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The Vice President of Public Policy for Workforce Development at Strada Education Foundation will lead policy development and advocacy efforts to strengthen connections between education and employment, focusing on work-based learning and employer alignment. This role serves as a strategic bridge between the worlds of workforce systems (including employment data) and higher education to design policy options and positions to advance Strada’s priorities and support the execution of advocacy strategies at the state and federal levels.
Job Responsibility:
Developing public policy options and positions designed to advance Strada’s five strategic focus areas and overall mission
Cultivating relationships with policy and advocacy partners
Working in close collaboration with the State and Federal Government Relations teams to inform advocacy efforts
Providing internal teams and external partners with educational briefings and drafting testimony for Congressional hearings
Contributing to the design of advocacy strategies and related campaigns
Developing a learning agenda specific to state and federal needs
Actively cultivating collaborative working relationships with colleagues across Strada
Providing policy support to internal teams
Serving as an active, collaborative member of Strada’s PAC team
Attending external meetings and conferences on behalf of Strada
Providing counsel on the engagement of national organizations focused on policy development
Assisting with the development and execution of strategic partnerships, sometimes including targeted grants
Managing a targeted set of grants related to public policy issues
Requirements:
Project leadership and management, working within internal cross-functional teams and external partners
Capacity to identify shared interests and work toward common aims in a nonpartisan manner
Verbal and written communication acumen
Operational performance management and reporting
Ability to work across a large organization to deliver results
Working knowledge of federal or state higher education policy
First-hand experience meeting directly with public sector decision makers
Significant experience with drafting, analyzing, and writing policy documents including memos that provide analysis on issues critical to Strada’s five strategic focus areas and overall mission and goals
Nice to have:
Public sector experience working within a federal or state agency or in the federal or state legislative branch of government. A combination of federal and state experience would be a plus
Expertise in workforce development-related employment data