IDRA Deputy Director of Advocacy & Community Partnerships

IDRA • Austin, TX

5d • $80,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

IDRA is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to achieve equal educational opportunity through strong public schools that prepare all students to access and succeed in college. IDRA seeks a Deputy Director of Advocacy & Community Partnerships based in or near Austin, whose primary duties will include connecting students, families, educators and community leaders to local, state and federal advocacy opportunities through IDRA’s priorities. This role involves collaborating with IDRA’s policy, advocacy and community engagement team and other staff to create and execute state-level advocacy strategies for the organization’s policy priorities. This includes in-person advocacy, coordinating coalition engagement opportunities (e.g., advocacy days), and relationship building at the Texas Capitol in Austin and other relevant agencies and organizations during and between legislative sessions. The position also entails developing campaign strategies for and convening, managing and expanding the membership and reach of the Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition (TLEEC); coordinating other organizations and individual stakeholders to engage in issue-specific advocacy campaigns; and representing IDRA in Texas-based advocacy coalitions. Additionally, the role involves supporting and developing relationships with other advocacy organizations to execute state-level advocacy campaigns for IDRA’s policy priorities, testifying on behalf of IDRA and/or TLEEC before the Texas legislature, state board of education, and relevant state and local agencies and governing bodies, and supporting the IDRA Education Policy Fellows program, including by helping to develop and present program curricula and directly supervise Texas-based fellows.

Requirements

• Proven track record
• Belief that no child is expendable
• Belief that communities must have a voice in the policies that most impact them
• Understanding of asset-based practices
• Understanding of systemic change
• Understanding of institutional biases
• Understanding of current local, state and federal education policy issues

Responsibilities

• Connecting students, families, educators and community leaders to local, state and federal advocacy opportunities through IDRA’s priorities
• Collaborating with IDRA’s policy, advocacy and community engagement team and other staff to create and execute state-level advocacy strategies for the organization’s policy priorities.
• Developing campaign strategies for and convening, managing and expanding the membership and reach of the Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition (TLEEC); coordinating other organizations and individual stakeholders to engage in issue-specific advocacy campaigns; and representing IDRA in Texas-based advocacy coalitions.
• Supporting and developing relationships with other advocacy organizations to execute state-level advocacy campaigns for IDRA’s policy priorities.
• Testifying on behalf of IDRA and/or TLEEC before the Texas legislature, state board of education, and relevant state and local agencies and governing bodies.
• Supporting the IDRA Education Policy Fellows program, including by helping to develop and present program curricula and directly supervise Texas-based fellows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed