Senior Director of Partnerships – Advocacy
Democrats for Education Reform
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design and lead a comprehensive national and state strategy to build stakeholder support for FSTC opt-in across priority states, with an eye toward the 2026 gubernatorial election cycle
- Develop and manage state-specific plans, working closely with in-state coalition partners and policymakers
- Track gubernatorial and legislative developments in target states and adapt strategy in real time
- Synthesize data and research provided by our policy team and partner organizations to develop state-specific messaging and advocacy materials, such as factsheets, webinar presentations and toolkits
- Direct targeted multi-channel digital communications campaigns in 4–5 high-priority states to illustrate FSTC’s benefits for families
- Present results of polling and public opinion research, including national polls and deep-dive state-level polling in target states
- Cultivate and maintain high-level relationships with center-left governors, gubernatorial candidates, and their senior staff on both official and campaign sides
- Build and sustain a structured coalition of national and state partners—including school choice and charter advocates, youth-serving organizations, and community groups—to ensure alignment and amplify advocacy efforts
- Oversee budgets across 3 entities, ensuring resources are allocated effectively across communications, lobbying, polling, research, and coalition activities
- Direct outside consultants and manage vendor relationships
- Report to senior leadership and contribute to organizational fundraising by demonstrating campaign impact
- Supporting organizational engagement in the 2028 presidential election cycle, including stakeholder outreach and voter-facing education advocacy
- Identifying and launching new mission-aligned state and federal initiatives aligned
- Building out organizational infrastructure—systems, processes, and partnerships—to support a growing multi-initiative operation
Requirements
- Significant knowledge of school choice, charter schools, and K–12 education reform policy is preferred
- Familiarity with political campaigns, government affairs, or advocacy, with a track record of winning complex legislative or executive-branch campaigns at the state or federal level
- Strong personal relationships with center-left governors, gubernatorial staff, presidential campaign alumni, or other executive-branch decision-makers are strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage complex, multi-stakeholder coalitions across diverse political and community partners
- Ability to translate complex policy concepts into compelling narratives for policymakers, press, and the public; experience overseeing digital campaigns and earned media efforts
- Experience managing multi-faceted campaigns with multiple workstreams, contractors, and budgets simultaneously
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment; ability to build systems and structures while executing on an ambitious timeline
- Ability to think beyond the immediate campaign cycle and contribute to building organizational capacity for future priorities, including the 2028 presidential cycle
Benefits
- health, vision, and dental coverage
- cell phone and internet reimbursement
- flexible spending plan
- life insurance
- short- and long-term disability insurance
- 401K plan with a match
- paid family leave
- paid time off (vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and all national holidays)
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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