Regional Policy Advocate - San Bernardino, United States - Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

Description

JOB POSTING - Regional Policy Advocate (San Bernardino area)

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986.CHIRLA is a California-based leader with national impact made of diverse immigrant families and individuals who act as agents of social change to achieve a world with freedom of mobility, full human rights, and true participatory democracy.

CHIRLA organizes and serves individuals, institutions, and coalitions to build power, transform public opinions, and change policies to achieve full human, civil and labor rights.

Guided by power, love, and vision of our community, CHIRLA embraces and drives progressive social change.

***: The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is looking for a Regional Policy Advocate who will work in the organization's Policy and Advocacy team to protect and uplift the rights of immigrants and refugees. The Policy Advocate will work towards promoting regional policies across the State of California that advance immigrant integration and protect immigrant's basic human and civil rights. They will largely focus on working with agencies, Mayor(s), City Council and Board of Supervisors. The Policy Advocate will work as a liaison to lawmakers, their staff, and partner organizations, as well as provide briefings as needed on the status of immigrants and their families. The Policy Advocate will work closely with CHIRLA's Organizing Department to engage our staff and membership base in the development and advancement of CHIRLA's policy advocacy agenda.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


EXTERNAL PROGRAM PRIORITIES

Initiate and implement creative and responsive local policy and advocacy strategies.

• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with local and regional officials, including regular meetandgreet activities that serve as a foundation for more active local policy work.
• Develop relationships and work with local law enforcement agencies such as Police Departments, County Sheriff's Department, and other local law enforcement authorities.
• Represent CHIRLA's position at committee hearings, press conferences, and/or legislative meetings.
• Assist in creating and implementing proimmigrant policies, which encompasses legislation and budgetary investments, at the City, County level.
• Serve as primary daytoday local policy representative by monitoring local legislation, attending City Council, County board of supervisors, and committee meetings and hearings.
• Develop and maintain alliances with immigrant networks and to local government agencies working on issues impacting immigrants.
• Develops and maintains alliances with immigrant networks and to advance CHIRLA's policy agenda.
• As appropriate, develop and implement advocacy strategies (to include legislative visits, letters, and callin campaigns, media relations, hearings, actions, etc.)
• Conduct legislative research and analysis in target regions on issues pertaining to immigrants' rights, current socioeconomic status, and other issues pertaining to immigrant communities.
• Develop policy briefs and factsheets as needed.
• Assist policy staff in conducting legislative research, developing policy fact sheets, tracking local and regional legislation, and attending hearings and briefings.
• Coordinate CHIRLA's policy agenda at the local level as it relates to immigrant integration, immigration enforcement policies, rules and or regulations that threaten the rights of immigrants in the context of the local enforcement of immigration laws.
• Represent CHIRLA in coalitions as part of CHIRLA's Policy Department

INTERNAL PROGRAM PRIORITIES

• Develop monthly content for CHIRLA's Al Dìa policy newsletter.
• Provide regular updates on policy work by writing weekly progress reports and as needed analysis updates.
• Create quarterly work plan and confer with the Policy and Advocacy Manager/Policy Director as necessary.
• Contribute to other program projects as needed.
• Work crossfunctionally with internal departments and external coalitions to accomplish collective campaign goals.
• Provides strategic guidance to advance and implement CHIRLA goals and objectives.
• Responsible for securing regular meetandgreet and providing policy analysis to lawmakers and their staff.
• Meet fundraising and membership goals for CHIRLA's membership drive and annual Gala.
• Contribute to other program projects as needed.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Undergraduate degree
• Demonstrated commitment to mission and goals of CHIRLA.
• Proven experience in a nonprofit organization or policy firm.
• Excellent research and policy development skills.
• Minimum two to three years of legislative process experience at city and/or county level.
• Excellent and broad knowledge of immigration and migration.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Extremely well organized and proficient with computer systems.
• Must have the ability t