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Policy Coordinator


Application Deadline: July 24, 2021, 11:59PM CT for full consideration 

Instructions: Click the following link abortionfunds.bamboohr.com/jobs [1] and upload your resume and cover letter. If you have any questions or trouble with the application process, send a message to jobs [at] abortionfunds.org

Estimated Date to Hire: October 12, 2021

Hiring Timeline:

  • June 24 - Job Posting Opens
  • July 24 - Job Posting Closes
  • August 9 - Conduct Phone Screens
  • August 23 - Conduct Virtual Interviews
  • Sept 6 - Conduct Final Interviews
  • Sept 13 - Selection, Reference Checks & Job Offer
  • October 12 - Day One!

Are you looking for us?

You believe in embodying a deep listening stance that both centers abortion funds’ expertise and leadership and honors that abortion funds know best what their communities need. You believe in building power with abortion funds to change policy, institutions, systems, and culture. To that end, you are passionate about co-creating values-driven logistics, resources, and strategy in service of movements for abortion access at the intersection of reproductive, racial, and economic justice. 

Organizational Overview:

The National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) builds power with members to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic and reproductive justice. Together with our members, we advocate for cultural and political change to ensure access for people who face the greatest obstacles to abortion access: women with lower income, women of color, young women, and transgender and gender nonconforming people. This is an exciting time for NNAF as we grow, nurture new funds emerging in underserved areas, deepen our support for funds working within the reproductive justice framework, and co-lead a bold national coalition campaign to increase abortion access by restoring Medicaid coverage for abortion. We are working to make access to abortion a reality for everyone, no matter their resources. We are building a movement, mentoring young leaders, and working toward a world in which everyone can shape their own futures and families.  We invite you to join us as the newest member of our dedicated and growing team at a time when we are explicitly focused on scaling our network and building the infrastructure of abortion funds to be fully staffed organizations with robust abortion funding budgets.

NNAF is comprised of a multi-racial, multi-religious, gender expansive staff of 50, located across the United States. We know how important it is to support our remote staff to maintain connection and cohesiveness as a team. To this end, we ensure weekly one-on-one supervision, face-to-face virtual staff meetings, quarterly in-person meetings, and more.

Title: Policy Coordinator

Supervised by: Policy Senior Manager

Supervises: n/a

Status: The position is full-time, non-exempt, salaried.

Compensation: $60,960 - $64,008, commensurate with experience, with competitive benefits package

Location: Flexible

Benefits: Best in Class benefits package currently including 100% employer paid health insurance plus 50% for dependents/families, a 5% employer retirement match, 32-hour work weeks, 3 weeks vacation, 13 holidays, generous sick time, and a commitment to professional development.

Position Description

The Policy Coordinator is responsible for providing coordination and support with tracking, analyzing, strategizing, and organizing around key legal, policy, and political developments that impact abortion access for people seeking abortions and the member funds who support them. As such, the Policy Coordinator contributes to meaningful connection with and support of funds, keeps a pulse on policy developments, and provides logistical and administrative support necessary to execute the policy team’s innovative and responsive strategies. The Policy Department at the National Network of Abortion Funds works to engage with member abortion funds to shape and respond to policy changes at multiple levels of government and at the intersection of racial, economic, and reproductive justice. 

Essential Job Functions

Policy Analysis & Capacity-Building (approximately 40% of the position)

  • In collaboration with NNAF staff, consultants, and external partners, assist with up-to-date tracking and analysis of policies at multiple levels of government that impact abortion access; this includes data managment utilizing online software and other platforms.
  • Contribute to conceptualizing and drafting accurate, accessible, and values-aligned policy materials for staff and member funds. 
  • Contribute to technical assistance that builds the capacity of member abortion funds as they develop and implement their own policy strategies and powerfully engage in policy efforts at multiple levels of government.  
  • Some examples of technical assistance to abortion funds include: legislation research, one-on-one strategy and coaching calls, support with  drafting testimony or position letters, and facilitating input from external experts in legal, policy, organizing, communications, and other fields. 
  • Provide some facilitation support with both internal and external presentations, training, and events. 
  • Engage in calls, meetings, and attend events to build relationships with funds. 

Policy Communications (approximately 35% of the position)

  • Contribute to researching, conceptualizing, and drafting internal and external policy analysis for various materials generated both by the policy team as well as other NNAF teams; ensure content accuracy and alignment with NNAF values and political and cultural agenda.
  • Represent NNAF at some conferences, workshops, and coalition tables.

Administration (approximately 20% of the position)

  • Provide logistical support for webinars, trainings, events, and other member fund activities.
  • Organize and maintain the policy department’s document library and policy tracking tools.
  • Support scheduling and other logistical coordination for internal team meetings, meetings across departments, and meetings with external partners. 

