Associate Regional Director, Advocacy

POSITION TITLE: Associate Regional Director, Advocacy
REPORTS TO: Deputy Regional Director, Midwest Region
SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None
LOCATION: Chicago, Indianapolis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, or Omaha metropolitan areas
Grade/Class: Grade F, Exempt, PSA-Eligible

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:

ADL is the leading anti-hate organization in the world. Founded in 1913, its timeless mission is “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Today, ADL continues to fight all forms of antisemitism and bias, using innovation and partnerships to drive impact. A global leader in combating antisemitism, countering extremism, and battling bigotry wherever and whenever it happens, ADL works to protect democracy and ensure a just and inclusive society for all.

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

The Associate Regional Director, Advocacy develops and implements legislative and campus advocacy strategies that engage policy makers, campus administrators and key stakeholders to build, manage, and grow coalitions to support ADL’s issue priorities in the organization’s Midwest Region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin).  The Associate Regional Director partners with the Midwest Deputy Regional Director and Central Division Policy Director to develop, track, and analyze policy proposals, legislative activities, and stakeholder relationships in support of ADL issue priorities, and designs volunteer and stakeholder activation strategies to grow ADL’s reach and influence in the policy-making process.

Primary:

• Demonstrate authoritative knowledge of ADL’s policies and positions and relevant local, national, and world events to respond to inquiries and proactively identify opportunities to promote ADL’s work and position the organization and senior staff as thought leaders among policymakers, civil rights, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate with ADL’s regional, divisional, and national team members to plan and execute state-based legislation and local government initiatives.
• Collaborate with ADL’s regional, divisional, and national team members to plan and execute advocacy initiatives to combat antisemitism on college and university campuses in the Midwest.
• Develop and manage community outreach and coalition-building initiatives to elevate ADL’s work and strengthen ties between the organization and a diverse group of cross-cultural and interfaith organizations and leaders.
• Recruit and maintain relationship with allies at the state, regional, and local levels to assist with and contribute to ADL’s policy and advocacy initiatives.
• Lead and manage ADL volunteer participation in advocacy activities, such as provide staff support to the Midwest Advocacy Committee, plan and execute state level advocacy day(s), and partner with national and divisional policy colleagues to train ADL constituents and supporters on effective advocacy skills.

Secondary:

• Monitor and track relevant legislation in the relevant states, providing regular reports to regional and divisional teams.
• Assist in state legislative research and create issue background materials to be used during advocacy activities.
• Represent ADL Midwest on coalitions and task forces in the Midwest.
• Build and maintain, in partnership with ADL Midwest colleagues, relationships with key leaders on campus.
• Participate in building a Culture of Philanthropy by working with the Midwest Development Team to identify and create fundraising opportunities and initiatives that support the region’s policy, advocacy and campus engagement agenda.

Skills:  

• Knowledge in the state and federal legislative process.
• Experience working and organizing advocacy campaigns, including a proven track record of driving initiatives and projects to completion.
• Experience working with a diverse set of stakeholders and maintaining relationships.
• Ability to translate dense and complicated information for a broader audience.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent communications skills - including verbal and written.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proactive and self-motivated.

Work Experience:  

• The ideal candidate has several years’ experience in issue-based campaigns and coalition building with a demonstrable increase in skill and responsibility.
• Previous experience advocating and working with elected officials is required.

Education:  

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.

Work Environment:

• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when necessary to monitor incident response, represent ADL, and to attend community events.  Some travel within the region is required. Occasional overnight travel is required.
• ADL is a hybrid environment; this role may require 3 days in the office. 

Compensation: 

• This position has a salary range of $54,000 to $78,000. This salary range is reflective of a position based in Chicago, IL. Please note that actual salaries are commensurate with experience and reflect the budget for a given position, and since ADL has a location-based compensation structure, there may be a different range for candidates in other locations. For an overview of our total rewards package, please visit https://www.adl.org/about/careers.

ADL values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. ADL is an equal opportunity employer. Recruitment, hiring, promotions and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment shall be maintained in a manner which does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or military status, or in violation of any applicable Federal, state or local laws.    

ADL will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation to support the interview process, please contact Talent & Knowledge at [email protected].    

ADL will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable State, Local, and Federal laws. 

The information in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, or be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job, nor is it to be interpreted as a contract for employment.