[Hiring] Policy Specialist @National Wildlife Federation
Role Description
To support our mission, we are seeking a Policy Specialist to join our Water and Coasts team. In this role you will help guide and implement the team’s federal policy strategies and campaigns, with a focus on resilient coasts and floodplains, including pre-disaster mitigation efforts and post-disaster recovery.
- Serve as a NWF policy representative with decision-makers, partners, and in key coalitions.
- Collaborate with and support government affairs staff to represent NWF policy positions on Capitol Hill.
- Conduct policy research and provide support and coordination assistance for Water and Coasts team priorities as needed.
- Contribute to development and maintenance of relationships with partner organizations.
- Conduct Congressional and Administrative tracking.
- Develop educational and advocacy materials (e.g., reports, factsheets, action alerts, blogs, etc).
- Be an NWF expert on national flood insurance and disaster policy, and coastal resilience policy.
- Assist with team coordination activities, including scheduling, note-taking, and facilitating meetings.
- Support other Water & Coasts team projects (including clean water campaign priorities) on an as-needed basis.
Qualifications
- Some familiarity with flood/disaster and coastal resilience policy required.
- Experience collaborating across teams to accomplish shared goals, including working with coalitions or NGO partnerships.
- Experience working with or for Congress and/or conducting Congressional outreach.
- Ability to manage a multitude of projects and meet deadlines.
- Fast and detail-oriented learner.
- Ability to communicate positions clearly both verbally and in writing.
- Self-starter – Able to prioritize workflow and anticipate needs with minimal oversight.
- Strategic thinker – Able to see the big picture and develop an adaptive strategy to accomplish a goal.
- Five years or more of work or equivalent experience in related policy, advocacy campaigns, or another relevant field.
- A Master’s or other advanced degree in a relevant field can count towards experience.
Requirements
- Detailed policy knowledge in the flood/disaster and coastal resilience space, including familiarity with FEMA and NOAA programs.
- Proven track record of developing and achieving Federal policy reforms, including through Congressional action.
- Experience writing detailed comment letters on technical policy issues.
- Experience with fundraising, grant writing, and/or grant reporting.
Benefits
- Paid time off: Vacation that starts off at three weeks accrual, unlimited wellbeing time, and 11 holidays.
- Paid winter break between December 25 to January 1.
- Up to 16 weeks of fully paid Family and Medical Leave.
- Low-cost health, dental, and vision insurance options.
- Therapist available at no cost.
- Pet insurance and discount perk program.
- Annual wellbeing allowance.
- Retirement plan with immediate match and vesting.
- Annual year-end retirement contribution.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Adoption and Surrogacy assistance.
- Pet adoption stipend.
- Student Loan management.
