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Senior Representative Government Relations

Company name
Defenders of Wildlife

Experience
4 yrs required

Location
Washington, DC, United States

Employment Type
Full-Time

Industry
Legal

Posted on
Aug 22, 2020

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Senior Representative, Government Relations

Duties: Play a leading role in clarifying and advancing Defenders’ legislative/administrative goals for assigned issues. Lead and regularly work in coalitions with advocacy staff at partner organizations to strategize politically, craft messaging, determine legislative targets, and help determine resource allocations for national issue campaigns. Employing sound political judgment, build an effective network of congressional, coalition and public support to advance assigned issues. Utilizing strong legislative judgment, identify and implement effective legislative/administrative strategies and projects to advance assigned issues. Continually marshal, leverage, and organize inter-departmental and, where possible, external resources on assigned legislative/administrative issues through ongoing campaign planning, project management, legislative targeting, team building, and coalition leadership. Implement, as appropriate, various aspects of issue campaigns through activities including: direct lobbying; coalition representation; legislative, policy and legal analysis; multi-party negotiations; bill drafting; direct and grassroots lobbying materials development; action alert drafting; testimony and public presentations; media representation; and drafting press materials and legislatively focused Web content, including developing and posting content to the Government Relations’ Twitter account.. Closely monitor legislative developments in assigned issues and disseminate timely information about those issues throughout the organization. Provide timely responses to requests for progress reports, funding proposals, budgets and other information requested by departments including: Government Relations, Communication, Online, Membership, and Development. Contribute to the development of Defenders of Wildlife’s legislative Report Card through activities by identifying potential votes and drafting vote descriptions. Effectively contribute to Defenders’ positive image on Capitol Hill, with outside organizations, and in the media.

Company info

Defenders of Wildlife
1130 17th Street, NW
Washington
District of Columbia
United States 20036
Website : http://www.defenders.org/

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