Senior Manager, State Advocacy

Children's Funding Project•Washington, DC

12d•$90,000 - $105,000•Remote

About The Position

Children’s Funding Project is seeking a Senior Manager of State Advocacy to strengthen our relationships with state advocacy partners and expand the technical assistance we offer state partners with active advocacy goals. Specifically, the Senior Manager will work with state partners to understand and use strategic public financing tools - including fiscal maps, cost models, and revenue options analyses - to advance their advocacy goals. The Senior Manager will also provide strategic coaching to partners on campaign planning and coalition-building. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in state-level advocacy, strong communication, organization, and people skills, and the ability to guide partners from early readiness through coordinated action. The Senior Manager will work collaboratively across the organization, including the Fiscal Data Infrastructure and State Tax Policy teams. This new, full-time exempt position will report to the Senior Director of Fiscal Data Infrastructure.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5-7 years of progressively responsible, relevant experience in state advocacy and/or policy work. Applied experience in child, youth, or family-focused policy development, education, or public finance preferred.
Experience coaching, informing, or providing technical assistance to state entities and community-based organizations. Experience supporting decision makers to make evidence informed policy decisions is a plus.
Experience assessing advocacy readiness, developing campaign action plans, and supporting coalition coordination in state-level policy contexts.
Strong communication skills and the ability to translate data-related concepts and solutions to professionals.
Experience working collaboratively and communicating across internal teams and with a variety of external audiences.
Deep commitment to the values of justice, equity, diversity, and belonging.
Comfortable with unfamiliar tasks and flexible in problem-solving, learning new skills, and embracing change.
Efficient and high-quality research and writing skills.
Attention to detail and anticipation of organizational needs.
Familiarity and comfort with common technology platforms (e.g., Microsoft Office 365, Google Suite).

Nice To Haves

Applied experience in child, youth, or family-focused policy development, education, or public finance preferred.
Experience supporting decision makers to make evidence informed policy decisions is a plus.

Responsibilities

Provide consistent support to our state fiscal mapping and cost modeling partners who have advocacy goals to check in on their progress and needs.
Support technical partners in disseminating final fiscal mapping and cost modeling products to other state partners, and support the integration of these tools into advocacy strategies.
Facilitate coordination of partners within the child and youth policy and tax, budget, and revenue ecosystems within a state. Support partners in understanding effective advocacy roles within a coalition.
Support coalition planning and management by helping leaders navigate structure, roles, and decision-making within multi-organization advocacy coalitions.
Support the development of talking points about the fiscal and cost analysis data we have available via our state fiscal maps and cost models.
Lead assessments of state partners’ readiness for advocacy work and advise on capacity-building strategies.
Provide coaching on the development of advocacy timelines, strategies, and action plans that include elements of strategic public financing.
Provide responsive coaching to partners with in-motion advocacy initiatives, helping to refine goals, messaging, and decision points during active campaigns.
Draft template legislation on topics related to codification of fiscal maps or cost models, funding allocation, and revenue generation.
Grant management.
Legislative tracking and analysis; share wins, trends, and other findings with both internal and external audiences.
Use and maintain internal databases of state advocacy networks and partners. Ensure awareness of active state players and efforts across internal teams.