Senior Strategist, Federal Advocacy, Advocacy & Partnerships

<h3> </h3> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the team:</strong></span></h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Vera’s Advocacy & Partnerships department is responsible for coordinating the vision, strategy, and staff development across Vera’s initiatives to pass legislation, change policy, and create change at scale. We work to ensure that the goals of our advocacy campaigns align with the people and communities most impacted by criminal justice and immigration policies, and we collaborate with movement and advocacy partners to produce the knowledge and ideas needed to change policies and legislation at the right time.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Vera’s Advocacy & Partnerships department serves the following core functions:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Providing state and local government and movement strategy guidance to Vera’s national and place-based initiatives, with a focus on lobbying, campaigns, and coalition work;</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Federal policy expertise to lead Vera’s advocacy strategies in Washington, D.C.;</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Vera Insights, a rapid-response data and evidence team responsible for developing and producing data and knowledge to key partners and audiences; and</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> <br><br></span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Coordination with Vera Action, Vera’s sister 501(c)(4) organization.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the role:</strong></span></h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The Senior Strategist, Federal Advocacy is a key member of Vera’s Advocacy & Partnerships department and serves as a strategist and advocate focused on advancing Vera’s federal policy priorities and defending against federal actions that threaten them. The Senior Strategist develops and executes federal advocacy strategies to advance legislation, federal budget and appropriations priorities, administrative policies, and other federal policy changes aligned with Vera’s goals.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The Senior Strategist monitors and analyzes the federal political and policy environment, identifies opportunities to advance Vera’s priorities, develops strategies to influence federal decision-makers, and builds relationships with congressional offices, federal agencies, national advocacy organizations, and other key stakeholders. This role will work closely with movement and coalition partners to build power and advance shared federal policy goals.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">At a moment when federal policymakers are pushing a return to failed “tough-on-crime” policies, Vera’s role is to bring the data, evidence, and solutions about what works into federal policy debates, particularly with government and grasstops stakeholders. Vera's February 2026 platform, </span><a href="https://www.vera.org/publications/a-new-federal-paradigm-for-safety-accountability-and-justice"><em><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">A New Federal Paradigm for </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">S</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">a</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">fety, Accountability, and Ju</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">s</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">tice</span></span></em></a><span data-contrast="auto">, reflects the kind of popular, evidence-based  federal solutions Vera champions, organized around six planks: strong, accountable policing; ending the overdose crisis; supporting strong mental health and deescalating crisis; tackling gun violence; safe streets and good quality of life; and a fairer, more accountable justice system. On immigration, Vera works to hold federal immigration enforcement accountable, expand access