Who We Are
We are a team of advocacy and legislative professionals who are working to drive change through legislative efforts, rulemaking, community-driven advocacy, organizing, and campaign coalition building to support HopSkipDrive's mission. We are building a team of creative problem-solvers from many different backgrounds looking for a challenging and rewarding experience.
Who You Are
You are a highly organized, detail-oriented strategist with a proven track record in developing strategic community relationships to execute state and local policy initiatives effectively. With the following skills, you’ll make a tangible and immediate impact:
- Work with cross-functional colleagues to execute engagement plans for state and local issues.
- Develop and execute community engagement strategies that will support HopSkipDrive’s mission
- Represent the company in meetings with caregivers, CareDrivers, and local stakeholders.
- Work with teams across HopSkipDrive to build or modify programs that enhance HopSkipDrive’s mission.
- Build coalitions of supporters by creating and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders. This includes non-profits, school liaisons, local and state administrators, social equity leaders, education, foster care, and homeless youth advocates.
- Create scalable rapid response and long-term grassroots engagement strategies at the local, and state levels
- Organize community events, such as community meetings, roundtables, outreach sessions, and meetups that furthers HopSkipDrive’s mission
- Draft and edit letters and op-eds as needed
- Established community engagement expert, with at least 5-7+ years experience with state and local policy, government relations or political campaigns (field organizer/director, event manager, or advance team member)
- Charismatic in-person presence and exceptional communication skills
- Proven ability to understand and translate the impacts of policies on the Company
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to serve as the public face of HopSkipDrive to advocacy groups in each market
- Ability to keep a finger on the pulse of policy conversations in specified markets and identify opportunities for the company
- Strong persuasive writing skills
- Experience recruiting and remotely organizing campaign volunteers
- Knowledge of best-in-class ground organizing tactics
- Impeccable event organization skills
- Passionate commitment to the HopSkipDrive mission and the community we serve
Our Investment In You
We want you to be an owner in our company and share in executing our vision, so every full-time employee has equity. In addition, we offer flexible vacation, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, 401(k), FSA, and an opportunity to work for a uniquely positioned, VC-backed company in a hugely attractive space with significant upside potential. HopSkipDrive is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role in Los Angeles, CA is 135,000. This position is remote and, as such, compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by several factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skill set, certifications, and specific work location. The total compensation package for this role also includes equity stock options.
HopSkipDrive is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity orexpression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected class.* This role will be fully remote in one of the following states AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI**
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