Director Of Government Relations Civil Rights

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Director of Government Relations, Civil Rights
Duties: Serve as lead federal lobbyist on civil rights, including hate crimes, immigration and refugee matters, voting rights, discrimination, criminal justice, separation of church and state, and freedom of religion. Build strategic relationships with key congressional office and administrative agencies. Promote relationships between key government officials and CEO, VP GRACE and other senior leadership Help raise public awareness and provide support for grassroots lobbying for legislative and regulatory agenda. Initiate advocacy campaigns; and help formulate political and policy priorities and craft advocacy campaigns for at the federal level; track, analyze and report on legislative and policy developments that impact hate crimes and other civil rights agenda. Partner with colleagues in, for example, International Affairs, Law Enforcement, Center on Extremism and Center on Technology and Society teams to provide intel and other support for their work and create opportunities with national leaders to lift up their materials and programs to inform and influence federal policy. Provide regular analysis and updates to senior management and others in response to current events, regional developments and macro trends. Write research reports, op-eds and position papers on these issues and develop appropriate advocacy strategies in consultation with the Civil Rights and Communications teams. Work in close partnership with the Civil Rights team to ensure GRACE’s overall legislative and political work is informed by civil rights experts. Act as a legislative lawyer in work with the Civil Rights team to analyze pending legislative and Administrative initiatives, track Supreme Court cases, federal judicial nominations, and pending amicus prospects. Occasional analysis of state policy proposals. Answer inquiries about Washington affairs and national political and policy issues for Regional Office staff. Help ensure that Regional Office staff are informed about civil rights legislative agenda and that GRACE tracks significant developments concerning civil rights in the regions. Provide content for Regional Offices’ civil rights initiatives. Ensure civil rights content on website is up to date. Assist in development of thematic, program, and speaker ideas for the annual Leadership Summit in Washington. Assist with advance work for and the Summit and the Lobby Day.

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