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About New Era Colorado:
New Era aims to build a youth movement that fights for a common vision of the world: one that centers equality, prosperity, love, and joy. A vision where everyone is treated fairly, has their basic needs met, and can thrive. Young people are the most impacted by the challenges and issues we face today and have the capacity to dream bigger, designing the solutions towards this future. And yet, young people are often shut out from the halls of power and ignored by elected officials. That’s why at New Era, we organize young people to participate in the political process, develop as leaders, and find a political home. Since our founding in 2006, we’ve registered more than 250,000 young people to vote and consistently turn out those registrants at one of the highest rates in the country. We’ve won critical protections for student loan borrowers, played a key role in ballot measure campaigns to protect abortion rights and climate, enacted voter preregistration for 16- and 17-year-olds, advocated for key improvements to our voting systems, and more. Get to know us: Website | Facebook | Instagram
About the position:
New Era’s next Senior Policy Manager will drive progress on goals set by the Policy Department at the municipal and county level through strategic advocacy across our regional hubs (Northern Colorado, Boulder, Denver Metro, and Aurora, and Southern Colorado). This role will be responsible for developing and executing policy strategies at the local level, including leading issue campaigns, lobbying elected officials and agencies, providing testimony, and engaging stakeholders. The Senior Policy Manager will also support the organization’s statewide efforts by tracking legislation, ballot measures, and recruiting storytellers to testify.
As a member of New Era’s program leadership team, the Senior Policy Manager will collaborate with the Policy and Research Director to shape the local policy framework, develop issue campaigns with other departments, and support the growth and development of partner relationships.
Job Responsibilities:
The Senior Policy Manager reports to the Policy and Research Director and is responsible for:
- Driving local policy research, design, and implementation | Consult and inevitably design all of New Era’s policy work at the municipal and county level. This includes providing analysis on ordinances, designing policy and budget recommendations to advance the Youth Agenda, and driving local ballot measure analysis and endorsements across all regions. Support New Era Colorado Action Fund’s work to elect Youth Agenda Champions who will implement policies that progress our goals.
- Support statewide policy strategies and research | Support New Era’ statewide policy priorities. This includes, but is not limited to, leading storyteller recruitment and preparation for testimony, supporting policy analysis, contributing to statewide issue messaging narrative development, and tracking legislative bills and ballot measures..
- Program and organizational leadership | Work closely as a strategic thought partner with the Policy and Research Director and the rest of program leadership to design strategic programmatic campaigns. Advise on strategic decisions, identifying goals, strategies, and tactics for achieving change, and developing campaign plans as the local policy expert, with other departments in mind. Work to facilitate strong working relationships and communication across New Era’s program team. Work with the full leadership team to ensure organizational strategy and cohesion.
What We’re Looking For:
- Excellent policy analysis and research skills: You possess a strong ability to conduct in-depth analyses of complex policy issues, legislative trends, and regulatory developments to inform organizational strategy.
- Strategic project planner: You are a strategic and flexible project planner with the ability to manage and oversee policy projects, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and facilitate meetings to ensure alignment and progress.
- Relationship building: You have the ability to deepen, cultivate, and manage relationships with partners, stakeholders, and coalitions. You are ready to lead others in developing these skills and managing them to establish and foster their own programmatic relationships.
- Fluency, commitment, and leadership to anti-racism and equity: You have a deep investment in New Era’s anti-racism and equity work and are committed to supporting and leading the organization through its growth. You have the ability to design and center equity and anti-racism in plans.
- Commitment to New Era’s mission: You are passionate about the work New Era does to engage young people in the political process and believe in the power of peer-to-peer organizing. You believe in the power of young people, grassroots organizing, and policy change.
Preferred but not required
- Prior knowledge or experience working in Colorado’s political landscape and progressive ecosystem.
- Previous experience working with folks who will provide public stories/testimony around personal, sensitive lived experiences.
- Relevant Software and Tools:
- Asana
- Google Suite
- State Legislative Database
- Secretary of State Ballot Tracker
Position Details, Compensation and Benefit
This position is based out of New Era’s Denver office. This position will also require occasional travel to our regional hubs in Northern, Southern, Boulder, and Western Colorado. This is a permanent, full-time, exempt, management-level position. The salary range is $67,000-$72,000 annualized, commensurate with experience.
Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision; employer pays 85% of the premium), $300 annual wellness stipend, minimum $400 annual professional development funds, SIMPLE IRA with 3% employer match, $720 annual tech stipend, RTD Ecopass, generous holiday and time off, eight week paid sabbatical eligibility after four years of employment, and paid parental and family leave benefits.
This role will include in-person work. New Era Colorado is committed to the safety of our employees and requires proof of full vaccination status for all employees unless a religious or medical accommodation is granted. If you have any questions about our safety protocols please contact us at info@neweracolorado.org.
New Era Colorado Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees and members of the LGBTQ community to apply. We do not require formal education.
