Deputy Director of National Policy and Campaign

JOB POSTING:
Deputy Director of National Policy and Campaign

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986. CHIRLA is a California leader with national impact made of diverse immigrant families and individuals who act as agents of social change to achieve a world with freedom of mobility, full human rights, and true participatory democracy. CHIRLA organizes and serves individuals, institutions, and coalitions to build power, transform public opinions, and change policies to achieve full human, civil and labor rights.

Guided by power, love, and vision of our community, CHIRLA embraces and drives progressive social change.

The Deputy Director of National Policy & Campaigns plays a key role in the policy and advocacy team that is charged with planning and executing both long term and short-term directions of the organization’s federal policy agenda. The Deputy Director will collaborate and assist in leading projects to expand and support the work being done across the nation as it relates to national policy.

The Deputy Director for Policy and Campaigns will co-lead with the Deputy Director for Policy and Congressional Affairs the federal policy portfolio and the strategic planning to maintain and cultivate relationships with Members of Congress and the Administration. In addition, the Deputy will be responsible for briefing Members of Congress and their staff on the status of immigrants and their families, as well as engage CHIRLA’s membership base to develop and advance policy priorities in Congress.

The Deputy Director will oversee any contract lobbyist and policy staff base in the Washington, DC office.

In addition to being a subject-matter expert on immigration and legislative process and serving as a resource and point person internally and externally on Federal matters, the Deputy Director of National Policy & Campaigns will work with CHIRLA’s Policy Department’s Legal Counsel and Director of Policy and Advocacy to analyze and monitor all federal policy and its impact in our communities.

This position will additionally be responsible for CHIRLA’s national campaigns. These campaigns include those that CHIRLA is leading such as the Registry Campaign and those in which CHIRLA serves as a steering committee member or in which we have decided to play an active leadership role. Furthermore, this position will track our engagement in national networks such as the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) and the National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA) and ensure that we have active staff engaged in these networks and regular reports from assigned CHIRLA staff on the key actions of these networks.

• In collaboration with the Executive Director, Director of Policy and Advocacy, and in consultation with CHIRLA membership base create annual campaign plans across various priorities.
• In collaboration with CHIRLA Executive Director, Director for Policy and Advocacy and CHIRLA Leadership Team advance national campaigns led by CHIRLA.
• In collaboration with the Deputy Director of National Policy & Congressional Affairs develop legislative, administrative, and budget proposals to advance CHIRLA’s. goals and mission.
• Under the supervision of the Director of Policy and Advocacy, and in collaboration with the Deputy Director of National Policy & Congressional Affairs manage CHIRLA’s support/opposition/neutral positions to legislative/regulatory/appropriation proposals.
• In collaboration with the Deputy Director of National Policy & Congressional Affairs advance and implement CHIRLA goals and objectives as they are determined by the organization.
• In collaboration with the Deputy Director of National Policy & Congressional Affairs cultivate and maintain positive working relationships with Members of Congress, relevant Congressional caucuses, agencies, and the Administration.
• In collaboration with the Deputy Director of National Policy & Congressional Affairs, secure regular meet-and-greets and provide policy analysis to lawmakers and their staff.
• As requested, they represent CHIRLA’s position at…