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Advocacy Manager

Position Overview

The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) seeks a passionate and experienced Advocacy Manager to spearhead a nationwide policy network supporting family caregivers. This critical role involves developing advocacy strategies, building engaged coalitions, and championing policy reforms to address the challenges faced by America’s 53 million family caregivers. This role requires strong leadership skills, excellent communication abilities, and an interest in addressing the challenges faced by family caregivers.

The Advocacy Manager supports the Advocacy Department with the aim to further NAC’s vision of building a society that values, supports, and empowers family caregivers. A core component of NAC’s work is to advocate for national-level policy improvements across the aging, healthcare, disability, financial security, and social service sectors. The Advocacy Manager assists with day-to-day activities related to NAC’s advocacy initiatives focused on advancing policy priorities that are national in scope. The Advocacy Manager serves as the liaison for a network of campaign partners and state-level advocates and may represent NAC in coalition meetings with key stakeholders as needed.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist with developing and implementing national advocacy campaigns and initiatives to
    advance policies that support family caregivers at the local, state, and federal levels.
  • Draft and revise outreach materials such as policy briefs, fact sheets, action alerts, and
    web content.
  • Cultivate and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including policymakers,
    advocacy organizations, and community leaders.
  • Provide guidance and support to a network of family caregiver advocates, assisting them
    in developing advocacy skills and strategies.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to coordinate advocacy efforts and ensure alignment
    with organizational goals.
  • Monitor legislative and policy developments that impact family caregivers and provide
    timely updates and analysis to advocacy network members.
  • Represent the organization at meetings, events, and conferences to raise awareness of
    family caregiver issues and advocate for policy change.
  • Work with the NAC communications team to disseminate advocacy materials to the NAC
    network and other key stakeholders.
  • Develop a catalog of advocacy materials around policy priorities for the NAC website,
    including recent copies of sign-on letters, data and evidence-based information, and other key updates as needed.

Qualifications

  • Candidates should be detail-oriented, passionate about caregiving, and knowledgeable about caregiving/aging/disability/healthcare-related policy issues.
  • Bachelor’s degree in social work, political science, health policy, or a related field.
  • At least 3 years of experience in political science, public administration, or health policy;or a master’s or other professional degree in a related field.
  • Experienced in coalition building and have an understanding and/or background in stakeholder management.
  • Superior written and verbal communication, including persuasive writing (such as public
    policy briefs).
  • Proficiency with computers, including intermediate to advanced skills in MS Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • While not required, experience using public affairs software (ex: Quorum) is preferred.
  • Personal characteristics that align with NAC’s core values, are described as follows: “Our work is guided by an authentic and passionate commitment to family caregivers that is human-centered, data-driven, collaborative, and inclusive.”

Compensation and Benefits

  • Annual Salary: $50,000 – $60,000, dependent on experience and qualifications.
  • TIAA 403(b) Retirement: Quarterly contributions to a 403(b) retirement plan, at 10% of worked earnings, no match required.
  • Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance, with employee contribution.
  • Life and Disability Insurance, no employee share required.
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for health-related purchases and/or dependent care.
  • Monthly stipend for mobile phone usage.
  • 15 Days of Paid Time Off annually, accrued bi-weekly; pro-rated in the first year to start date.
  • 5 Paid Sick Days, pro-rated to start date and immediately available.
  • Caregiving Support and Specialized Leave, including paid leave related to family and medical needs, bereavement leave, and other types of workplace accommodations, subject to state and local laws.
  • Paid Federal Holidays and Winter Holiday (Office closed December 24-31).
  • Paid Monthly WMATA SmartBenefits or paid parking up to $130/monthly.
  • Flex-time and hybrid work scheduling available, strong preference for a candidate local to the Washington, DC area.
  • Paid membership in an organization/association of your choosing—to be aligned with
    the work performed for NAC.

NAC is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Candidates of diverse backgrounds, minorities, women, people with disabilities, people of LGBT orientation, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Please submit your cover letter and resume as one .pdf document to hr@caregiving.org by the deadline: Friday, March 22.

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