Unbound Now

Director

• Serve as Unbound Now’s senior external-affairs leader
• Advance the organization’s mission through relationships with government, quasi-government bodies, nonprofits, faith organizations, philanthropic partners, and media
• Advise the CEO on public policy and partnership strategy
• Represent the organization in legislative, regulatory, coalition, and public settings
• Develop and execute an annual government relations strategy and policy agenda with the CEO and board
• Build and maintain relationships with elected officials, agency leaders, legislative and committee staff, governors’ and mayors’ offices, and county and municipal officials
• Monitor legislation, budgets, rulemaking, and appropriations at federal, state, and local levels
• Analyze policy developments and brief the CEO and leadership team in actionable terms
• Prepare and deliver testimony, comments, position papers, fact sheets, and talking points
• Prepare the CEO and other leaders for hearings and official meetings
• Develop and advocate for legislative and budget priorities during legislative sessions, interim hearings, and agency stakeholder processes
• Pursue public funding, contracts, and policy partnerships with program and finance leaders
• Ensure compliance with lobbying registration and reporting, gift and ethics rules, and nonprofit political-activity restrictions
• Represent the organization on commissions, task forces, advisory councils, and public-private partnerships
• Cultivate peer organizations, trade and membership associations, and advocacy coalitions
• Join or lead mission-aligned coalitions and groups
• Develop relationships with denominations, congregations, ministry networks, and faith leaders
• Engage foundations, major donors, and corporate funders around policy and partnership priorities
• Build media relationships and serve as a spokesperson and subject-matter voice on policy issues
• Coordinate with communications staff on op-eds, interviews, and responses to breaking issues
• Identify emerging markets and potential expansion opportunities and risks
• Advise and build relationships in new markets and recommend partnership priorities
• Track relationship activity in the organization’s CRM
• Report regularly to the CEO on outcomes
• Work as an individual contributor with limited supervision and no direct reports
• Collaborate with the Executive Team, Development Team, Regional Directors, and headquarters staff
• Travel frequently throughout assigned service regions and multi-office footprints
• Submit contemporaneous weekly travel logs through TripLog
• Report to the Unbound Now CEO

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