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How many people can answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" with the answer, "I help find cures for cancer." At LLS, employees take our mission seriously. Whether you work in one of our regions, are an accountant at the national office or a specialist in our Information Resource Center, you work each day on making our mission a reality: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Join us and give new meaning to the word, "job."

The Senior Manager Advocacy – working under the Regional Senior Director, Grassroots Advocacy – designs and executes grassroots campaigns that advance LLS’s policy agenda in states throughout a designated region.

 

LLS’s agenda includes, among other things, increasing access to Medicaid and other public health insurance programs, securing reductions in the cost burden that patients encounter when accessing cancer care, and advancing implementation and enforcement of patient protections established by the Affordable Care Act.

 

The Regional Senior Manager is responsible for spearheading all campaign strategies and tactics that concern the LLS grassroots network and the volunteer advocates comprising that network – including volunteer recruitment, training, and mobilization. On other campaign elements, the Regional Senior Manager partners closely with colleagues in the LLS Office of Public Policy (OPP), primarily the State Government Affairs staffer with responsibility for the same region.

 

As a valued member of LLS, you are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. Our offerings include medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; flexible spending accounts; a 403b retirement plan along with generous paid time off. In addition, we observe federal paid holidays throughout the year, and offer a wellness program and an employee assistance program.

 

While employees may be permitted to work remotely, travel to the assigned office, HUB or Satellite Offices may be required as determined by the employee’s manager and the employee’s Strategic Talent Partner. 

 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Develop and manage LLS’s regional advocacy infrastructure in the region. To include recruitment, training, mobilization, recognition, and retention of volunteer advocates
• Work closely with government affairs partner to design and run policy campaigns in the region, taking the lead on all grassroots aspects of those campaigns
• Collect patient stories from across the region and work closely with OPP’s advocacy communications team to record and disseminate those stories
• Build strong partnerships with counterparts at patient organizations, health care provider associations, and other allied organizations, for purposes of advancing region priorities
• Lead and/or participate in coalitions whose goals are in alignment with the region’s priorities
• Partner with LLS patient community outreach staff to ensure that local health care professionals and relevant community-based organizations are presented opportunities to engage in LLS advocacy
• Cultivate strong relationships with LLS region, campaign, and advancement staff to build reciprocity, ensure efficiency of lead-sharing, and ultimately secure and sustain advocacy engagement from region staff, volunteers, and board members
• Maintain a strong understanding of core LLS offerings, revenue-generating campaigns, and research accomplishments to help promote the organization
• Co-manage with government affairs partner the region’s campaign budget

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Education & Experience Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a related field
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in community organizing, ideally in health care. An advanced degree in a relevant field may partially satisfy this requirement
• Working knowledge of state and federal legislative processes and of key principles in community organizing
• Experience managing volunteers

Position Requirements:

• Working knowledge of the major debates dominating health care policy today
• Ability to design and execute both in-person and digital advocacy strategies
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently in a home office, thrive under pressure, and simultaneously advance multiple high-level tasks
• Ability to travel within a multi-state territory and work flexible hours

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Approximately 35% travel, with significant time spent in key state capitols and at least semi-annual visits to the OPP office in Washington, DC (Covid-related travel restrictions permitting)
• Physical demands are minimal and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations
• Work environment is representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations
• Average salary range is $70K-$85K, open to further discussion based on geography.

LLS is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in its workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender, gender identity and expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, race, color, creed, national origin/ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic predisposition or information, physical or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. LLS seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission and where they will join a cohort of others who have chosen to call LLS home. LLS complies with all applicable laws which prohibit discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment supportive of all of our employees and the communities we serve.