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Midwest Campaign Director

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NRDC is hiring a politically experienced campaign manager to join the Midwest and State Campaigns team in the Center for Policy Advocacy department in its Chicago, IL office.  Reporting to the National Deputy Campaign Director, the Midwest Campaign Director will develop and implement advocacy tactics to influence federal, state, and sometimes city, policymakers across the region but with emphasis on Illinois and Ohio. This position will also manage a Regional Campaign Manager based in, and focused on, Michigan.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Develop and implement regional and state campaign plans and budgets for advocacy and accountability initiatives in close collaboration with Program, Advocacy, and Communications partners and with NRDC’s federal campaign teams.
  • Typically engage in 2-3 concurrent priority issue campaigns per state.
  • Organize partnerships 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 has one direct report, but there’s also a great deal of horizontal management required in the role.
  • Expect regular out-of-state travel (usually 2-5 business days per month).
  • Expect occasional late night and weekend work with short notice.
Skills/Experience: 
  • We are targeting 5-10 years of experience in politics and advocacy for Regional Campaign Director positions. 
  • Must have managed (i.e. congressional, statewide, coordinated) or served as a director on one or more major issue advocacy or statewide political campaign.
  • The ideal candidate is experienced in and adept as a political strategist, relationship manager, and public engagement tactician. S/he should be experienced in and well-prepared to frame issues, use polling and other research to guide advocacy tactics, and organize outreach to stakeholders and coalition partners.
  • Proven experience in managing staff, budgets, internal processes, and project teams.
  • Exceptional ability to analyze information, formulate plans, and convey them in writing and through oral presentations. A writing and presentation test may be requested of finalists.
  • 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 or having a professional network in a state within the Midwest Region (preferably Illinois, but also Michigan or Ohio) would be especially attractive, although not required.
  • Professional exposure to energy and environmental issues is not required, but passion for our issues is. We are looking for innovative, cutting edge campaign and public affairs professionals, first and foremost.
  • Professional exposure to working with federal and state legislative lawmakers and staff or gubernatorial administrations is desirable but not required. The ideal candidate is a seasoned, politically experienced campaigner who might have legislative advocacy experience.
Job Function: 

Organization Info

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1970
About Us
Mission: 

The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.

We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to defend endangered natural places.

We seek to establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives of human society. NRDC affirms the integral place of human beings in the environment.

We strive to protect nature in ways that advance the long-term welfare of present and future generations.

We work to foster the fundamental right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment. We seek to break down the pattern of disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people of color and others who face social or economic inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefinitely without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on Earth.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Mar 16 2019
Active Until: 
Apr 16 2019
Hiring Organization: 
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
industry: 
Nonprofit