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Common Cause

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1970

💼 Consulting

🤝 Non-profit

🏛️ Government

Consulting • Non-profit • Government

Common Cause is a nonpartisan organization focused on promoting open and accountable democracy. With a membership of over 1. 5 million people and operations in every congressional district, Common Cause advocates for voter rights, ethical governance, and reforms to ensure fair political processes like redistricting. The organization also engages in campaigns to resist actions perceived as threats to democratic values and to support pro-democracy reforms. Established in 1970, Common Cause works through grassroots efforts and policy advocacy to achieve its mission of building a government that works for all citizens.

📋 Description

• Manage and support State Directors across several states to ensure programmatic, financial, and operational goals are met or exceeded • Set goals collaboratively to align state, programmatic, and operational priorities • Guide state teams in developing proactive and responsive strategies based on state political landscapes • Build and maintain strong relationships with state teams • Ensure sustainability and efficiency of state budgets and resource allocation • Implement system and process improvements with State Directors and other teams • Lead professional development and coaching efforts, including management under the collective bargaining agreement • Support State Directors’ career progression, retention, and succession planning • Represent and advocate for states’ work externally • Build relationships with donors, policymakers, and coalition partners • Speak to the media about Common Cause’s work as needed • Develop public-facing materials and written communications with cross-organizational teams • Align state strategy with Development team activities • Support state fundraising goals, including drafting grants, fundraising materials, and grant reporting • Lead organization-wide change initiatives • Ensure collaboration, responsiveness, and accountability among state, program, and operations teams • Build expertise in democracy and electoral policy • Share state-level insights with organizational leadership to shape Common Cause’s overall strategy

🎯 Requirements

• Strong commitment to Common Cause’s nonpartisan mission and advancing racial equity through its national agenda • Commitment to equity in work goals and interactions with others • Ability to build rapport, trust, and credibility with diverse stakeholders • Ability to navigate organizational and power dynamics, leverage relationships, and influence change • Ability to navigate conflict while maintaining personal values • Strong written and verbal communication, including distilling complex concepts for broad audiences • Innovative and strategic thinking, with ability to navigate ambiguity • Ability to manage multiple short- and long-term priorities and deadlines with strong attention to detail and organization • Resourceful problem-solving approach • Openness to giving and receiving feedback and awareness of strengths and growth areas • Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Slack, and Zoom • Experience leading successful state-level or national issue-based advocacy campaigns • Demonstrated experience with the legislative process in at least one state, including policy research and analysis, policy development, legislative drafting, legislative advocacy and lobbying, communications, and policy implementation • Knowledge of political dynamics in at least one state, including decision-makers, partners, and funders • Experience managing a team; experience managing other managers and coaching/training mid-level and senior staff ideally • Track record of collaborative work and managing coalitions or diverse-interest groups • Track record of leading organization-wide change initiatives • Ability to travel up to a week per month for site visits, conferences, team retreats, and/or all-staff retreats • Willingness to maintain a social media presence on behalf of Common Cause • Must not currently hold elected office, run for office, serve on a political candidate’s Steering or Finance Committee, or be affiliated with political-party leadership • Must be authorized to work in the United States; Common Cause cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa • Position is supervisory and excluded from the union-represented collective bargaining unit

🏖️ Benefits

• Robust healthcare plan covering 97% of employee medical care, 100% of employee vision and dental benefits, 75% of family medical care, and 100% of family vision and dental benefits • Long-term disability and life insurance • Generous Paid Time Off including 20 Days of Vacation and 10 observed Holidays per year • Additional days off for Thanksgiving and Winter break • 16 weeks of paid parental leave • Flexible spending accounts • 401k retirement savings plan with immediate Employer Match • Dependent Care and Pet Care Support when you travel for work • Funds for professional development • Geography-specific percentage increases depending on location • Remote work anywhere within the lower 48 United States