Summary
The Lead Associate will undertake key media and communications functions integral to furthering Save the Children's - and its political advocacy arm, Save the Children Action Network's - policy and advocacy priorities. Save the Children's advocacy portfolio covers a wide range of thematic areas all relating to children, domestically and internationally. The Lead Associate will assist the Senior Communications Advisor and follow their direction in ensuring that key audiences and stakeholders - media, coalition partners, policymakers, advocates and the general public - are appropriately identified and effectively communicated in line with strategic priorities and goals. The position will have regular contact with journalists outlets across all mediums at the local, state and national level, draft and edit a variety of media and communications content, and play a critical role in monitoring and evaluating media advocacy outputs and impact.
What You'll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

• Build relationships with national, state and local press in priority states (25%)
• Assist day-to-day policy and advocacy media operations, including but not limited to developing media pitches, booking interviews for staff and surrogates, preparing spokespeople for media interviews, press release distribution and follow-up, media monitoring and press list management. (25%)
• Support the development of media and communications strategies to further the Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns team's advocacy goals. (15%)
• Interact with relevant teams to ensure the advocacy communications team is adequately briefed and capable of carrying out its work in support of the organization's advocacy goals. (15%)
• Draft and edit advocacy-related materials, including talking points, messaging and letters to the editor (15%)
• Monitor, catalogue and report on media advocacy outputs and impact. (5%)

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 3 years of relevant experience
• Proven writing and editing skills.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Proven ability to organize and execute tasks for several campaigns simultaneously.
• Ability and eagerness to engage across the political spectrum and to champion the organization's bipartisan approach to effective policymaking.
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining and environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience pitching and interacting with media outlets and personnel, especially in Washington, DC, and across the United States.
• Experience in advocacy and/or grassroots campaigns.
• Experience preparing spokespeople for media interviews.

Compensation
Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $66,300 - $74,100 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $60,350 - $67,450 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $54,400 - $60,800 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record.
Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here). Employee may be eligible for an incentive program. Save the Children US also offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, a retirement savings plan with employer contribution, paid vacation leave, safety & wellness leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, caregiver leave, and much more.
About Save the Children
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children - every day and in times of crisis - transforming their lives and the future we share.
Our work for children and their families requires that we commit-at every opportunity-to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond.As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form-in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.
Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.
Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)