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Legislative Strategist

Legislative Strategist

Prison FellowshipRichmond, VA, US
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Legislative Strategist

Want to make a difference? Join an organization committed to sharing the hope of true transformation with those impacted by incarceration for nearly 50 years. Prison Fellowship is the nation's largest Christian nonprofit equipping the Church to serve currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families, and to advocate for justice and human dignity. Prison Fellowship and its church partners encounter Jesus with those behind bars, breaking cycles of crime and prayerfully anticipating a revival of justice, mercy, and hope in our culture. Prison Fellowship is an organization committed to the highest standards of conduct, ethics, and Christian values. Our conduct is guided by and grounded in the Bible, as reflected in our Statement of Faith below.

What We Are Looking For :

A driven and mission-focused Legislative Strategist to execute state level policy campaigns as directed by the Manager, State Government Affairs. You will build Prison Fellowship's influence among state policymakers and coalition partners while helping to recruit and engage grassroots and grasstops in assigned target states. Applicant must live in the Richmond, VA area to adequately cover the assigned territory. Expectations of this role :

  • Maintain an active relationship with Jesus Christ and support the ministry through prayer and actions
  • Provide state campaign support in Virginia and a second jurisdiction and travel as necessary to advance campaign goals and represent Advocacy at events as requested
  • Work to advance Prison Fellowship's national initiatives in target states
  • Collaborate with grassroots and grasstops at conferences and other events which will include in-prison meetings

Qualifications :

  • 2-5 years of experience in public policy or as a practitioner in the political or justice system
  • 2-5 years of experience in coalition building, interacting with the legislative process, mobilizing the faith community as well as demonstrated ability to interact with government leaders and executive level decision makers
  • Bachelor's degree in public policy; juris doctorate degree preferred
  • Knowledge of public policy, politics, legislative process, criminal justice, juvenile justice, research and technical writing, coalition building, grassroots, and marketing
  • Proficiency in MS Office and social network platforms
  • Familiarity with new media and ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences
  • Ability to draft one-pagers, model legislation, testimony, and model constituent emails
  • Sound judgement and analytical skills; political savvy
  • Must be able to operate a motor vehicle and regularly lift office products and supplies weighing up to 20 pounds

    • This is a full-time remote position in the Richmond, VA area with a heavy travel component of up to 50%.

    The Foundation of What We Believe

    As a Christian organization, Prison Fellowship believes in the full authority of the Bible as God's inspired word and the complete tenets of the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed.

    We believe in one God, Creator and Lord of the Universe, the co-eternal Trinity; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus Christ, God's Son, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary atoning death on the cross, rose bodily from the dead and ascended to heaven where, as truly God and truly man, He is the only mediator between God and man. We believe that the Bible is God's authoritative and inspired Word, without error in all its teachings.

    How We Are Compelled to Live and to Act

    We believe that Christians, both individually and corporately, must submit to the Bible as God's authoritative, divine and inspired Word, in all matters of belief and conduct.

    Applicants have rights under Federal Employment laws :

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
  • Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
  • Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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