Manager, Political Affairs

Manager, Political Affairs

Classification: Exempt
Reports to: Vice President, Federal and Political Affairs

Job Summary

Political engagement professional who will execute all aspects of Finseca’s political activities. Work with the Advocacy team and member leadership to implement and develop political programs, including fundraising and member education. Manager will be responsible for managing an extensive grassroots portfolio, including fundraising, coordinating legislative meetings, identifying and recruiting new advocates from the Finseca membership, and developing them into high-quality political advocates. Will plan and execute political trainings and our annual fly-in. Other projects as necessary.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Execution of Finseca’s Ambassador Program and political advocacy strategy for Finseca’s growing membership. The Ambassador Program is Finseca’s political engagement program designed to build grasstops relationships with policymakers for our members. Core program responsibilities are:
  • Schedule and execute, including being responsible for fundraising event goals and doing individual fundraising outreach to specific goals
  • Work with external partners (Congressional staff, fundraisers) to facilitate meetings with Ambassadors and policymakers
  • Recruit and develop new Finseca Ambassadors and donors to meet specific goals
  • Develop strategies and opportunities to increase member engagement, advocacy activities, and opportunities
• Communicate with members to provide political and legislative updates
• Work across the Association to increase member awareness of Finseca’s political programs through membership communication pieces, website materials, Finseca meetings and events, etc.
• Track legislative developments as they relate to the financial security profession and the political environment overall
• Support federal and state teams in their legislative and policy strategies and engagements
• Utilize the database to record all political activities including contributions, legislative meetings, individualized plans and ensuring accurate and thorough records are kept
• Comfortable attending various political fundraising events on behalf of Finseca
• Draft and deploy grassroots activations, donor drives, and other membership-wide initiatives
• Other duties as required

Skills & Experience

• 4–8 years’ work experience in political operations, political/PAC fundraising, or campaign setting
• Strong political fundraising background, including event management, individual fundraising (soliciting both large and small dollar contributions), and donor maintenance/relationship building
• Expertise in building relationships with members, policymakers, and other key stakeholders
• Ability to plan advocacy events in Washington, DC, and various districts and states throughout the year, and manage engagement strategy
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; comfortable with public speaking
• Independent worker with good judgment and strong attention to detail
• Detail-oriented and highly organized
• Experience with Quorum, BGOV, or CRMs a plus

Education

• College degree required

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk or sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time, exempt position.

Travel

Some travel is expected for this position.

Compensation and Benefits

This is a full-time, exempt position. Salary commensurate with experience. We offer a generous benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a health savings account, 401(k) plan with an organizational match of up to 5% of your annual salary, a generous amount of personal time off, eleven paid holidays per year, etc. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome new and diverse people who can strengthen our team.

To Apply

Please send resumes to Jennifer Fox.

Diversity and Inclusion

In principle and in practice, Finseca values and seeks diversity and inclusion practices within our organization. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation. We are building a culture where we maximize engagement and create access to leadership opportunities across different groups that include, and are not limited to, age, disability, ethnicity, gender, nationality, race, religion, and sexual orientation. More importantly, we are establishing an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work by driving creativity and success.