Public Affairs Manager

About J Strategies
J Strategies takes an innovative approach to advocacy, combining traditional, digital, and emerging media strategies with ally development and government affairs. What sets us apart is our specialty in forging strategic alliances to connect with communities and governments. Our work spans a multitude of issues, servicing clients in a variety of industries, including health care, energy, tech, and more. JS fosters professional growth and encourages the JS team to better the communities in which they work and live.

Core Values:
Agility, Collaboration, Diligence, Insight, Purpose

Inclusion
We embrace various backgrounds and experiences within our workforce. Fostering leadership in a polycultural world is essential. JS values an inclusive environment where we learn from one another. We embrace people across various races, religions, political perspectives, gender identities, LGBQ+ and TGNC+ statuses, abilities, ages, and nationalities.

  • $113,000 - $122,000 

  • Salary Range: $75,000 - $95,000 

    Fringe Benefits: $23,00 - $27,000 
    includes health insurance, bonus, retirement, etc.

  • 10% - 20% in addition to total compensation

  • Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm

    Employees must be available to clients and JS staff during these hours. They will periodically be expected to respond to client and management requests outside of these hours. Employees must be flexible enough to work nights and weekends as occasionally needed.

  • Local and interstate travel for meetings and conferences

  • Employee working from home must conform to regular business hours without any restrictions. This includes working at one’s computer and availability for all in-person requests. Employee is expected to respond to all work-related communications promptly and fully participate in conference calls and video meetings in a professional home setting. When working from home or at the office, boundaries between work and personal communications/tasks should be kept. Changes may be requested in advance and are not guaranteed. Approval is determined based upon, but not limited to, seniority, professional reliability, accommodations for health/caregiving, ADA compliance, and other legally protected employee rights. Any employee who cannot work full-time will be subject to a corresponding salary adjustment.

Duties

  • Draft policy position papers, strategy memos, media materials, and social media

    posts

  • Communicate with elected officials’ offices, media, and key opinion influencers

  • Educate and organize advocates to support client policy initiatives

  • Support account leads on client accounts and new business

  • Work with support staff to execute client initiatives

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in advocacy, public affairs, government affairs, and/or politics

  • Willingness to study and learn about legislation

  • Understanding of state and federal government and legislative processes is required

  • Following and being able to discuss politics, government, and current events is essential.

  • Demonstrated project management skills

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Creativity and adaptability in tackling obstacles

  • Must be proficient in internet research,
    Google Business Suite, Microsoft Teams/Word/Excel/PowerPoint, Zoom, social media platforms

  • Quickly able to learn new technology such as bill tracking, media tracking, and contacts database


    Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher

To Apply: Email resume, cover letter, and three references directly to info@jstrategiesinc.com