Senior Manager, Policy & Advocacy

Position Announcement

Job Title: Senior Manager, Policy & Advocacy

Organization: National Endowment for Financial Education

Reports To: Managing Director, Research & Policy

Location: Downtown Denver, Colorado – Up to 50% remote work is offered

Type: Full-time, Exempt

Organization Overview

At the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), we champion effective financial education. We are the independent, centralizing voice providing leadership, research, and collaboration to advance financial well-being. We do this by mobilizing and inspiring educators, researchers, and advocates nationwide to maximize the impact of financial education. We work hard to remove barriers, amplify outcomes, and elevate effective models through leadership, research, and collaboration. We believe this is important because everyone deserves the opportunity to live their best financial life and that equitable and effective financial education makes it easier for everyone to navigate the financial system, creating a more just society.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Policy and Advocacy is responsible for developing and executing strategic projects and initiatives to further NEFE’s public policy, advocacy and government affairs work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, or ability required.

Public Policy, Advocacy, and Government Affairs Activities:

• Monitors and analyzes legislative, regulatory and other policy developments and trends, and provides subject matter expertise on issues within assigned policy portfolio.


• Plans and executes projects, initiatives, meetings and events in coordination with internal cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.


• Creates, maintains and reviews resources such as one-pagers, talking points, issues briefs, and presentations to be used with internal or external audiences.


• Represent NEFE at conferences, panels, meetings, webinars, and other relevant engagements, including:
  
  
  
  • Building relationships with event organizers and thought leaders who present or attend;
  
  
  • Speaking on relevant topics or NEFE’s initiatives; and
  
  
  • Distilling and disseminating relevant information back to NEFE staff
  
  
  
  


• Supports the development of NEFE’s strategic plan, objectives and organizational initiatives.


• Manages NEFE’s policy tracking systems, tools and processes under the direction of the Managing Director.


• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties:

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  Directly supervises 1-2 interns at the direction of the Managing Director.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university in economics, political science, geography, education or related field, or equivalent experience.


• Experience with legislative tracking, review and policy analysis


• Experience reviewing and interpreting scholarly research (e.g., academic journals)


• Demonstrated technical and scholarly writing skills including translating technical writing for non-research audiences


• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders


• Comfortable collaborating with a team as well as working alone


• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines


• Proficiency in MS Office applications


• Ability to learn and utilize new software (e.g., policy tracking system)


• Interest in financial education and financial well-being


• Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and culture

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from accredited university in Public Policy, Public Administration, Business Administration and Management, Education or related field


• Knowledge of and experience in federal and state-level K-12 education policy and administration


• Experience using FiscalNote/PolicyNote or other legislative tracking software


• Experience delivering public presentations and remarks to a wide range of audiences


• Knowledge of an experience in the financial education space

Physical/Mental Demands of the Job

Work hours are generally 8:30 AM -5:00 PM Monday – Friday – up to 50% remote work is offered under normal circumstances. Employees work directly with their supervisor and HR to determine the best work schedule, providing sufficient overlap with other NEFE employees.

At NEFE we focus on possibilities not limitations. To do your job effectively, you need the ability to communicate with people; move about a workspace; utilize a computer, job-related software and a telephone; and travel. We will attempt to make reasonable accommodations to support the fulfillment of the physical and mental requirements of this position.

Travel Required

Up to 20% travel expected with this position

Compensation/Benefits

The base salary for this position ranges from $80,000 - $90,000, with the final offer reflecting the candidate’s experience and qualifications. NEFE provides a comprehensive benefits package, including vacation, sick leave, holidays, six weeks of paid parental leave, and health, dental, vision, and life/AD&D/disability insurance. Additional benefits include an EcoPass, paid parking in Downtown Denver, professional development opportunities, tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program, a 403(b) employer match, and contributions to a defined benefit plan. A relocation stipend may be offered to the right candidate.

Application Instructions

Please submit your resume to apply. Please also discuss your interest in the organization, appropriate skills, and background in a cover letter—no phone calls. All application materials must be received by 5:00 pm, Monday, February 16th.

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? We understand that some candidates who could excel in this role may not have all the qualifications precisely listed above. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply. We are dedicated to considering a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse work experience and backgrounds.

NEFE is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.