Project Director

ABIC is seeking a Project Director to build business support for immigration reform locally and nationally in key constituencies. Successful Directors manage expectations and meet deadlines, organize and present timely data and information, have a keen attention to detail, maintain confidentiality, demonstrate honesty and trustworthiness and make a solid, positive impact. Effective Directors are self-motivated, responsible, agile team players, and able to work independently. This role reports directly to ABIC’s Campaign Director.

The Project Director is a critical and valued part of our work to protect immigrants, create opportunities, and build a vibrant, bipartisan, pro-immigration business coalition.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a public-facing leader for ABIC’s work with key employer and community constituencies as required, based on organizational priorities, initially prioritizing TPS employers and advocates; and healthcare employers
• Build relationships with key business leaders and organizations, recruit business voices from CEOs of major corporations to trade associations and local chambers to small business owners to publicly support common sense immigration solutions, manage business and CEO engagement, coalition organizing, and other in-state outreach on behalf of ABIC
• Help develop a distinct and unique center-right issue campaign approach
• Coordinate ongoing engagement for business leaders and coalition members in support of common sense immigration solutions, including facilitating op-eds, public letters, and coalition calls, meetings, and press events
• Engage with major donors, corporate partners, and others to drive coalition fundraising
• Work with communications team to direct engagement and relationships with the media
• Partner effectively with ABIC allies across the policy spectrum
• Develop working relationships with Federal, State, and Local lawmakers and their offices

QUALIFICATIONS

• A deep commitment to advocating for a path to citizenship and comfort and ease advocating for undocumented immigrants
• Comfort working with broad diversity of stakeholders, including CEOs and the business community as well as directly impacted individuals
• 5 to 7 years of direct experience in political, grassroots, or fundraising activities
• Exceptional communication skills (interpersonal, written, and verbal)
• Competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google Suite
• Experience with EveryAction and Asana preferred
• Spanish language proficiency is preferred, but not required.

ABIC is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for employees. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, status as a protected veteran, or other legally protected characteristics.

ABOUT ABIC

The American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) is active in 21 key states and communities across the country, engaging activists, advocates, business leaders, Republican and Democrat lawmakers on the urgency of passing immigration reform that boosts our economy, creates American jobs, eases the labor shortage, and supports families. The goal of our bipartisan coalition of over 1700+ diverse businesses and business associations is to provide a strong and effective voice seeking sensible immigration reforms to grow our economy and strengthen Anmerican families.

ABIC members include CEOs, retired CEOs, business associations, small business owners as well as hospitals and universities. ABIC works in partnership with diverse businesses and advocates to support policies at the state and federal levels. In addition, ABIC organizes committees of business leaders from sectors of the economy that rely on the immigrant workforce such as agriculture, construction, hospitality, and health care. Currently, ABIC is active in 21 states including Illinois, Florida, Texas, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, South Carolina, North Carolina, Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada.

For more information, visit https://abic.us.