Managing Director, Domestic Policy (M3)

Overview

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

As the Managing Director of Domestic Policy, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will oversee Save the Children’s federal policy portfolio focused on early childhood education, education, child nutrition, rural, and other domestic issues impacting children and hardworking families in the United States. The Managing Director will lead domestic policy research and federal relations outreach and strategy, with a strong emphasis on bipartisan engagement to advance child-focused policies. Reporting to the Head of Policy, the Managing Director will lead a team responsible for executing specific advocacy strategies that produce measurable results in the legislative and executive branch arenas. This position will coordinate closely with others, including other teams within Save the Children’s Government Relations, Save the Children’s Portfolio Growth team, the Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) campaigns team that handles state and local issues, and other leaders in the domestic policy and advocacy community, including bipartisan coalitions and networks.

Location

Hybrid – Washington, DC office location

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Lead domestic legislative strategy implementation (60%)

• Lead Save the Children’s domestic policy agenda on our full portfolio of issues, including child poverty, early childhood education, education, and family economic security.
• Oversee a bipartisan strategy for federal budget and appropriations related to domestic programs.
• Manage and prioritize federal domestic legislative portfolio, leading agenda setting, development, and implementation of issue strategies
• Maintain regular communication and coordination with the Head of Policy on progress toward goals and challenges encountered.
• Identify and promote opportunities for bipartisan engagement with policymakers and stakeholders.
• Represent Save the Children in domestic policy coalitions, fostering bipartisan collaboration and lead or manage coalition efforts when appropriate.
• Work with state, political, and other relevant staff within SCAN and Save the Children to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated approach to bipartisan Congressional outreach.
• Handle critical legislative and / or Administrative policy developments as they arise.
• Apply strategic thinking to complex policy challenges, leveraging innovative approaches and existing solutions.

Manage the Domestic Policy team / Serve on the Government Relations Senior Management Team. (20%)

Monitoring, accountability and administration (20%)

Required qualifications for the role

Preferred qualifications for the role

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location :

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here ).

About Us

We are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal :

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

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