Senior Director of Policy

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Clearly champion AFPI’s servant leadership culture.
• In coordination with Executive Leadership, oversee the strategic development of all policy center research and policy goals, planning, and related work.
• Monitor and analyze legislative and regulatory developments at local, state, and federal levels.

• Analyze and report on the effectiveness of the implementation of America First policies.

• Represent AFPI at public hearings, conferences, and other events.

• Prepare and present policy briefs, reports, and recommendations to Executive Leadership.

• Oversee the preparation of testimony and position statements for legislative and regulatory hearings.

• Lead and manage a team of policy analysts and advisors.

• Coordinate with Executive Leadership, the Communications team, and the Digital Team to ensure consistent messaging on policy priorities.

• Identify and pursue policy opportunities for AFPI.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in policy analysis and advocacy throughout the organization.

Qualifications:

• Supportive leadership that promotes a positive team culture and encourages the growth and success of the center’s staff. Demonstrated servant leader.

• Completion of an educational level that, in conjunction with relevant job experience, demonstrates a level of competence in the areas necessary to fulfill the responsibilities and duties of the position. Advanced degree or equivalent training and experience requirements vary depending on the center’s focus area, but a minimum of a master’s degree or equivalent is expected, unless unique circumstances warrant.

• A significant level of relevant legislative and/or executive policy experience in the center’s focus area with a consistently high level of performance, including knowledge of the intersection of domestic and international energy markets, and Federal and state legislative and regulatory issues and processes.

• Demonstrated support of free market principles that support American citizens and American rights and liberties and a willingness to combine these with personal integrity in the making of all center and Institute decisions.

• Excellent managerial skills, including the ability to organize and manage the day-to-day activities of the center’s team and coordinate effectively with the Policy and Research teams.

• An entrepreneurial mindset that seeks out new opportunities to grow and advance the mission of AFPI and the center.

• Excellent writing, research, editing, and public speaking/testimony skills.

• A willingness to extend beyond conventional thinking within the center’s focus area, and to apply rigorous research and analysis to demonstrate the merits of alternative approaches.

• Ability to comprehend/analyze complex legislative and regulatory issues, develop detailed, practical, free-market recommendations, provide quality research, and assist staff in doing the same.

• Demonstrated ability to translate research recommendations into public policy at the Federal, State, and local level.

• The ability to maintain productive, collaborative, and collegial relationships with staff and external stakeholders and uphold the public reputation of the Institute.

Salaries for positions will be commensurate with the experience, expertise, and skills of the individual. Please send a cover letter, resume, salary requirement, writing samples, and references.

AFPI is a non-profit, non-partisan research institute offering competitive salaries and benefits to qualified candidates.