Public Policy Lead, Early Childhood Advocacy

Pittsburgh Tomorrow; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Trying Together in Pittsburgh seeks an Assistant Director of Public Policy to build and manage the policy department’s capacity, driving advocacy actions to improve early care and education for children and families. This role reports to the Director of Public Policy and oversees grant deliverables, timelines, and staff performance.

The position requires leadership, regional travel (mostly 10-county area), and a commitment to equity and inclusion within a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Exceptional organizational and detail-oriented skills with ability to manage multiple deliverables and deadlines.
• Proven ability to work with diverse backgrounds to achieve common goals.
• Track record of collaborating across interdisciplinary teams to success.
• Experience with grants, data-driven decisions, and reporting.
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and manage multiple tasks.
• Strong analytical, research, writing, and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for varied audiences.
• Knowledge of local and state early education public policy preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of grant-supported advocacy activities in line with the state coalition and policy agenda.
• Guide development and advancement of the public policy agenda and implementation of activities.
• Strengthen processes and systems to support the policy team's work.
• Oversee workflow tracking for activities and outcomes for reporting and impact.
• Supervise grant deliverables, timelines, and milestones for the policy team.
• Monitor legislative trends to help strategic decisions.
• Collaborate with the policy team on meetings, program visits, and media events with policymakers.
• Engage coalition committees to build alignment and advocacy efforts.
• Track legislation aligned with policy agenda and coalition priorities.
• Lead and contribute to reports, briefs, memos, white papers, and position statements.
• Assist in delivering grant-supported advocacy activities across campaigns.
• Engage in outreach to expand ECE advocates across a 10-county region.
• Identify opportunities to grow advocacy and policy pipelines.
• Work with partnering organizations, officials, and community stakeholders.
• Establish cross-department connections to advance policy.
• Maintain knowledge of policy developments at national, state, and local levels.
• Commitment to racial equity and ongoing personal growth.
• Foster a culture of belonging at Trying Together.
• Disrupt practices that do not honor humanity.
• Collaborate across departments to meet the mission.
• Participate in ongoing professional development for continuous learning.
• Use NeonCRM to build relationships and track data for program improvement.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Diversity collaboration

Cross-disciplinary teamwork

Grants management

Independent work

Analytical thinking

Communication (written)

Public policy knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in organizational management, public policy, education or related field

Job description

Trying Together in Pittsburgh seeks an Assistant Director of Public Policy to build and manage the policy department’s capacity, driving advocacy actions to improve early care and education for children and families. This role reports to the Director of Public Policy and oversees grant deliverables, timelines, and staff performance.

The position requires leadership, regional travel (mostly 10-county area), and a commitment to equity and inclusion within a collaborative team.