Director of Government Relations - 2025465

World Relief-posted about 2 months ago
$95,000 - $115,000/Yr
Full-time • Director
Remote • Towson, MD
1,001-5,000 employees
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World Relief is hiring a Director of Government Relations who will be responsible for representing World Relief’s public policy priorities, including our U.S. refugee/asylum/immigration-based priorities as well as U.S. policies of concern to our international programs, with governmental leaders in Washington, D.C. Candidate will work remotely from the Washington, D.C. area.

  • Build and sustain relationships with leaders in Congress, the White House and others in the administration and their staffs, representing World Relief’s policy positions in a biblically-guided, non-partisan way
  • Serve as the primary lead on shaping and crafting World Relief’s policy positions and advocacy campaigns related to refugee resettlement and immigration, including representing World Relief within various advocacy coalitions
  • Supervise a staff colleague focused on governmental policy issues impacting World Relief’s international programs, currently operating in various countries within Africa as well as in Haiti, Ukraine and beyond
  • Play a support role in pursuing and responding to media and public relations opportunities
  • Write and speak on policy issues of expertise, including for audiences that include governmental leaders and church leaders and members
  • Work with World Relief’s U.S. and international programs and advancement divisions to ensure close coordination across different divisions of the organization on advocacy priorities and public messaging and events
  • Support World Relief staff in the United States and around the world on outreach and relationship building with their elected officials and the media
  • Help train staff on advocacy priorities, including through webinars and occasional office visits
  • Help write newsletters and reports documenting World Relief advocacy activities
  • Other responsibilities as assigned by the VP for Advocacy and Policy
  • Mature and personal Christian faith
  • Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
  • Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
  • Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Must be able to work independently and with limited supervision in a fast-moving environment
  • Must be passionate about seeking just, compassionate refugee, immigration and foreign assistance policies aligned with World Relief’s longstanding advocacy positions
  • Must be able to winsomely interact with an ethnically and denominationally diverse range of Christians as well as with media and elected officials
  • Master’s degree in refugee/migration issues, public policy or a related field preferred
  • 3 or more years experience in governmental service, political advocacy and/or public relations strongly preferred
  • Experience with biblical/theological studies and/or direct service to refugees/immigrants preferred
  • Strong writing and oral communication abilities in English; fluency in Spanish would be a plus
  • Preference for applicants who have personally lived the refugee or immigrant experience
  • Previous supervisory experience preferred
  • World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time, Regular, and part-time (25+ hours per week) employees
  • World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
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