Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running the largest, fastest-growing, and highest-performing network of public charter schools in New York City takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates and supporters alike. We would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure each child in NYC has access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through the doors of one of our 53 schools in NYC a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

Job Description

Success Academy’s Public Affairs team works to advance K-12 public education reform and policies that support charter schools and student achievement both locally and nationally. Working with our parent communities to engage their elected officials, we advocate to ensure that NYC public charter schools have equitable resources to remain strong and continue to deliver the high-quality education children need to achieve their dreams. We now need a results-driven Lead of Advocacy to join our Public Affairs team.

Reporting to the Head of Advocacy, the Lead, Advocacy will play a critical role in the success of SA’s school-based elected engagement and parent advocacy program. This position works collaboratively with a small team of grassroots associates and helps set the goals, communications, and logistics for all advocacy-related initiatives with the overall goal of expanding access to charter schools and parent choice.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working with the team to set a strategy for our advocacy initiatives.
• Managing and executing our grassroots elected and community engagement.
• Ensuring the efficacy and successful implementation of all mobilizations (rallies, press conferences, public hearings, and digital action ) and meeting participation goals.
• Developing inspirational and motivational Advocacy educational and training materials for parents and school/network staff.
• Responsible for continuous, critical improvements to the program.

A successful applicant will have the following experiences and education:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4-6 years of full-time work experience in advocacy and/or government relations work.

A successful applicant will have the following traits:

Required Traits:

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Can prioritize and multitask multiple projects/workstreams
• Open to feedback and quick to implement
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Energetic
• Eager to learn
• Interest in education reform, politics
• Understanding of NYC political landscape
• Sense of humor

Compensation Range

$140,000.00 - $

Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.Learn more about our philosophy, benefits, and team at https://jobs.successacademies.org/working-here/.

Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.

Our dual mission is to: Build exceptional, world-class public schools that prove children from all backgrounds can succeed in college and life; serve as a catalyst and national model for school reform, and help change public policies that prevent children from having access to opportunity.