Selfhelp

Director, Federal Policy

Selfhelp • $90K — $120K *
Durham, NC 27713In-Person
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
3 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
  • JD or Master's in Public Policy preferred but not necessary.
  • 8+ years in progressively senior roles related to policy.
  • Knowledge of civil rights and consumer financial laws is advantageous.
  • Experience in relationship-building with external organizations is beneficial.
  • Commitment to racial justice and social equity emphasized.
  • Passion for CRL's mission and social justice required.

Responsibilities

  • Represent CRL at functions and media engagements.
  • Coordinate with coalitions on CRL-related issues.
  • Supervise and develop federal policy staff effectively.
  • Lead strategy for legislative and regulatory agendas.
  • Monitor federal policy developments and propose actions.
  • Facilitate communication and update meetings among policy team members.
  • Ensure compliance with lobbying reporting and diversity goals.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities.
  • A supportive work environment fostering inclusivity.
  • The chance to influence federal policy impacting financial equity.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

We are seeking a Director of Federal Policy for our Durham, NC or Washington, DC team!

What You'll Do:

OUTREACH
  • Represent CRL at external functions, such as at receptions and conferences (this is likely to include events beyond typical office hours).
  • Work in coordination with the other organizations and coalitions that are involved in CRL issues.
  • Build relationships with coalition partners and industry partners, attend coalition meetings and/or identify the appropriate staff member to attend such meetings.
  • Serve as a spokesperson on a variety of topics in the media and on the Hill.

STAFF MANAGEMENT
  • Supervise federal policy staff. Set individual employee goals and provide routine feedback and evaluation of progress toward these goals. Conduct annual performance appraisals and administer salary adjustments. Develop and implement professional development with team members.
  • Model inclusive behavior, continuously build cultural humility, and support staff interested in deepening their DE&I knowledge-including requesting and raising awareness of learning resources.
  • Provide strategy leadership and insight into federal opportunities and threats for each issue and help prioritize workplans.
  • Provide feedback with others on issue plans, and their revision and implementation; assist with monitoring of plans and their demands on federal policy and raising issues of resource and scheduling conflicts.
  • Ensure that Federal Policy team provides appropriate levels of coverage to workgroup issues, assigning issues to team members to provide appropriate level of support to issues. This includes working with the President and EVPs to ensure highest level of coverage globally from the CRL federal team or identify where resources are needed/more resources could be offered.

FEDERAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT
  • Lead CRL's strategy efforts to advance its legislative and regulatory agendas at the federal level, working with teams to advance CRL's goals.
  • Monitor and analyze proposed federal legislation and regulations to support CRL's policy positions to prevent unfair lending practices.
  • Lead technical assistance in drafting federal legislation or regulatory proposals.
  • Oversee Capitol Hill and federal regulatory activities in coordination with the issue team leaders and other functional team leaders.
  • Review and advise on coalition sign on letters.
  • Convene regular meetings of federal policy team members to update, coordinate and prioritize Hill and federal regulatory policy activities.
  • Participate with senior leadership in broad strategy discussions with a focus on how federal policy strategy fits into the overall CRL strategy and resource availability or constraints on the federal team.
  • Track federal policy team activities and report on them for purposes of board and funder reports, other inter-organization communication, and for evaluating the effectiveness of current initiatives, and identify where improvements may be needed.
  • Participate in or lead issue work groups and craft policy approaches, including research and writing on legal issues and major policy reports, comment letters, regulatory proposals, and testimony, speeches or articles.
  • Support CRL litigation work, including amicus briefs, and develop and maintain relationships with outside partners on litigation matters.

OTHER
  • Responsible for compliance of Congressional and IRS lobbying reporting including working with accounting and policy counsels to ensure that proper internal and external costs are properly included, and a complete list of bills and issues are included, as well.
  • Advance CRL and Self-Help's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals in internal and external work, including through supplier diversity.
  • Perform other duties as may be deemed necessary.

What You'll Need:
  • Bachelor's degree or comparable equivalent experience.
  • A juris doctorate (JD) degree and/or a master's degree in Public Policy or related fields and/or experience with consumer financial laws is a plus but is not required.
  • 8+ years of experience at increasingly senior levels, ideally in a similar position with demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and direct a comprehensive, innovative, and strategic policy program.
  • Experience in civil rights, housing/mortgage lending, predatory lending, consumer law, or banking law, desired, but not required.
  • Experience and skill at building relationships with external partners and cultivating collaboration, desired, but not required.
  • Demonstrated commitment to public interest law, families of modest means, communities of color, and experience in racial justice analysis and understanding of how federal/state/local policies contributed to and sustained racial wealth disparities.
  • Passion for CRL's mission; interest and commitment to social justice work.

About Selfhelp

Selfhelp is a non-profit organization that provides a range of financial and social services to seniors and other vulnerable populations in New York City. The organization was founded in 1936 and has since grown to become one of the largest and most respected providers of senior services in the city. Selfhelp's services include affordable housing, home care, case management, and socialization programs, as well as financial services such as reverse mortgages and financial counseling. The organization is committed to helping seniors live independently and with dignity, and to promoting the well-being of all New Yorkers. Selfhelp is headquartered in New York, New York.
Learn more about Selfhelp
Size
500 employees
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Founded
1936
* Ladders Estimates

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