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Principal Associate
| Company | Pew |
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| Location | Washington, DC, USA |
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| Salary | $100300 – $112100 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Experience with leading or assisting with public policy initiatives and working with diverse partners to advance policy objectives.
- Aptitude to apply a non-partisan, evidence-based approach to projects and campaigns that require support across the political spectrum.
- Skilled at informing and influencing internal and external audiences through written and oral communications.
- Excellent time and project management skills. Capacity to move projects forward with a high degree of autonomy. Highly flexible, with the capacity to juggle multiple priorities, adjust to changing circumstances, remain attentive to details, and identify resources for projects.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Generally, six years of applicable experience.
Responsibilities
- Foster a work environment that is diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible and in line with Pew and the project’s related goals.
- Lead or co-lead efforts that advance policies at the state, regional, and federal levels that increase the resilience of nature and people, with a focus on the southern U.S.
- Conduct policy research and provide recommendations for policy and regulatory solutions.
- Cultivate and manage effective relationships with partner organizations, scientists, government representatives, elected officials, Tribal Nations and other relevant stakeholders.
- Represent Pew at meetings and convenings; comfortably discuss complex subject matters with stakeholders, including government officials.
- Plan, organize, and implement stakeholder meetings, conferences, and other events.
- Collaborate with project leadership and with government relations, communications, legal affairs, and other colleagues to coordinate Pew’s presence in the region.
- Participate in activities that support program and Pew-wide objectives.
Preferred Qualifications
- Campaign experience (e.g. legislative, ballot initiative, electoral, regulatory reform or similar) in the southern Appalachian region (VA, WV, KY, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL) strongly preferred.
- Experience developing relationships with and providing technical assistance to elected officials and their staff, and/or agency officials and rulemaking authorities.
- Experience developing relationships with and supporting shared goals with traditionally disadvantaged communities.
- Knowledge of conservation finance tools, private land conservation, freshwater conservation, and/or freshwater and terrestrial wildlife connectivity preferred.
- Experience with public speaking preferred.
