State Government Relations Manager

(EDO) Entertainment Data Oracle, Inc.; Tallahassee (FL); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a mission-driven organization focused on protecting religious freedom and advocating for key policies as a part of the State Government Relations team. In this role, you will engage with legislators and stakeholders across Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, while being supported by a comprehensive benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance.

Benefits

100% covered medical and dental insurance

Paid disability

401(k) plan with 4% company match

Paid time off and 12 paid holidays per year

Qualifications

• Experience in public policy advocacy at the state level.
• Ability to communicate on constitutional issues related to the ADF mission.
• 3+ years of professional experience in government relations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for ADF’s positions on governmental policies.
• Build relationships with key legislative staff.
• Travel regularly to meet with stakeholders.

Skills

Legislative advocacy skills

Verbal and written communication

Researching and analyzing issues

Interpersonal skills

Building relationships

Flexibility under tight deadlines

Education

Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Public Affairs, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Locations: Remote - Florida, U.S. / Tallahassee, FL is preferred

Team Overview

The State Government Relations team at Alliance Defending Freedom plays a vital role in advancing ADF’s strategic objectives through education and advocacy efforts involving direct government action. Covering Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, our team builds strong relationships with state legislators and staff, coordinates with allies on legislative and policy issues, and champions ADF’s mission at the state and local levels. As alliance builders, we work to protect religious freedom, life, and family by engaging key government stakeholders and driving impactful policy change.

Key Responsibilities

• Advocate and coordinate support for the positions of ADF on governmental policies and legislation.
• Promote and support strategies and approaches for effective advocacy.
• Travel regularly to meet with policy groups, legislative staff, and other stakeholders to discuss policy, strategy, and how to effectively advocate to government officials and the public.
• Build and manage a network of relationships within Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, including direct relationships with legislators and staff within governmental offices.
• Track, research, analyze, and evaluate legislation and translate to possible plans of action.
• Assist in developing testimony, legislation, position papers, and reports.
• Encourage and facilitate effective working relationships with policy allies and coalition groups in your assigned region.
• Speak publicly to the media and before crowds as permitted and requested by management.
• Work collaboratively within the ADF team and with external allies.

Skills to Succeed

• Knowledge of state legislative and executive branch processes and procedures, as well as ADF’s mission and strategic objectives.
• Ability to speak on religious freedom and constitutional issues related to the ADF mission.
• Strong legislative advocacy skills with advanced verbal and written communication abilities.
• Skilled in researching, analyzing, and evaluating state government issues, rules, regulations, and legislation.
• Effective interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build broad-range relationships and work independently and collaboratively across teams.
• Willingness to work in a frenetic, fluid legislative/political environment with flexibility to manage multiple complex projects under tight deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships with key state legislative staff (Democrats and Republicans) and mission-aligned advocacy organizations.
• Awareness of the current political landscape and its strategic implications for ADF’s legislative activities.
• Ability to leverage grassroots networks to advance a policy agenda.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Public Affairs, or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills may be obtained.
• Experience in public policy advocacy at the state level or experience in legislative or executive branch work at the state level.
• Travel frequently, approximately 40% of the time, especially during legislative sessions.
• Adaptability to rapidly change priorities in order to respond to recent and changing legislative developments.
• Strong communication, relationship development, and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Word and Outlook.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and time management skills.
• Skilled at navigating the complex legislative structure to produce desired results.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience involving government relations at the state level.

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

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Statement of Faith

Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time and around the world the faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
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Also, based on this confession, we are committed to honoring God by obeying the two Greatest Commandments, loving God and loving neighbor, and based on that commitment and derived from the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess the following as necessary for living the gospel:

• We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
• We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
• We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
• We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
• We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
• We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.

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