Maintenance Manager ensuring mechanical solutions and workforce direction at aluminum manufacturing plant. Coordinating operations and maintaining a safe work environment in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
About the role
- Policy Advocacy Manager at Chicago Jobs Council advancing equitable workforce policies. Collaborating on advocacy strategies and coalition-building to influence local, state, and federal policy decisions.
Responsibilities
- Track, analyze, and respond to local, state, and federal legislative and regulatory proposals related to employment, workforce development, and public safety net policies.
- Lead the Jobs Council’s state and federal legislative advocacy efforts, including regular travel to Springfield during legislative sessions and occasional national travel as needed.
- Build and maintain subject-matter expertise on workforce issues impacting people facing systemic barriers to employment, serving as a resource internally and externally.
- Convene, facilitate, and manage advocacy coalitions, ensuring effective collaboration and progress on shared goals; represent the Jobs Council in partner coalitions as needed.
- Collaborate with the Director of Policy to develop messaging and materials that support advocacy goals, educate the workforce field, and inform stakeholders of policy efforts and outcomes.
- Design and implement engagement opportunities for workforce development organizations and job seekers to advance the Jobs Council’s policy agenda and systems change efforts.
- Collaborate with staff and partners to shape the Jobs Council’s policy platform, set annual priorities, and develop advocacy work plans.
- Manage contracts, consultants, and grant reporting; prepare written materials and represent the organization in external meetings as needed.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of work experience in policy at the local, state, or federal level strongly preferred
- Knowledge of the political and policy landscape in Illinois, or similar experience in another state or local policymaking context
- Strong Level of Knowledge on the State and Federal Level, with familiarity in how it affects Workforce Development.
- Experience and ease in communicating with high-level policy makers, including those in the legislative and executive branches, opinion leaders, and their staff; experienced advocate on the ground in Springfield preferred
- Demonstrated ability to analyze public policy proposals, including the drafting of legislation and regulatory language
- Experience working with directly impacted people and communities, frontline services providers, and other diverse stakeholders
- Minimum post-secondary credential; Degrees or certifications related to policy, political science, economics, or other social sciences preferred.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- 403b
- Vacation/Sick/Personal Benefit Time
- Hybrid
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