Associate Director of Government Relations, Southeast Region

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🐊 Florida, Kentucky, +3 more states – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote 🐎 Kentucky – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🌴 South Carolina – Remote 🎸 Tennessee – Remote

💵 $73.2k - $89.4k / year

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🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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American Rivers

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1973

💼 Consulting

🤝 Non-profit

Consulting • Non-profit • Environmental

American Rivers is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of rivers throughout the United States. They focus on ensuring clean water, restoring rivers, and protecting river ecosystems, with goals such as removing harmful dams and promoting climate resilience in urban communities. American Rivers aims to protect one million miles of free-flowing rivers by 2030 and half of all rivers in the U. S. by 2050, focusing on areas where people live, and they work to ensure federal funds are used effectively to improve safety, health, and biodiversity. They also aim to educate and mobilize the public to become advocates for river conservation.

📋 Description

• Lead American Rivers’ government relations and advocacy work across the Southeast Region • Develop and implement government relations strategies for Southeast Region priorities • Establish and maintain relationships with state legislators, executive offices, legislative staff, agency leadership, Members of Congress, federal agencies, and local elected officials • Lead policy development and advocacy in North Carolina to reform Clean Water Act implementation through an Integrated Water Management structure • Develop and execute legislative, administrative, and political strategies and tactics • Identify opportunities to leverage state legislative campaigns to advance federal legislative goals and vice versa • Translate conservation priorities and field expertise into government relations strategies • Craft campaigns, connect state and regional policy opportunities to federal strategies, develop coalitions, and shape advocacy communications • Defend existing river protections from legislative or administrative threats • Build strategic relationships with conservation organizations, water interests, outdoor recreation groups, local elected officials, Tribes, and other Southeast Region constituencies • Support project and programmatic fundraising in collaboration with staff across the organization

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in government relations, public policy, legislative affairs, political advocacy, or a related field • Familiarity with state and federal rulemaking procedures and requirements • Significant experience working with state legislatures and natural resource agencies • Significant experience with complex policy advocacy campaigns • Established relationships with Southeast Region policymakers, legislative offices, federal agencies, or relevant stakeholder networks • Experience with conservation, natural resources, public lands, water, or river policy strongly preferred • Knowledge of the federal Clean Water Act and its implementation structure in Southeast states • Knowledge of Integrated Water Management and One Water policy structures and approaches • Ability to develop and execute bipartisan legislative and government relations strategies • Experience building coalitions and working with diverse stakeholders • Experience leading policy campaigns involving direct advocacy, strategic communications, and partner management • Excellent political judgment and ability to navigate complex and politically sensitive policy issues • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including translating complex policy issues into clear advocacy messages • Ability to manage multiple policy campaigns and priorities in a fast-moving environment • Commitment to equity and justice and ability to work with varying perspectives and values • Commitment to American Rivers’ mission and advancing healthy rivers, clean water, and resilient communities • Must be legally allowed to work as an employee in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, long-term and short-term disability, and life insurance • 3% employer contribution after one year of service • 100% vested upon participation; no vesting schedule • Four weeks of paid leave • Eleven paid holidays • Three floating holidays • Sick leave • Focus Fridays with no internal meetings • Professional development opportunities • Home office stipend • Sabbatical leave every seven years • Paid parental leave of six weeks with one year of service • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities