Project Director – Public Policy – Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Project Director – Public Policy – Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Generally, ten years of applicable experience, including staff, project, and/or consultant management experience in the for-profit or non-profit sector.
• Clear understanding of public policy space at the state and federal level, including legislative and regulatory procedures.
• Proven track record securing public policy outcomes and achieving measurable results, with experience related to endocrine disrupting chemicals, health policy, or chemical regulation strongly preferred.
• Experience managing a team effectively and building collaborative relationships.
• Expertise working productively with a wide array of stakeholders, both internal and external, leading coalitions, and approaching issues with a nonpartisan, politically astute, and objective mindset in a rapidly changing environment.
• Adept at navigating complex and highly matrixed organizational and partnership dynamics, including building consensus and utilizing business and personal judgement to increase engagement, socialize work, and communicate effectively.
• Possesses effective analytical skills, a strategic mindset, and experience executing plans effectively.
• Seasoned judgement and comfort in making decisions, justifying recommendations, and being responsive, clear, and firm with colleagues and partners.
• Effective and results-oriented planner for both short- and long-term programmatic goals and orienting these goals to align with the project team and institution’s procedures.
• Excellent oral, writing, and editing skills. Skilled at informing and influencing internal and external audiences through written and oral communications.

Responsibilities

• Foster a work environment that is diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible and in line with Pew and the project’s related goals.
• Manage and mentor a team of approximately 12 professionals, including day-to-day leadership and ongoing professional development.
• Manage contracted policy and research partners to ensure that workflow is going smoothly, is meeting deliverables and is within budget.
• Oversee and lead all state and federal policy work for the project, ensuring that efforts are coordinated and in line with project and institutional goals.
• Design and oversee the implementation of strategies to secure and successfully implement policies aimed at reducing exposure to harmful EDCs in at least 13 states with a diversity of political, economic, and geographic profiles.
• Design and oversee the implementation of strategies to sustain or expand federal efforts to assess and address exposure to EDCs.
• Work with the Director and leadership in adjacent workstreams (i.e. Science, Private Sector, and Cross-Cutting teams) to set achievable and measurable goals to improve and enhance Pew’s work and impact and with internal partners, including Pew’s government relations and communications departments, to design and oversee a coordinated public engagement strategy inclusive of engagement with external coalitions.
• Cultivate and maintain detailed knowledge of public policy discussions, regulatory changes, and other relevant changes to policies and practices related to key issues.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with bi-partisan decision-makers, government officials, policymakers, relevant non-governmental organizations, and other relevant stakeholders and institutions in the field to maximize the impact of campaign strategies.
• Design and oversee cost effective budgets and monitor campaign expenses and capacity needs, evaluating project costs as needed.
• Represent Pew publicly with policymakers and other key stakeholders, at conferences, seminars, and official forums, including Hill briefings, partner meetings, and with the media.
• Participate in activities that support program and Pew-wide objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience related to endocrine disrupting chemicals, health policy, or chemical regulation strongly preferred.