Other (approximately 5% of the position)

  • Actively participate in required convenings, summits, retreats, and staff meetings, and participate in required virtual staff communications.
  • Protect the organization by keeping information confidential.
  • Update professional knowledge by participating in educational opportunities approved by NNAF, maintaining networks, and participating in professional organizations as relevant to your role.
  • Perform duties required of all staff to support smooth internal operations such as submitting timely expense reports, reimbursement requests, and timesheets. 
  • Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Travel Expectations

Ability to travel as job requires, approximately six times minimum per year. Travel will primarily be overnight, for approximately 2-5 days, and national. Regardless of where employee lives, and barring travel delays outside of an individual’s control, employee must be able to arrive at destination on time.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, NNAF has suspended all travel to minimize risk of exposure for staff through the end of the year. This applies to all NNAF related work. We will update the travel suspension only when the pandemic significantly improves and conditions become safer. 

Benchmarks

  • As directed by Policy Manager and over the fiscal year, support crafting of  policy analysis to at least two internal and/or external policy documents; support build-out  of at least two policy strategies. 
  • As directed by Policy Manager, and with consistency, keep up-to-date on unfolding policy threats and opportunities at multiple levels of government impacting abortion access (weekly) and carry key responsibilities in disseminating that analysis to the NNAF staff and network (monthly).  Provide responsive and timely support with one-to-one technical assistance as directed by the Policy Manager (dependent on technical assistance requests from members, potentially two to four per quarter).  
  • Hold daily responsibility, with report backs to Policy Manager, for the policy team’s internal logistics through organizing and updating policy team document library (monthly), administering the department’s legislative tracking service (monthly), assisting with resource disbursement (as needed), and providing logistical and scheduling support on internal and external policy meetings (weekly). Provide logistical support for internal and external training and events online and in person when NNAF travel resumes (monthly/quarterly). 
  • Submit all baseline work accurately and on time every cycle.  Baseline work includes Certify (monthly) or submitting reimbursements within 90 days of expenses, workplanning in Trello (keeping  annual and quarterly workplans updated and participating in maintaining your department's), Slack and email communication (daily), timesheets in ADP (bi-weekly), participating in all staff meetings (monthly) and department meetings, and consistently working core hours.


Qualifications 

Job experience requirements

  • Two or more years of relevant experience and/or demonstrated commitment to change-making, justice movements, community organizing, policy research, culture shift strategies, legislative affairs, government relations, or policy organizing and advocacy at different levels of government. 

Specific skill sets 

  • Fluency in and appreciation for grassroots organizing in connection with policy advocacy.
  • Ability to work effectively independently and within a team, with strong collaboration skills. Must have an appreciation for local organizing and the ability to work in collaboration with local groups to further their self-identified policy goals.
  • Experience in project management.
  • Able to prioritize multiple dynamic policy objectives across a range of contexts.
  • Ability to discern priorities during rapid response moments and coordinate the involvement of team members as appropriate to ensure constructive collaboration.
  • Strong organizational skills with keen attention to detail. Strong time management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks, set priorities and stick to deadlines.
  • Proven track record as an effective communicator with excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to translate legislative language and other policy-related information to reach a wide range of audiences.
  • Self-motivated, resourceful, and creative.
  • Confidence with planning, problem solving, and responding to changes related to work and events.

Qualities

  • Committed to abortion access and full reproductive health care for all.
  • Committed to an intersectional framework that includes, but is not limited to gender, economic, and racial justice.
  • Ability to enjoy collaboration and be a part of a dynamic, highly productive and integrated team; maintain flexibility and effectively manage ambiguity in a responsive work environment.
  • Self-motivated, resourceful, creative, and able to work without significant day-to-day supervision.
  • Open to giving and receiving feedback and committed to practicing this regularly.
  • Belief in bucking the trend through progressive policies to create a new vision for our future.
  • Appreciation of working with diverse staff and board in an organization committed to racial justice.

Work Environment 

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with different abilities to perform the essential functions. 

  • Depending on location, a combination of in-office and virtual office at this time. Must be able to participate in online virtual communications including email, video conferencing, and other online tools used to facilitate virtual office culture and work sharing. 
  • This position is full time, with employee’s regular full time schedule to be approved by supervisor. Regular hours must include attendance during core business hours from 12:00pm – 5:00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Thursday. Occasional work on evenings and weekends as needed.
  • Must be able to conduct business in English; however, fluency in languages other than English is a plus. 
  • Smoke- and drug (illegal or recreational)-free environment.
  • Some work at off-site locations may be required; NNAF aims for accessibility in any off-site location that we have control of, but some of them may not be fully accessible.
  • This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and scanners. Employee is regularly required to communicate effectively via computer, via phone, and in person.
  • This role requires frequent sitting. 

NNAF is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual based on any non-merit factor, and is committed to an equitable workplace where everyone is treated as a respected and valued member of the team. In fact, NNAF actively seeks to build and maintain a diverse staff with regard to race, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, physical ability, age, gender, and sexual orientation. As an organization working in solidarity with the reproductive justice movement, NNAF is committed to fostering the leadership and elevating the voices of women, young people, people of color, Native people, immigrant and refugees, low-income people, LGBQ+, and transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people, people who have had abortions, people with disabilities, young parents, people who were formerly imprisoned, people who have received funding for abortions, and people living in the many intersections of these experiences. We encourage people from these communities to apply.



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