Senior Policy Manager, Anticorruption and Accountability

Common Cause is seeking a collaborative, strategic Senior Policy Manager, Anti-Corruption & Accountability, to join our Policy team. This role will lead state and multistate efforts and support federal efforts to tackle anti-corruption and accountability, with a focus on challenging corruption emanating from the federal executive branch.

Energy around how states can check federal corruption is building in red and blue states alike. You’ll turn that scattered momentum into a coordinated, strategic multistate portfolio. You’ll build out our state and multistate work and support our federal work, including by advancing new legislation, enforcement tools, and organizing activities to create clear channels to deepen promote integrity and deepen public trust, both within and across states.

This is a full-time role reporting to the Senior Policy Director, Anti-Corruption & Accountability; this role is remote anywhere within the lower 48 United States with a strong preference for someone in the DC area who can work in the office at least 2 days per week. We hope our new Senior Policy Manager will start in February.

Lead strategic policy development and advocacy to build out our multistate network

• Identify and build out opportunities for state staff/members to contribute to Common Cause’s work on anti-corruption and accountability

• Develop and coordinate multi-state initiatives to advance anti-corruption and accountability efforts to strengthen enforcement of existing laws and create new guardrails

• Capture lessons from our anti-corruption and accountability work in individual states and share them across our network to strengthen efforts nationwide

• Provide policy assistance to Common Cause state staff as they advance anti-corruption and accountability efforts at the state level

• Develop and advance policy proposals to strengthen campaign finance, ethics, and transparency measures

• Conduct policy research and analysis on anti-corruption and accountability issues to inform organizational strategy and public-facing communications  

• Collaborate with our Campaigns & Organizing team, and lead campaigns, to harness people power in support of anti-corruption and accountability goals

• Develop and file campaign finance and/or ethics complaints with state or federal bodies, in collaboration with Common Cause staff 

• Track state and federal legislative developments affecting anti-corruption and accountability policy, identifying opportunities for state and multi-state intervention and partnership 

Drive state and multistate campaigns and policy that support accountable government

• In collaboration with the Senior Policy Director, Anti-Corruption & Accountability, design and implement strategic campaigns to support campaign finance reform, ethics, and anti-corruption issues

• In collaboration with the Senior Policy Director, Anti-Corruption & Accountability, develop innovative approaches and policy resources to support our work on anti-corruption and accountability, especially at the state level

• Create educational materials, toolkits, and resources to support state teams and partners in advancing policy priorities at state and local levels  

• Cultivate stakeholder participation in multistate initiatives in locations where Common Cause does not have staff presence

• Provide technical assistance and strategic guidance to Common Cause state teams on related policy opportunities  

• Analyze trends in legislative developments that impact anti-corruption and accountability to inform proactive policy development and rapid response strategies  

• Collaborate with programs and communications teams to translate complex policy issues into compelling narratives for diverse audiences  

Build and lead coalitions to support our goals

• Build and sustain relationships with coalition partners and allied organizations to advance shared policy goals  

• Lead and participate in multi-stakeholder campaigns opposing corruption and promoting public accountability

• Facilitate peer learning and knowledge-sharing among coalition partners, making strategic judgments about collaboration and coordination opportunities   

• Engage policymakers and their staff to educate on our policy priorities and build support for reforms  

• Develop customized engagement strategies for different stakeholder communities, for example state-level activists, Congressional staff, or partner organizations

• Represent organizational positions in public forums, testimony, and media appearances on anti-corruption, ethics, and campaign finance policy issues  

Support organizational capacity and strategic alignment  

• Collaborate with organizing, communications, and development teams to integrate policy priorities into broader programmatic work and fundraising narratives  

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff, interns, and others working on related projects