IDRA Deputy Director of Advocacy & Community Partnerships

IDRA • Austin, TX

3d • Remote

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, Texas. This role is crucial for connecting students, families, educators, and community leaders to advocacy opportunities aligned with IDRA's priorities. The position involves collaborating with IDRA's policy, advocacy, and community engagement teams to develop and implement state-level advocacy strategies. Key activities include in-person advocacy, coordinating coalition engagement (like advocacy days), and building relationships at the Texas Capitol and with relevant agencies and organizations. The role also entails developing campaign strategies, convening, managing, and expanding the Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition (TLEEC), coordinating issue-specific advocacy campaigns, and representing IDRA in Texas-based coalitions. Supporting other advocacy organizations to execute state-level campaigns and testifying before legislative and state bodies are also core responsibilities. Additionally, the position will support the IDRA Education Policy Fellows program, including curriculum development and direct supervision of Texas-based fellows. The ideal candidate will share IDRA's commitment to educational equity and community voice in policy-making, and possess an understanding of asset-based practices, systemic change, institutional biases, and current education policy issues.

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
• 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
• 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
• 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