Expect occasional late night and weekend work with short notice.
Educational Background:
A bachelor's degree.
Skills/Experience:
- 5-8 years of experience, or 3-4 election cycles in political and issue advocacy campaigns. Those with less than the minimum years or experience will not be considered.
- Must have managed or served as a director on one or more major issue advocacy, federal or statewide political campaigns.
- The ideal candidate is experienced in and adept as both an organizer and as a communication tactician. S/he should be experienced in and well-prepared to frame issues, use polling and other research to guide advocacy communications, and organize outreach to stakeholders and coalition partners.
- Proven experience in managing internal processes, project teams and budgets.
- Exceptional ability to analyze information, formulate plans, adapt plans and tactics as conditions change, and convey them in writing and through oral presentations. A writing and presentation test may be requested of finalists.
- Flexibility as changing political circumstances may require.
- Track record of cultivating high-level relationships with political, non-profit advocacy, and philanthropic leaders, with a well-established professional network in politics, government, and non-profit advocacy.
- Ability to represent NRDC with maturity, judgment, and professionalism.
Preferred Additional Qualifications
- Recent experience working in and having desirable professional networks in California, Oregon, and Washington state would be especially attractive, although not required.
- Professional exposure to energy and environmental issues is not required. We are looking for innovative, cutting edge campaign and public affairs professionals, first and foremost.
- Some professional exposure to working in Congress or in a state legislature or in a gubernatorial administration is desirable but not required. We are not looking for a lobbyist, long-time legislative or government staffer with minimal campaign experience. The ideal candidate is instead a seasoned campaigner who might have a year or more of legislative experience.
- Fluency in Spanish a plus.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Apr 5 2018
Active Until:
May 5 2018
Hiring Organization:
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
industry:
Nonprofit