Coalitions Manager

 
You: A creative and entrepreneurial coalitions professional with strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills. A dedicated freedom fighter, you’re passionate about PLF’s mission and values, and eager to put your skills to work developing partnerships that define our next-generation public interest law firm. You are excited to turn opportunities into partnerships and products, but, most importantly, you’re not content to rest on past success and want to have a positive impact.  

We’re not just looking for a gladhander. While you have strong interpersonal skills, you also possess a keen strategic mindset and are able to weigh PLF goals with those of our audience and partners, in order to build strong, mutually beneficial partnerships. 

Them: Bureaucrats, city councils, mayors, governors, and federal agencies stripping Americans of their rights every day. There’s a lot of government overreach out there, and it’s backed by seemingly endless resources. But fortunately, like all lumbering giants, abusive government is most vulnerable when countered by individuals who act strategically and nimbly, take calculated risks, have each other’s backs, work together to achieve, and are confident in, and passionate for, the cause of liberty—the very sort of swashbucklers we employ in spades here at PLF.  

Us: We fight back. Pacific Legal Foundation is the nation’s first and most successful public interest law firm dedicated to vindicating individual liberty. PLF has an unmatched record in the U.S. Supreme Court, with 18 victories at the Court. We also have more than a hundred active cases across the nation.  We are a next-generation public interest law firm. What does “next generation” mean for a legal nonprofit? It means we aren’t interested in doing the same thing as everyone else. We aspire to be the best player in a constantly changing game.  

Here’s what you get to do in this role: When we say “manager,” we mean it! In this role, you’ll be responsible for coalitions for our Separation of Powers practice. You’ll create, maintain, and leverage groups of stakeholders who can support PLF’s litigation, legislative campaigns, and research development. In addition to maintaining strong relationships with policy allies at the federal, state, and local levels, you’ll work to develop relationships with industry, academic, legal, and grassroots organizations.   You’ll work across the firm to identify and capitalize on opportunities for PLF to advance the national conversation in both your area of focus and the organization more broadly. In essence, you’re responsible for ensuring that PLF is a preferred partner, advancing our cases, policies, and research, and raising our organizational profile among key audiences.   You’ll be responsible for maintaining accurate, up-to-date information on outreach contacts and will work with the Coalitions Director to make data-driven updates to our partnership.

In practice, your specific job duties will likely include: 

• Creating and supporting coalitions of individuals and organizations in support of PLF’s work, including building original outreach lists and engagement strategies.
• Taking the front seat in new outreach campaigns, leading from strategy to execution. 
• Identifying and pitching opportunities for collaboration to both internal and external stakeholders. 
• Maintaining accurate, up-to-date information on outreach contacts and partnerships (we use Salesforce as our database).
• Working with PLF attorneys and staff to identify and leverage existing networks of support. 
• Representing PLF at meetings, events, and conferences with partners and allied organizations.

This role is ideal for someone with:

• Two or more years of experience in external relations, policy, working on the Hill or state legislature, or similar. 
• Demonstrated interest in current cultural and policy conversations. 
• A keen strategic mind capable of identifying, pitching, and managing opportunities for partnership. 
• Knowledge and familiarity with nonprofit, business, trade association, grassroots, and legislator groups.
• Passion for working with people of all ideological backgrounds, from every walk of life.
• A positive and proactive solutions-oriented mindset. 
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the year.

Knowledge of law isn’t required, although it’s certainly a plus. 

General Information 

Pacific Legal Foundation identifies and litigates important legal issues to set landmark precedents that will benefit Americans nationwide. Using strategic and principled litigation, communications, and research, we battle for freedom in the nation’s courts and the court of public opinion. As a national nonprofit organization, PLF has brick-and-mortar offices in Sacramento, CA; Arlington, VA; and Palm Beach Gardens, FL, although approximately half of the staff works from home across the country. The ability to work from the Arlington, VA, office is required for this role. 

To Apply:

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials:

• Your resume, including your experience in the liberty movement and relevant professional experience 
• A cover letter explaining why PLF is the place for you, why you want to fight for liberty, and what distinguishes you from typical applicants 

This is a full-time, permanent position. PLF is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest-quality talent available nationwide, and we offer a total compensation package that includes a competitive salary, medical and dental insurance, and employer-paid retirement savings. We take work-life balance seriously through our generous paid leave and flextime policies. We have a flexible, collaborative, positive, and collegial work environment. We take pride in investing in your future and encourage internal advancement. PLF is the place for someone principled, tenacious, and determined to succeed in positively shaping the future of our country and restoring real limits on government power. Join us.