Economic Security Project is an ideas advocacy organization that builds economic power for all Americans.

Senior Manager, Coalition & Campaigns

ManagerManagerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1-10Since 2016H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

Illinois

Posted

16 days ago

Salary

$90K - $100K / year

English

Job Description

• Sit at the center of ESIL’s legislative and advocacy work. • Operationalize ESIL’s priority campaigns by translating strategy into clear plans, timelines, and targets. • Coordinate legislative outreach with staff, champions, and contract lobbyists. • Track fast-moving political dynamics and ensure follow-through across staff, lobbyists, and partners. • Strengthen ESIL-led coalitions by clarifying roles, securing commitments, and ensuring partners are moving in sync toward shared legislative goals. • Represent ESIL in coalition spaces, legislative hearings, and partner meetings.

Job Requirements

Hands-on experience running or supporting legislative or advocacy campaigns, ideally within Illinois.
Understanding of how policy moves through the legislature, including how targets are identified, champions are cultivated, opposition is navigated, and pressure is applied.
Comfortable tracking bills in real time, coordinating with lobbyists, and adjusting tactics quickly as political conditions shift.
Ability to break complex campaigns into executable steps, assign responsibility, track progress, and close loops relentlessly.
Strong judgment in assessing what is urgent, what is sensitive, and when to escalate.
Ability to operate in ambiguity and make smart calls with imperfect information.
Skills in building trust quickly across diverse partners, navigating power dynamics, and moving organizations toward action.