State Water Policy Director

Title: State Water Policy Director

Department: State Capacity Building

Status: Exempt

Duration: 2 Years from Start Date, extension dependent upon funding

Reports To: Vice President, State and Local Strategies

Positions Reporting to this Position: None

Location: Flexible (the employee may decide whether to work remotely and/or from an LCV office)

Travel Requirements: Up to 20%

Union Position: Yes

Job Classification Level: E

Salary Range (depending on experience): $90,236- $110,236

General Description:

LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.

For more than 50 years, LCV has grown into a potent political force for protecting our planet and everyone who inhabits it. We have built a powerful national movement with 30+ state affiliates, and grassroots and community organizing programs across the country.

LCV is hiring a State Water Policy Director who will develop a network-wide advocacy program to advance state and local policies protecting clean water. The State Water Policy Director strengthens collaboration across 30+ state affiliates, collectively called the Conservation Voters Movement (CVM), by identifying and broadly sharing lessons learned and helping develop, implement, and design advocacy campaigns that result in state and local policy victories to protect clean water. This role develops and designs policy guidance for issue campaigns at the state and local level, grounded in social, racial, and economic justice and works with CVM partners to implement those policies.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with national staff and state affiliate partners to monitor, develop, implement and evaluate state policy advocacy around water issues.
• Coordinate with internal teams to connect and develop coalition-building and organizing campaigns focused on protecting clean water through state and local policy.
• Collaborate with other departments to manage the state water policy grant process to support state partners’ advocacy campaigns and create a shared narrative across states.
• Work collaboratively with state affiliate policy campaign managers and national water policy staff to identify policy priorities and share strategies across the CVM.
• Integrate racial justice and equity into policy and advocacy priorities focused on ensuring every community and household has access to clean water.
• Work with the communications and government affairs teams to identify messaging and communications strategies to build a shared national narrative about the need to expand protections for clean water.
• Amplify state and local campaign progress; work closely with the digital team to develop online campaigns and tools that increase online engagement around state and local clean water campaigns.
• Identify opportunities to advance our clean water program, including partnering with federal staff to participate in national coalitions, scoping potential new alliances, and connecting our state affiliates to opportunities to advance their leadership.
• Research, track and analyze state and local clean water policies.
• Work collaboratively across departments to design and implement state-focused, anti-racist clean water policy campaigns.
• Support fundraising for the State Clean Water Policy program by assisting with grant proposals and reports as well as attending donor meetings, as needed.
• Travel up to 20% of the time for retreats, training, and conferences.

Qualifications:

• Work Experience: Required Minimum of 5 years of experience in issue advocacy and/or organizing campaigns, including direct experience working in politics or lobbying at the state or local level. Experience working with state and/or local coalitions, and in particular collaboratively facilitating coalitions and organizing meetings. Project management experience. Preferred Experience with campaigns that focus on protecting clean water. Experience working with low-income families, youth, and communities of color. Experience working with a national organization who has state affiliates or chapters.
• Skills: Familiarity with state and local clean water policy. Ability to synthesize policy goals into campaign demands and public messaging. Familiarity with how communications strategies advance programmatic and advocacy goals. Ability to consistently integrate a deep understanding of key racial justice and equity concepts into projects and interactions by addressing structural implications and disproportionate impacts of policies, activities, and decisions on race, class and other group identities within the context of job responsibilities and projects. Exhibits strong leadership traits including reliable, consistent, detail-oriented, self-motivated, self-aware, and emotionally intelligent.
• 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.
• Working Conditions: This job operates in a professional office environment, and routinely uses standard office equipment such as 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 partners and must be able to exchange accurate information. Applicants must be located in and legally authorized to work in the United States.

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.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “State Water Policy Director” in the subject line by December 15, 2024. No phone calls please.

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 reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact hr@lcv.org.