World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seeks an experienced policy advocate and government relations professional to join its Policy and Government Affairs team to help advance WWF policy and funding priorities with the United States government.
Requirements
- Creates, implements, and supports outreach and advocacy strategies to influence U.S. government stakeholders and their actions around one or more WWF priorities.
- Develops and supports lobbying strategies, devising compelling communications to influence U.S. government audiences, creating opportunities to highlight WWF projects and experts, representing WWF on advocacy coalitions with external partners, and representing WWF and the Policy and Government Affairs team with the full range of external and internal contacts.
- Represents, advocates, and is point of contact with government partners in the administrative and legislative branches on portfolio issues and priorities.
- Tracks legislation, appropriations, regulatory action, political processes and trends, and individual policymakers and their priorities to identify and capitalize on opportunities for WWF to advance objectives.
- Composes or contributes to memos, fact sheets, case studies, testimony, public comments, policy briefs, presentation materials, and speeches or other verbal remarks to be delivered by WWF representatives.
- Works with relevant WWF experts and staff, analyzes, redlines, and/or drafts U.S. government policy documents, including legislation, amendments, executive orders, presidential memos, regulations, agency guidance, etc.
- Actively promotes coordination, collaboration, and information sharing within and across teams to maximize results across WWF’s full set of priority issues and ensure its capacities and expertise are deployed efficiently and effectively in pursuit of the organization’s objectives.
- Collaborates closely with other Policy and Government Affairs staff, particularly where portfolios and responsibilities overlap or are cross-cutting.
- Manages consultants, budgets, and projects, as necessary, and helps to manage and mentor junior staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible work hours
- Paid vacation days
- Sick leave
