Full-Time SVP Policy & Community Engagement
Job Description
About the Center for Policing Equity
The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) uses evidence-based approaches to social justice problems and conducts research to create levers for social, cultural, and policy change. They work with police and communities to change the policies and procedures that perpetuate bias in policing and use their Data-Driven Interventions (DDI’s) to equip law enforcement and communities to address racial bias systematically. CPE also focuses on leveraging technology to analyze data on police stops, searches, arrests, and use of force to measure disparities and reveal patterns of unjust outcomes.
For more information on the Center for Policing Equity please visit its website.
The Opportunity
The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) is looking for an SVP of Policy and Community Engagement (SVP) to build federal, state, and local advocacy capacity and advance the organization’s position with federal, state, and local policymakers by leveraging their scientific and subject matter expertise.
The SVP is responsible for developing and executing policy campaigns on the organization’s public safety policy and partnership priorities; building, resourcing, and maintaining strategic alliances with engaged and influential federal, state, and local policymaking officials. The SVP will also have the opportunity to work with civil rights, advocacy, and community-based organizations to ensure engagement with the community informs the policy work.
Key Responsibilities
The SVP must possess a passion for social justice as it pertains to the public safety landscape. With CPE’s mission as a focus, the SVP will work to set policy and community priorities by diagnosing the current landscape of public safety on a national (federal and multi-state) level and identifying the policymakers and changemakers who are most influential in the space.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead the Policy and Community Engagement teams to develop the organization’s strategic priorities;
- Represent CPE’s data-driven solutions to federal, state, and local legislators;
- Develop systems for keeping key staff informed of public safety policy developments across the country;
- Oversee the drafting and review of legislation;
- Lead small, high-functioning teams to deploy advocacy strategies at the federal and state levels;
- Lead small, high-functioning teams to deploy a cohesive community engagement strategy for CPE’s law enforcement partnership cities;
- Develop relationships with key stakeholders, experts, and policymakers.
Qualifications
The SVP of Policy and Community Engagement will be a values-oriented executive who will collaborate across the organization for the success of CPE. As a high visibility external and internal leader, the SVP will have deep personal and professional connections with CPE’s core values.
The SVP will possess most if not all of the following qualifications:
- Advanced degree(s) in law, public policy, or a related field;
- At least fifteen (15) years of relevant senior-level experience working in government, consulting, or related think tanks; deep networks at the federal level strongly preferred;
- Proven ability to craft and execute high-impact federal and multi-state campaign strategies;
- Experience supporting policy advocacy, working in state or federal legislative and executive branch offices on public policy issues;
- Experience with legislative drafting, analysis, and implementation;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including experience leading executive-level discussions;
- Full command of federal and state policymaking systems, legislative processes, and political activity reporting requirements.
In addition, the ideal candidate will possess:
- Strong leadership and management skills;
- Strategic, entrepreneurial approach to developing advocacy solutions;
- Ability to understand and translate technical and legal concepts to academic and lay audiences;
- Capacity to effectively prioritize projects, work simultaneously on multiple ventures, and meet deadlines working with the Director of a Project Manager.
How to Apply
Trisha Sutrisno and Amber Gomes of Koya Partners have been exclusively retained for this search. To express your interest in this role please submit your materials here or email tsutrisno@koyapartners.com and agomes@koyapartners.com directly. All inquiries and discussions will be considered strictly confidential.487 total views, 0 today