Deputy Director of Public Policy, Legislative Engagement

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🕒 August 28

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

💵 $110k - $140k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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Alliance for Decision Education

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2014

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📚 Education

Consulting • Healthcare • Education

Alliance for Decision Education is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering K-12 students with essential decision-making skills. Through Decision Education, the organization teaches young people how to think critically and make informed choices, focusing on areas such as probabilistic thinking, cognitive biases, and rationality. Their mission is to transform education by integrating decision-making principles into school curriculums, enabling students to thrive in a complex world and become engaged citizens.

📋 Description

• Lead direct and indirect lobbying strategies with the Director of Public Policy • Cultivate relationships with governors' offices, state departments and boards of education, legislative bodies, think tanks, coalitions, advocacy organizations, and trade associations • Monitor and analyze policymaker activity and legislation at state and regional levels • Draft legislative memos, policy memos, legislator education materials, and communication materials • Translate federal and state education bills, administrative rules, and public budget allocations into policy briefs, testimony, and memos • Engage current and past Policymaker Fellows in legislation, regulation, and pilot-program design and implementation • Manage relationships and contracts with retained lobbying firms in key states • Build regional policy, advocacy, and lobbying plans • Support department-level Objectives and Key Results related to policy development and adoption • Collaborate with Communications and other teams on research briefings and public-facing toolkits • Support senior-level relationship management with strategic policy leaders • Track staff and stakeholder engagement efforts in Salesforce, Wrike, and other project management tools • Collaborate with internal teams to align and communicate public policy activities • Design and facilitate legislative training and professional development for staff and volunteers • Represent the Alliance at events, conferences, coalitions, and coordinated advocacy campaigns • Complete special projects and other assigned duties

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive experience leading legislative advocacy, public policy formulation, and lobbying initiatives, with a clear focus on the education sector • Deep expertise in legislative processes, state-level education governance, and public K-12 financing structures • Experience contributing to strategic planning and organizational alignment • Experience managing complex cross-sector initiatives, public policy campaigns, and education policy lobbying initiatives • Strong project management skills, including experience tracking goals and metrics • Ability to represent the Alliance at conferences, legislative meetings, and national events • Experience using a CRM system • Excellent communication, judgment, and organizational skills • Experience in a national nonprofit or mission-driven organization preferred • Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with policymakers, legislative staff, and education leaders preferred • Experience navigating complex policy initiatives involving multiple stakeholders preferred • Interest in decision science, behavioral economics, psychology, cognitive science, or related fields preferred • Employment authorization to work in the United States; must not require current or future visa sponsorship • Successful completion of the pre-employment screening process • Compliance with organizational policies and procedures • Ability to understand and demonstrate safe work practices • Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% employer paid) • Basic life insurance and AD&D (100% employer paid) • Short-term disability insurance (100% employer paid) • Long-term disability insurance (100% employer paid) • Employee Assistance Program • 401(k) retirement plan with up to a 5% employer match (100% vested) • Flexible Spending Accounts (healthcare and dependent care) • Up to 20 days of Paid Time Off per calendar year • Unlimited paid sick time • Hybrid work schedule • Paid lunch stipend while working on-site