Vice President, States

You will thrive in this role if you have

• A strong commitment to Common Cause’s nonpartisan mission and to advancing racial equity through our national agenda
• A commitment to equity in the goals of your work and in how you work with others
• Ability to quickly build rapport, trust, and credibility with multiple stakeholders with diverse interests
• Ability to navigate organizational and power dynamics, leverage relationships, and influence others to adopt changes to meet common goals
• Ability to respectfully navigate conflict while maintaining your values
• Ability to compel action through both written and verbal communication, including distilling complex concepts for a broad audience
• Innovative and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to navigate through ambiguity to achieve goals
• Ability to manage and meet deadlines for multiple short- and long-term priorities at once, with high attention to detail; strong organization skills, and an ability to manage your time independently
• A resourceful approach to problem-solving
• Openness to giving and receiving feedback; aware of your own strengths and areas for growth
• Familiarity with office productivity tools including Microsoft Office, Slack, and Zoom

The following is required

• Have led successful state-level or national issue-based advocacy campaigns; and ideally you have experience with strategic direction setting for grassroots organizing
• Demonstrated experience with the legislative process in at least one state, including policy research and analysis, policy development, legislative drafting, legislative advocacy and lobbying, communications, and policy implementation
• Demonstrates knowledge of unique aspects of the political dynamic in at least one state, including decision-makers, partners, and funders – ideally, you have existing relationships with these people and organizations
• Have managed a team, and ideally you have managed other managers, and coached and trained mid-level and senior staff to develop skills
• A track record of working collaboratively with others, and have managed coalitions or groups with diverse interests to achieve a goal
• Track record of leading organization-wide change initiatives
• Ability to travel up to a week per month for site visits, conferences, team and/or all staff retreats
• Willing to have a social media presence on behalf of Common Cause, including being tagged on posts and creating content on behalf of the organization (as needed, Common Cause will provide accounts for staff members to use)
• Per our nonpartisan policy, Common Cause staff members may not currently be in elected office (or running for office); on the Steering Committee or Finance Committee for any political candidate; or affiliated with the leadership of a political party

Additional information about this role

• This position is classified as supervisory and therefore not included in the union-represented collective bargaining unit
• Common Cause is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time; please note that if hired, you will be asked to produce documentation for authorization to work in the US