Manager, Legislative Affairs

We are seeking a proactive and collaborative Manager, Legislative Affairs to support our federal legislative advocacy work in protecting our four policy pillars:
Voting & Fair Representation, Anti-Corruption & Accountability, Media & Technology, and Civil Rights & Civil Liberties.

You will play a key role in supporting the organization’s legislative goals, including coordinating and supporting day-to-day lobbying activities, working with coalition partners and key stakeholders, assisting in building relationships with lawmakers, and maintaining strategic alignment across Common Cause’s policy pillars and state teams.

This is a full-time role reporting to the Senior Director, Legislative Affairs;
This role is based in Washington, DC, with an expectation to come into our office two days a week and up to five days during peak legislative session. We hope our new Manager, Legislative Affairs will start in October.

• Maintain a comprehensive tracker of federal legislation, hearings, oversight actions, and committee activity across the four policy pillars
• Research and analyze bills, including legislative history, sponsor positions, partner alignment, and procedural pathways
• Prepare regular legislative updates for the Senior Director, Policy & Litigation leadership, and state teams
• Coordinate scheduling, prep, and follow‑up for Hill meetings led by the Senior Director and other senior staff.
• Attend Hill meetings as appropriate, take notes, and manage follow-through on commitments.
• Maintain relationship records on member offices, staff contacts, and prior engagements.
• Support implementation of the three-phase plan (Foundation & Insertion, Pre-Midterm Narrative & Positioning, Post‑Election Readiness).

• Serve as the federal legislative point of contact for all 23 state teams.
• Coordinate timely federal updates to state teams on legislation affecting their jurisdictions.
• Synthesize state‑level political intelligence into federal strategy inputs for the Senior Director.
• Coordinate with Campaigns & Organizing, External Affairs, and state teams on federal legislative campaigns.
• Support development of federal advocacy materials for funders and external partners.
• Manage Common Cause’s working‑level coalition participation, including sign‑on processes, coalition letter drafting, and partner position tracking.
• Coordinate internal review and approval of coalition sign‑on requests.
• Maintain working‑level relationships with coalition partner staff.

• Under the Senior Director’s direction, draft policy memos, talking points, member‑specific briefings, hearing prep, questions for the record, oversight letters, and comment submissions
• Prepare bill summaries and strategicalignmentanalyses against the endorsement evaluation checklist
• Develop briefing materials for kitchen cabinet meetings and other Hill engagements
• Administer the bill endorsement evaluation process, including initial bill review, routing to decision‑makers, and tracking decisions
• Maintain documentation of endorsement decisions and rationales

You will thrive in this role if you have:

• A strong commitment to Common Cause’s nonpartisan mission and to advancing civil rights through our pro‑democracy agenda
• A commitment to equity in the goals of your work and in how you work with others
• Openness to feedback and awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth
• Demonstrated knowledge of the unique aspects of STATE/NATIONAL’s political dynamic
• Experience workingon public advocacy campaigns related to democracy, elections, votingrightsand civil rights
• Demonstrated knowledge of and strong interest…