Senior Legislative Manager, South Central Region

4 weeks ago


Austin, Texas, United States Joveo Cpa - Aspca (a) Full time
Job Summary

The Senior Legislative Manager, South Central Region will be primarily responsible for supporting the ASPCA's state and local legislative/regulatory work in Texas with a specific focus on developing relationships, identifying policy trends, and executing/supporting strategic plans aimed at advancing and implementing policy objectives at the state level.

The Senior Manager will also be responsible for identifying Texas municipalities in need of advocacy support and developing a strategy for advancing ordinance changes that achieve policy objectives.

In addition, the Senior Legislative Manager will support our Southern Division Senior Director's policy efforts in Florida, working closely with the Senior Director to learn and understand Florida's political landscape, including becoming familiar with relationships, strategies and policy work in the state to be able to assist the Senior Director in advancing priority work as needed.

The Senior Legislative Manager will work under the direction of the Southern Division Senior Director and in close collaboration with government relations colleagues as well as other internal departments to help develop strategies, coordinate, manage and implement tactics in support of advancing legislative priorities and identifying growth opportunities in Texas, as well as contribute to public messaging and education efforts.

The candidate will work from a home office within a commutable distance from the Austin metropolitan area.

A cover letter is required to complete your application.

Key Responsibilities
  • Legislative Management (70%): Initiate and develop strategies that drive critical support for legislative and regulatory priorities
  • Draft testimony, comments to agencies, coalition letters, and other communications, in partnership with Southern Division Senior Director and other departments as needed to achieve consistency in messaging while advancing priority policies
  • Conduct research into relevant topics to identify emerging animal welfare policies and develop strategies to introduce policies into the Texas legislature
  • Track, analyze and make recommendations on positions and levels of engagement on policies in Texas and identified municipalities in consultation with the Southern Division Senior Director
  • Instigate, produce, and disseminate correspondence materials that educate colleagues and advocates about state and local policy efforts in Texas
  • Support the Southern Division Senior Director's work in Florida by working both remotely from Texas and by traveling to Florida to understand the political tendencies of the state, become familiar with relationships with in-state collaborators, advocate, and produce materials as needed in support of policy efforts under the guidance of the Senior Director
Requirements
  • A strong ability to build and maintain relationships with legislators, their staff, and other stakeholders important to the passage of identified policy initiatives
  • Willingness to conduct regional outreach and cultivate strong community ties
  • Ability to move between big picture thinking and region-specific, tactical thinking
  • Strong perception of legislative process and ability to anticipate trajectories for bills, issues, and lobbying needs
  • Critically think about and proactively promote organizational goals
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong interest in and ability to articulate animal welfare issues
  • Ability to prioritize work effectively, complete work efficiently, and work independently as well as in a team environment
  • Dynamic presentation and public speaking skills
  • Represent the ASPCA with professionalism
  • Positively collaborate with other departments within the ASPCA
  • Work under tight time frames and on a wide variety of issues at the same time
  • Balance passion for issue with appreciation of incremental nature of legislative process
  • Must be self-motivated and able to work remotely without significant direct supervision
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills and a high degree of integrity and accountability
  • Willingness to work on new projects as they arise


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