JOB DESCRIPTION – Regional Policy Manager
Job Title: Regional Policy Manager
Reports to: Director of Local Programs or Co-Executive Directors
Classification: Full Time, Exempt
Salary Range: $70,000 - $90,000
Position Summary
The Regional Policy Manager is an exempt, management level position. This position is responsible for advancing local advocacy efforts in the assigned geographies and requires the regular exercise of discretion and independent judgment. The position is responsible for supervising and evaluating employees, including policy advocates and outreach specialists.
The Regional Policy Manager will also be responsible for leading regional advocacy, supporting statewide policy advocacy, and for maintaining content area expertise in at least four substantive areas.
The Regional Policy Manager will also be committed to the long-term health and sustainability of the organization and will participate in organizational development and sustainability efforts.
Duties & Responsibilities
The essential functions (i.e., the fundamental job duties of the position) are as follows:
Develop relationships with governmental agencies, non-governmental agencies, community-based organizations, community members, academic institutions, decision-makers, and other relevant stakeholders
Develop and implement a regional advocacy agenda in the assigned region.
Develop and maintain working knowledge of Leadership Counsel’s various focus areas that are relevant to the assigned geographies.
Inform and engage on statewide advocacy
Supervise Policy Advocates and Outreach Specialists in assigned regions to ensure high quality performance and growth in each aspect of their position, including but not limited to:
Support Local Advocacy to ensure effective implementation of short- and long-term policy and program goals
Resource Development
Organizational Development and Relationship Development
Administrative duties
Other duties as identified by Director of Local Programs or Co-Executive Directors
This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and the employee will also perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by the supervising manager or co-executive directors.
Skills and Qualifications
The following qualifications are required for this position:
The following qualifications are desired, but not required, for this position:
Physical Requirements & Work Environment
The physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Ability to drive frequently and for up to 8 hours in a day to community meetings, hearings, conferences and other related activities, ability to work long days occasionally up to 14 hours in a day, ability to conduct door-to-door outreach and conduct meetings, lifting materials and supplies such as chairs, easels, tables. Typically, these will weigh 30 pounds or less. Position involves sitting at a desk and working on a computer for most the workday. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit; use hands for clerical duties and keyboarding. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; stoop and kneel. Specific vision abilities required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Acute hearing is necessary for telephone and in person communication with callers and community members, and visual acuity sufficient to read a computer screen and paper documents.
This position engages in functions both indoors and outdoors, in office environments with light to moderate noise, and in community gathering venues, private homes or government buildings with both small and large groups of people where noise levels may be higher than in a typical office setting.
Employees share office space with one or more other staff members. Out-of-office meetings both meetings will include meetings in other offices, in community centers, in homes, in government buildings, and outside.
Equal Employment Opportunity & Accommodations
Leadership Counsel is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and strictly prohibits any unlawful harassment and/or discrimination against applicants for employment or anyone in its employ based on sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity (including transgender status), gender expression, religious belief or practice, race (including natural hairstyle or hair texture related thereto), color, national origin (including possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code Section 12801.9 which authorizes licenses to individuals who cannot provide satisfactory proof of their presence in the U.S. under federal law), ancestry, age (40 and over), physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer-related physical or mental health impairment or history of same), genetic information, military and veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. To comply with applicable laws ensuring equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability, Leadership Counsel will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability who are applicants or employees unless undue hardship would result. Any applicant or employee who requires an accommodation in order to complete the application process or to perform the essential functions of the job should contact their supervisor or one or both of the co-executive directors to request the accommodation.
JOB DESCRIPTION – Regional Policy Manager
Job Title: Regional Policy Manager
Reports to: Director of Local Programs or Co-Executive Directors
Classification: Full Time, Exempt
Salary Range: $70,000 - $90,000
Position Summary
The Regional…
Currently offered benefits for full-time positions include: up to $70 monthly cell phone reimbursement; 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance for employee; 50% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance for employee's dependent(s); up to 6% 401(k) match for employee; annual professional development allotment; 16 accrued paid vacation days per year and additional paid vacation days after 4 years of employment; 15 accrued paid sick leave days per year; 12 paid holidays per year; and paid family leave. Benefits may change from time to time.
Currently offered benefits for full-time positions include: up to $70 monthly cell phone reimbursement; 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance for employee; 50…
Bilingual in English and Spanish or other relevant language .
Bilingual in English and Spanish or other relevant language .
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to ofaz@leadershipcounsel.org.
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to ofaz@leadershipcounsel.org.