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Government Affairs Project Associate

The Center

Government Affairs Project Associate

New York, NY
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    REPORTS TO: Senior Director of Advocacy & Government Affairs 

    CLASSIFICATION: Full-time | Non-exempt 

    SALARY & BENEFITS: $45,000 - $50,000. The Center offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer contribution, voluntary life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance, paid parental, family care, and gender affirming healthcare leave. We also offer a generous paid time off policy.

    SCHEDULE: Generally Monday through Friday. Work days and hours may shift depending on scheduling needs; typical schedule will be 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; flexibility is required. Occasional evenings and weekends are required for events, in addition to occasional statewide travel.

    SUMMARY: The Government Affairs Project Associate will provide support to the Advocacy & Government Affairs department and manage special projects in furtherance of The Center's government relations and advocacy goals. The Associate supports a diverse portfolio of programming, ranging from coordination of the statewide advocacy program and community-building events, to direct client support through social services programs. 

    ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Ensure the strategic administrative coordination of the programs of the department, including processing mail, sending emails, scheduling meetings, note-taking, data entry, submission of financial documents, and the development and implementation of data collection and reporting systems.
    • Plan and execute events, meetings, activities and management of event-related logistics for events across the department, including the coordination of travel, accommodations, and contracting with necessary vendors, with a particular focus on advocacy and government relations program events.
    • Work with team members to prepare and assemble materials for meetings related to external stakeholders, government officials, and community relations. 
    • Serve as project manager for government grant applications, preparing and compiling all package components for each grant submission, including meeting coordination, note-taking and follow-up with staff and external consultants.
    • Track all government relations and lobbying activity, including time allotment and related expenses, and submit monthly reports as directed.
    • Prepare high-quality written materials to support advocacy, government relations and government programs' priorities including memos, testimonial submissions, speeches, reports and letters.
    • Attend events, trainings, and webinars on an ad hoc basis to represent The Center.
    • Manage short-term projects as needed. 
    • Other duties as assigned.

    POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

    • Minimum three (3) years of administrative or project management experience; working in a nonprofit organization or social services agency is strongly preferred.
    • Strong proficiency with research, data collection, review, analysis, documentation and reporting applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, the Google Suite, and databases such as Salesforce.
    • Exceptional organizational and communications skills.
    • Comfort with using and engaging external parties with communications technology (i.e. Zoom, Microsoft Teams) and digital communications.
    • Team player, with a willingness to learn, lead, and initiate; a self-starter. 
    • Excellent interpersonal skills, time management skills, and ability to manage multiple projects at once while remaining attentive to detail. 
    • Demonstrated ability to be a productive member of a community of people at work, respecting differences while working toward shared goals, comfort with periods of ambiguity, and constructive participation in ongoing organizational and department development.
    • Experience and ability to interact with a wide range of personalities, including a diverse group of community members and stakeholders, with respect and tact.
    • Knowledge, understanding and experience working with LGBTQ+, TGNC, POC, and Immigrant populations, including knowledge of the spectrum of gender identity, transgender issues, immigration, and POC issues. 
    • Understanding of, and commitment to, undoing structural and institutional racism and bias and the spectrum of gender identity and bias. Consideration of the impacts and outcomes in decision-making processes and on underserved and historically oppressed communities.
    • A strong commitment to social justice and the mission of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center.

    COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT:

    The Center is subject to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Commissioner's Order requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Staff in Residential and Congregate Settings from New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Center is required to comply with this order because we have a number of contracts with New York City.

    All current and new staff must either provide a one-time verification that they are fully vaccinated with either a single-dose of an FDA- or WHO-approved one-dose COVID-19 vaccine or the second dose of an FDA- or WHO-approved two-dose vaccine. 

    THE CENTER'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY & INCLUSIVITY:

    The Center was born of community activism in response to the AIDS epidemic, ensuring a place for LGBTQ people to access information, care, and support that they were not receiving elsewhere. We opened in 1983 to help people who had doors constantly closed in their faces, ostracized by family, friends, and shunned by the general society. Since that time, we have continually provided a wide array of services and programs to serve our community, with an intentional focus on providing support to those who are most vulnerable. We have always taken great care to be a space that responds to community need; engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion work is another outgrowth of those ongoing efforts. We recognize that in order to help LGBTQ individuals and our diverse community achieve parity in health, justice, opportunity and success outcomes, our organization must hold a strong foundation and competency in, as well as invest organizational focus on, equity and inclusion frameworks, practices and policies. This is also true in our hiring and retention of staff.

    The Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.