Vera Institute of Justice.

  • District of Columbia


  • Long-term.

  • Full-time.

Vera looks for a senior-level prospect to fill the director of federal policy position in the Advocacy and Collaborations Department. In this function, the federal policy director will act as a senior consultant throughout the company on its federal policy and method.

This position will be based in Washington, DC, workplace when Vera go back to in-person work. The director will report to Vera’s vice president of advocacy and collaborations.

Who we are

The Vera Institute of Justice, established in 1961, is a not-for-profit criminal justice company that aims to develop simply federal government organizations and safe neighborhoods devoid of the scourge of bigotry, white supremacy, earnings, and injustice that is prevalent in this nation’s legal systems. We are an “within” lane company that drives modification at scale with enthusiastic public sector leaders who share our dedication to constructing anti-racist, reparative systems that provide justice. We take advantage of our access to federal government to change these systems and work collaboratively with stakeholders throughout lots of motions– consisting of advocacy, grasstops, and grassroots companies. Our function is to pilot options that are transformative and possible, harness the power of proof to drive reliable policy and practice, and utilize advocacy and interactions to alter stories and standards.

Vera has a personnel of 300 individuals and workplaces in New york city City, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. We are a level playing field company with a dedication to variety in the work environment. We anticipate our personnel to embody regard, self-reliance, partnership, dedication, anti-racism, and equity– both in our outward-facing work and the internal culture of our work environment. We value a variety of experiences in individuals’s instructional backgrounds and motivate individuals who have actually been straight affected by the criminal justice system to use.

Advocacy at Vera

Vera’s Advocacy and Collaborations Department is accountable for collaborating the vision, technique, and personnel advancement throughout Vera’s efforts to pass legislation, modification policy, and produce modification at scale. We work to guarantee that the objectives of our advocacy projects line up with individuals and neighborhoods most affected by criminal justice and migration policies, and we team up with motion and advocacy partners to produce the best understanding and concepts required to alter policies and legislation at the correct time.

4 core functions exist under the Advocacy and Collaborations umbrella:

  • Vera Action, a recently developed, independent (c)( 4) entity that is lined up with Vera and will support tactical concerns through lobbying efforts and tactical projects;-LRB-
  • Vera Insights, a quick reaction information and proof group accountable for establishing and producing information and understanding to crucial partners and audiences;-LRB-
  • A federal policy group that will lead Vera’s advocacy techniques in DC; and
  • A motion and federal government methods group within the Advocacy and Collaborations department, and ingrained senior resources within Vera’s core efforts and tasks, to establish, lead, and perform an advocacy technique.

Who you are

You are enthusiastic about social and racial justice, inspired to drive modification, and unafraid to challenge the status quo. You are passionate, collective, curious, and kind. You have substantial understanding of federal policy, showed experience in leading tactical advocacy in Washington, DC, and have actually taken part in coalition-building throughout the political spectrum at the federal level. You delight in and grow in busy, campaign-oriented work, and you think in the worth of doing “within” lane operate in collaboration with supporters, organizers, and individuals who are previously put behind bars and straight affected by the system.

In this function, you will:

  • Establish and lead the execution of Vera’s method to form federal legislation and Executive Branch policy for the company’s justice reform and migration concerns.
  • Deal with Vera’s director of advocacy and collaborations and other members of the Advocacy and Collaborations department to set a program for and provide on the company’s most important advocacy projects.
  • Function as a consultant to efforts and tasks throughout Vera to establish a federal angle, if possible, to their total advocacy programs, and assist in collaborations with supporters, organizers, federal government and chosen authorities.
  • Work as an intermediary to Congress, federal firms, and nationwide advocacy groups.
  • Handle a group of 3 personnel who work carefully with Vera’s efforts on particular elements of projects, consisting of conferences with legal and executive personnel, preparing testament, developing products to show lawmakers and federal companies, arranging congressional rundowns, encouraging Congress on legislation, lobbying on federal appropriations, and working together with other justice reform and migration companies.
  • Work as among the general public faces for Vera’s advocacy efforts, consisting of with neighborhood partners in addition to federal government and chosen authorities.

What credentials do you require?

  • Many of all, you should be devoted to transformational modification and share the belief that for Vera’s advocacy work to be reliable, it should be rooted in anti-racism and lined up with the concerns of individuals and neighborhoods most affected by this nation’s criminal and migration legal systems.
  • You have deep, substantive understanding of federal policy, legislation, and its politics. You have considerable experience on the Hill, and/or 10 years of experience in federal legal advocacy, and a performance history of working successfully to move federal legislation, policy, or public belief on social justice concerns.
  • You are a specialist in investigating and evaluating federal policy and legislation, in addition to the activities and functions of pertinent Congressional Committees, consisting of the Senate and Home Judiciary and Appropriations Committees.
  • You are a proficient communicator and comprehend how to browse the intricacies of working within unions and collaborations with a vast array of stakeholders and companies.
  • You are thrilled about working collaboratively within and beyond Vera to turn shared concerns into real wins.
  • You are versatile and able to multi-task, focus on, and handle numerous activities in a busy environment.
  • You have experience with the justice system– either you were yourself in the system, have a member of the family who is/was in the system, you operated in the system, or you worked to alter the system.
  • There is no minimum instructional requirement for this position.

How to use

Please send a cover letter and resume. Applications will be thought about on a rolling basis up until the position is filled. Online submission in PDF format (through Vera’s profession page) is chosen. No telephone call, please. Just candidates chosen for interviews will be gotten in touch with.

ATTN: Human Being Resources/ Federal Policy Director

Vera Institute of Justice

34 35 th St, Suite 4-2A, Brooklyn, NY 11232

Fax: (212) 941-9407

Please utilize just one technique (online, mail or fax) of submission.

No telephone call, please. Just candidates picked for interviews will be called.

Vera is an equivalent opportunity/affirmative action company. All certified candidates will be thought about for work without illegal discrimination based upon race, color, creed, nationwide origin, sex, age, special needs, marital status, sexual preference, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, present work status, or caretaker status.

Vera works to advance justice, especially racial justice, in a significantly multicultural nation and worldwide linked world. We value varied experiences, consisting of with regard to academic background and justice system contact, and depend upon a varied personnel to perform our objective.

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