Summary
Description
About the Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) & CED Law
Our Mission
We partner with low-income and working people to build economic and racial equity. We do this by confronting economic abuse and investing in community wealth. We use an ever-evolving set of legal, economic and advocacy tools to challenge and dismantle unjust systems, building quickly towards a world where all people have what they need to live and thrive.
Our Organization
The Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) is a Colorado-based nonprofit. Launched in 2020 as the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, our organization was formed to keep our neighbors housed during the pandemic. Working with clients, we built a deeply integrative approach to eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness prevention that centers the legal and financial needs of housing-insecure families and uses a variety of tools to keep them housed.
Our team now serves more than 1,000 people per month, bringing together housing lawyers, economists, data analysts, policy-experts, organizers, and technologists to serve our clients. We have served more than 50,000 low-income Coloradans across 45 counties, distributing over $200 million in emergency assistance. We have also contributed to the passage of major legislation to prevent eviction, stop economic abuse, and make credit and life-saving medication cheaper. CEDP’s model has been cited as a best practice by White House, HUD, the Urban Institute, and in the media.
Building on our work to stop evictions, CEDP has further expanded its integrated services model to include disaster response, predatory towing, debt collection, benefit access & navigation, long-term rental assistance, and homelessness response. Similar to CEDP’s work on rental housing, these efforts offer a continuum of care that includes navigation and advisory services, targeted payments, legal support, and the ability to participate in advocacy.
More about the Director of Policy Campaigns Role:
The Director of Policy Campaigns drives the organization’s advocacy efforts by turning strategy into action. Reporting to the Chief Policy & Communications Officer, this role translates organizational policy priorities into campaign plans, leads cross-team coordination, and ensures that campaigns build power and deliver systemic change. The Director partners with coalitions and lobbyists, engages key decision-makers, and ensures staff and stakeholders are equipped with the most current policy information to support implementation and accountability. The Director also plays a central role in connecting the lived experiences of CEDP clients to policy campaigns and engaging internal content experts to inform strategy.
In this role you will:
Strategic Policy Development & Campaign Design
- Develop actionable campaign plans in consultation with the Chief Policy & Communications Officer to execute on the organization's policy and political strategy
- Scope campaigns, engage content experts across CEDP, and ensure alignment with the organization’s policy and political strategy across internal staff and external partners
- Oversee policy research and power mapping to inform campaign strategy
- Lead planning processes to develop advocacy tactics
Campaign Execution & Internal Coordination
- Manage coordination across legal, programs, communications, and community teams to ensure campaigns are effectively implemented
- Identify and elevate opportunities to share the lived experiences of CEDP clients in a way that informs advocacy and policy work
- Track campaign effectiveness, monitor milestones, and document lessons learned for continuous improvement
- Work in close collaboration with communications staff to align messaging, amplify community voices, and shape public narratives
Coalition Building & Stakeholder Engagement
- Execute coalition and stakeholder engagement strategies with support from the Chief Policy & Communications Officer to build power, mobilize partners, and advance CEDP’s policy campaigns
- Build and maintain strong relationships with partner organizations to strengthen coalitions and align on shared policy goals
- Partner with lobbyists to advance legislative priorities, joining key meetings with elected officials and providing policy expertise, client stories, and organizational perspective to build support
Implementation Support & Tracking
- Provide training and implementation support for newly passed policies, ensuring staff and stakeholders have the most up-to-date knowledge
- Develop tools and resources to help internal teams understand and effectively apply policy changes
- Track and assess the implementation of select priority policies supported by CEDP, documenting progress, identifying challenges, and surfacing lessons to strengthen future advocacy
Position Requirements:
- 7+ years of professional experience in policy, advocacy, law, or government (e.g., legislative staff, agency, or public sector policy role), with demonstrated knowledge of Colorado’s political and policy landscape.
- Demonstrated success executing policy and advocacy campaigns that influenced decision-makers and built public support; experience in housing or economic justice policy strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of policymaking processes at the state and local level, including legislative advocacy and coalition-building
- Experience developing and executing strategies with lobbyists, coalitions, and advocacy partners
- Proven ability to coordinate complex projects across multiple internal teams and external partners
- Strong research and policy analysis skills, including the ability to conduct or oversee power mapping to inform strategy
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate complex policy issues into compelling messages for diverse audiences
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with elected officials, partner organizations, and community stakeholders
- Experience working in partnership with communications teams to align messaging, amplify community voices, and shape public narratives
- Proven ability to work collaboratively across diverse personal and professional backgrounds, with a deep commitment to advancing social and racial justice and equity.
Additional Details:
- Candidates must reside in Colorado, ideally within the greater Denver Metro area. The position includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), and 401k.
- A competitive salary of $90,000-$95,000 a year plus a $1,000 per year hybrid employee salary adjustment
- Employees who utilize two languages or more at work are eligible for a $2,000 salary differential per year added to the salary grade listed above. Language assessment will be conducted by the organization as a requirement to receive the differential
- All employees receive a technology stipend of $720 per year. Alternatively, they may opt out of the stipend and receive a company-issued cell phone instead.
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis but must be received by September 20, 2025.
- The estimated time to complete the recruitment process will be by October 31, 2025.
- As in-person work is sometimes required, all employees at CEDP & CED Law are expected to maintain current vaccination status in keeping with CDC recommendations.
- CEDP is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
