• Reporting to the Vice President for Development and External Affairs, the Policy Director will develop and promote state and federal public policy that assists students in graduating on time from two-year and four-year colleges, and that closes institutional performance gaps by race/ethnicity, generation status, gender, and household income background. • The candidate will demonstrate expertise in policy levers at the institutional, state, and federal levels and will be responsible for the direction of public policy initiatives. • The selected Policy Director will lead the implementation of a newly developed state and federal public policy agenda and design and implement policy tracking processes to highlight the extent to which CCA student success reforms take hold per-college/-system/-state, as well as nationally. • Collaborate with Complete College America Alliance Policy Leads to build buy-in and/or co-author public policy recommendations that align with state and/or national trends and address individual Alliance member's specific political contexts. • Engage with the CCA Policy and Advocacy Committee of the CCA Board of Directors, CCA Policy Leads, CCA Fellows, and other affiliates – as well as with D.C.-based advocacy partners – to incorporate diverse perspectives and input into the successful execution of the CCA public policy agenda. • Partner with Alliance leads and other CCA staff on reports and publications that highlight national trends shaping student success and college completion efforts. • Oversees the generation of project reports for funders, senior organizational leadership, and the CCA Board of Directors, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.