Description
Immigration Equality's high-performance policy team is expanding. We are recruiting an experienced Policy Director for a new position which will build on our team's core strength to take full advantage of opportunities to advance our agenda within the federal government over the next year and beyond.
Founded in 1994, Immigration Equality is the country's premiere legal aid and advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive immigrants and their families. Immigration Equality works to end discrimination against LGBT people in U.S. immigration law through education, outreach, and advocacy. Immigration Equality's pro bono asylum project represents LGBT people fleeing persecution with the participation of more than 40 top national law firms. In 2009, Immigration Equality created the Immigration Equality Action Fund, a 501(c)(4), to expand its federal legislative advocacy.
We currently have a first-rate Legislative Director, and seek to build a bigger team that can design and execute an effective, nimble administrative advocacy strategy. We are recruiting the perfect person to manage, grow and lead this expanded policy team. The remainder of this presidential term is an extraordinary window of opportunity, and the organization is committed to putting resources into this area.
Immigration Equality seeks:
A senior strategist on administrative advocacy. Someone to join our strong senior management team and help create a strategy that will win maximal results from the administration.
A first-rate manager. A track record of hiring excellent staff and managing them for success is a necessity; candidates must have experience managing a team of at least four. The new Policy Director will initially supervise a team of three and we expect this number to grow.
A leader in the organization. The new Policy Director will join a senior programmatic team comprised of Immigration Equality's Communications Director and Legal Director, along with highly effective Development and Operations Directors. The senior team will look to this new colleague as a partner in ensuring Immigration Equality's success by all of its benchmarks – fundraising, strategic planning, budgeting, and achievement of its core legal and policy goals.
A coalition builder. IE's success is contingent on its ability to work with others – from government agencies to the White House to colleague organizations in the LGBT and immigration movements.
A trusted spokesperson. The Policy Director should be able to represent the organization publicly in all settings as needed: at donor events, on conference panels, with foundations, and in the media.
QUALIFICATIONS
Strong working knowledge and understanding of the White House and at least one of the following agencies: Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Department of State.
Experience successfully advancing administrative policy at/inside at least one of those agencies
Experience managing a team of at least five direct reports.
Comfort with a fast moving, high-energy organization with an open plan office.
Experience working in an organization with multiple locations preferred.
Knowledge of immigration law and politics, as well as LGBT issues.
Salary and Benefits
Salary commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits, including full health insurance coverage, dental and vision, 403(b) plan, long-term disability insurance, and four weeks of vacation annually.
Environment
Immigration Equality is an affirmative action employer: immigrants, transgender people, and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply. Immigration Equality is a progressive organization committed to an open plan office. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to collaborate within a diverse and inclusive environment.
Immigration Equality is a mission-driven organization full of smart, dedicated people. If you want to work at the cutting edge of the two most potent civil rights issues of our time, and do it with terrific colleagues in a fast-paced, nimble organization that seeks results, this is the place for you.