State Impact Specialist (Wisconsin)

Core responsibilities:

• Implement multi-pronged strategic campaigns aimed at influencing key political and civic leaders in Wisconsin to rebuild democratic norms and institutions
• Help maintain and strengthen cross-partisan coalitions of leaders, organizations, and activists in support of strategic campaigns to protect, rebuild, and perfect democracy
• Strengthen and expand core strategic partnerships with other organizations, including grassroots groups and advocacy organizations from across the political spectrum
• Help develop concrete legislative or regulatory advocacy plans, including the preparation of model policy documents and proposed bill language for state-level adoption

This role creates positive change by ensuring fair administration of elections, holding those who abuse their power or public trust to account, and protecting the rights of Wisconsinites to have their voices heard from the public square to the ballot box.

Required skills and experience:

• At least 3-5 years of relevant professional experience with capacity to design and lead policy development, campaigns, or advocacy initiatives at the federal or state level
• Experience executing complex projects and teams from start to finish with excellent collaborative organizational skills
• Strong working knowledge of Wisconsin's political environment and/or the pro-democracy organizational ecosystem in Wisconsin
• Capacity to build durable relationships with partners across the political spectrum and advocacy ecosystem
• Ability to support the drafting of concrete legislative or regulatory proposals

No specific compensation, perks, or culture highlights mentioned in the job description.

Protect Democracy was formed in late 2016 with an urgent and explicit mission: to prevent our democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. The organization has assembled a team of 130+ experts who have served under Democrats and Republicans, and in the senior ranks of other nonprofit, political, or media organizations.