VP of Campaigns

Advocates for Trans Equality

9d•$146,000 - $163,000•Remote

About The Position

The Vice President of Campaigns is responsible for developing, managing and executing state and federal ballot measure, public education, and advocacy campaigns in partnership with the Policy, Legal, Organizing, and Communications departments. The Vice President of Campaigns creates campaign engagement criteria, conducts campaign assessments, and makes recommendations about A4TE’s priorities and investments. They also coordinate A4TE’s cross-team engagement in campaigns, monitor and keep the full team regularly appraised on developments, and serve as the lead on priority campaigns as needed.

Requirements

A minimum of 6 years of experience in a leadership role.
Demonstrated management experience, including the ability to coach team members using tested management techniques, emotional intelligence, and good judgement.
A strong working knowledge of and demonstrated success at lobbying governmental and agency entities at the state or federal level.
Working knowledge of ethics and legal compliance within government affairs.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically and exhibit good judgement for advancing complex government affairs strategies.
A working knowledge of 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), PAC, and ballot legal compliance.
Demonstrated ability to work alongside and support experts, partners, and/or legal counsel when necessary to support organizational compliance efforts.
Ability to exhibit excellent judgement for implementing complex and legally compliant activities and tasks to successfully engage in ballot campaign work.
A strong working knowledge of the role politics plays within an overarching advocacy framework, including familiarity with campaign cycles, partisanship, and the role of politics in moving the Overton Window on a given issue.
Direct experience in social justice, government, organizing, and/or movement building organizations.
A deep and nuanced understanding of issues affecting transgender people as well as an understanding of how racism, classism, sexism, and other systems of inter-connected oppressions affect trans people.
Strong belief in A4TE’s mission and the people who are driving the work forward.
A strong commitment and desire to moving the Overton Window on trans issues over the next 5-10 years.
Effective verbal and written skills to communicate complex policies and procedures to ensure staff have the information needed for their position responsibilities and overall organizational workflow; ability to listen to staff concerns and feedback to assist in working together for solutions that comply with organizational policies.
Ability to understand organizational needs to communicate with those outside of the organization.
Experience in all areas of MS Office 365 and collaborative tools, such as Slack, Asana, and Zoom.
Experience with policy software, such as PolicyNote, BillTracker50, or similar product.
Experience with organizing and campaign tools, such as NGP VAN, EveryAction, or similar products.

Nice To Haves

6-8 years’ experience in a management role, such as a Field Director, Campaign Director or Political Director
8-10 years’ experience in traditional field organizing, preferably in ballot measures, advocacy campaigns, or political campaigns.
Remote but located near a major airport.
Based in the Midwest, South, Southwest, or Central United States, which are areas most impacted and forecasted to be impacted by anti-trans state policies and ballot campaigns.
Ability and willingness to travel to states where field and campaign organizing support is necessary.
Fluency or proficiency in a language other than English, especially Spanish.
Experience in using FileVine, FiscalNote, or other legal and policy database tools.
Excellent relationship and trust building capabilities and a demonstrated track record building, leading, and managing teams; serving as a coach and mentor to staff across a range of areas.
An earned reputation for being trustworthy, with excellent judgment and discretion.
Kindness and strengths-based leadership: someone who sees value in every person and communicates respect and encouragement to people at all levels; a passionate investment in the well-being and success of staff.
A willingness to accept input and feedback from colleagues at all levels of the organization.
Agile project management skills, ability to develop and implement new strategies and procedures, and meet multiple competing deadlines.
Initiative and ambition to ensure that all projects are moving forward.
Ability to adapt as needed, self-manage, and prioritize between and manage multiple demands.
A positive and productive attitude to problem-solving within the context of intense social justice work.
Optimistic and resourceful, with strong self-awareness, cultural competence, emotional intelligence, and humility; grounded and flexible with a high degree of integrity and transparency.
The ability to be exposed to transphobia and other kinds of discrimination or stress on a daily basis and keep fighting hard for transgender equality.

Responsibilities

Provide vision for, coordinate, and execute A4TE’s advocacy strategy across four departments representing four advocacy tactics of policy, lobbying, organizing, and elections to positively move the Overton Window on issues impacting transgender people.
Serve as A4TE’s key external contact and thought partner to LGBTQ+ movement partner organizations for coordination around advocacy strategy tactics influencing state legislative work, federal legislative work, ballot issue work, and electoral engagement, among other areas of advocacy.
Develop a thoughtful, strategic, coordinated ballot strategy on behalf of A4TE to address urgent, emerging ballot measures at the state level that have the potential to significantly impact transgender people in the 2026-2028 electoral cycles and beyond.
Manage, cultivate, and inspire the leadership of the Organizing Director, who oversees A4TE’s organizing team. Support the transition of such organizing from predominantly mobilization techniques to deeper field organizing work in service of state needs, particularly around ballot issues.
Manage, cultivate, and inspire the leadership of staff who oversee A4TE’s engagement and training of transgender candidates, GOTV educational work, and other electoral engagement.
Represent A4TE in our state-focused ballot measure coalition work, including serving in leadership roles such as Coordinating Committees.
Oversee federal and state public education and advocacy campaigns, including creating and maintaining assessment criteria to determine priority campaigns and engagement in rapid response contexts, making recommendations about A4TE’s priorities and investments, developing and implementing successful strategies, advising and supporting organizational partners, and coordinating A4TE’s cross-team engagement in campaigns.
Keep A4TE team regularly apprised of developments on federal public education and advocacy efforts.
Work with consultants, lobbyists, organizational partners, and state and local leaders to help defeat discriminatory anti-trans ballot measures.
Manage, support, and ensure accountability of campaign consultants, including both existing teams and the cultivation of new consultant teams in states where work is not currently underway.
Work with the Organizing team, State Policy team, and the Communications team to drive public education and advocacy victories.
Travel to campaign sites as needed.
Work with Communications staff to ensure the effective delivery of latest messaging and research to legislative leaders, organizational partners, key constituencies, and allies.

Benefits

100% employer-paid medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
80% employer contributions to spousal and dependent healthcare
Employer contributions to retirement plan
Monthly remote work stipends
Access to gender-affirming healthcare pool
Name and identity document change support
Generous time off, including paid holidays, 20 paid vacation days annually, sick time, and office-wide closures
Medical and parental leaves
Weekly wellness hours
Volunteer hours
3-month paid sabbatical after 5 years
Healthcare flex spending account
Professional development stipend