Vice President, Campaigns

Title: Vice President, Campaigns

Department: Campaigns

Status: Exempt

Reports to: Senior Vice President, Campaigns

Positions Reporting to this Position: Regional Campaigns Directors

Location: Washington, DC Metropolitan Area

Remote Work Eligibility: Yes; Occasional Office Work

Travel Requirements: Up to 15%

Union Position: No

Job Classification Level: M-IV

Salary Range (depending on qualified experience): $145,000 - $197,000

General Description:

The League of Conservation Voters, Inc. (“LCV”), a non-profit organization, builds political power to protect people and the planet. We envision a world in which tackling the climate crisis, confronting environmental injustice, and strengthening our democracy lead to cleaner and healthier communities, good, well-paying jobs, and a more just, equitable, and sustainable planet for all.

For more than 50 years, LCV has fought for solutions to the interconnected threats our environment and democracy face. We do so by working with and holding elected officials accountable, mobilizing, organizing, and building grassroots power in communities, electing candidates who share our values, and partnering with and supporting our 30+ state affiliates across the country.

LCV is hiring a Vice President, Campaigns who will develop and execute federal campaigns and work closely with state affiliate partners on state electoral campaigns, ensuring that state and local priorities are integrated into the electoral strategy. This position leads federal electoral and advocacy campaigns and collaborates with 30+ state affiliate partners on state or local priorities, with the goal of building a stronger Conservation Voter Movement (CVM) that includes federal, state and local wins.

This position is classified as “Occasional Office Work”, which means the position does not have a regular schedule for working in an office but sometimes they will need to work from the office on a schedule that has no day(s) per week commitment.

This job operates in a professional office or home office environment, and routinely uses standard office equipment including, but not limited to, computers, phones, photocopiers, and audiovisual systems. This position is largely sedentary, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods. The person in this position frequently communicates with internal and external stakeholders using electronic platforms.

Applicants must be located in and legally authorized to work in the United States. Applicants must reside in the location listed above.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement campaign plans for Independent Expenditure campaigns, issue campaigns including clean energy and climate change, federal and state level accountability projects, and ballot initiative engagement. Campaign and project plans include budget, voter persuasion and contact goals.
• Drive collaboration, as appropriate, with lead program staff on the Government Affairs and Community and Civic Engagement, and State Capacity Building teams as well as state affiliate partners to ensure our collective programs are strategically aligned, planned and executed.
• Directly manage and provide leadership, regular feedback and coaching to two Regional Campaigns Directors and oversee consultants and advisors.
• Oversee the deployment of staff, opinion research, paid and earned media, direct mail and management of vendors to achieve program goals.
• Work with state affiliates to develop cutting edge, focused and winning political plans at the state level.
• Chart a proactive strategy for building power for the Conservation Voter Movement through engaging in federal, state and local elections, working closely with the Campaigns department field team and others to build and leverage our non-electoral, grassroots presence.
• Oversee LCV and affiliated entities’ electoral budget for federal and state-level political work and manage multi-million dollar federal and state Independent Expenditure campaign budget.
• Work closely with the Campaigns, Communications, and Legal & Strategic Initiatives departments to execute programs that leverage public support for the state affiliate electoral programs.
• Work with departmental staff to achieve annual racial justice and equity goals, including, but not limited to, expanding and deepening our partnerships with organizations and coalitions led by people of color; examining electoral investments with a racial equity lens, and developing federal- and state- level messaging strategies that prioritize environmental justice and the disproportionate impacts of climate change on communities of color.
• Ensure timely and accurate compliance and reporting of all electoral activities in collaboration with the Legal and Finance departments.
• Develop partnerships and strategize with national and state environmental organizations and other coalition partners that conduct issue advocacy and/or independent electoral programs. Manage the electoral grants program awarded to state affiliates.
• Oversee the development and approval of select federal campaign materials, including television and radio ads, direct mail, and phone scripts; work closely with state affiliates to develop campaign materials.
• Represent LCV’s interests at conferences and coalition meetings and as an on the record spokesperson, as needed.
• Work with the SVP of campaigns to bring proposals to the board for approval.
• Review and draft grants and donor materials working closely with the Development department Fundraise for programs in close coordination with the SVP, Campaigns.
• Serve as a strategic advisor for the GiveGreen program, recommending non-federal candidates for the site, working with state affiliates on outreach to non-federal candidates and reviewing email solicitations for federal candidates.
• Manage paid media federal advocacy work.
• Conduct in-person work from the office in Washington, DC for meetings and in-person work with the SVP campaigns, broader campaigns team, events and work with partners, as needed on a weekly basis.
• Travel up to 15% of the time for in-person work outside of Washington, DC, including staff retreats, meetings, conferences, and professional development opportunities, as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Work Experience: Required - At least ten years or five election cycles of issue and/or electoral campaign experience, particularly with message development, campaign plans, paid media and voter contact. Prior management of candidate or Independent Expenditure campaigns. At least one cycle on a candidate campaign. Experience drafting political plans, including explicit and culturally competent engagement of people of color and young voters. Experience with public opinion research techniques, message development, testing and communication. Successful experience directly supervising and developing professional, knowledgeable and accomplished program staff. Preferred - Experience working with a national organization who has state affiliates or chapters. Experience working with state and/or local level campaigns and/or organizations. Experience working with multiple coalition partners.
• Skills: Proven ability to manage strategic and creative issue and/or electoral campaigns. Effective fiscal and personnel management. Able to develop voter persuasion, engagement and contact plans in collaboration with the campaigns team. Understands the role of data and new digital tools in creating strong and effective programs. Sound political judgement. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Highly collaborative. Excellent listener. Instinctually inclined to engage others while also being able to successfully drive a project to a timely conclusion. Passionate about protecting the environment and communities impacted by climate change and environmental injustice. Ability to connect electoral strategy to non-electoral campaign work. Values team building. Works well in a fast-paced environment and able to multitask without sacrificing quality of work. Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Proven track record of successfully working across lines of race, ethnicity, language, class, gender and other identities and experiences.
• Racial Justice and Equity Competencies: Demonstrated awareness of how one’s life experiences influence one’s personal attitudes, biases, and assumptions. Demonstrated commitment to continual learning and ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services. Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and culture. Understands how environmental issues intersect with racism, economic and social inequality in the U.S. and has a passion for working to dismantle these systems.

LCV offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes vacation, sick and parental leave, personal days, paid holidays, health insurance (two plan options for staff to choose from), dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance (short- and long-term), Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contribution, commuter benefits program, sabbatical, and student loan assistance.

Apply Here: Candidates must apply through our job portal by August 29, 2025. No phone calls please.

All applicants must include the month and year for the experience provided on their uploaded resume. Final resumes must be completed and submitted at the time of application, and should include all relevant experience to meet the minimum requirements and for salary considerations. Applications are reviewed by humans; we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the hiring process.

Pre-employment Screening

All employment is contingent upon the completion of a background check, employment verifications and reference checks.

LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other protected status. LCV is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the employee selection process, including, completing the application, interviewing, or pre-employment testing, please contact hr@lcv.org.