The Planetary Society, the world’s largest and most influential area advocacy group, seeks a passionate, curious, and outgoing particular person to function its Director of Authorities Relations in Washington, D.C.
Based in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman, and now led by CEO Invoice Nye, The Planetary Society empowers the general public to take a significant function in advancing area exploration by advocacy, training, outreach, scientific innovation, and world collaboration. Our world membership of greater than 50,000 people from all walks of life ensures our independence and permits us to give attention to our core coverage points of planetary exploration, the seek for life, and planetary protection from near-Earth objects.
To use, please submit your
resume, a canopy letter highlighting the way you exemplify the three qualities talked about above, and at the very least one instance of persuasive
communication (generally is a video, presentation, written merchandise, podcast, and so forth.) to [email protected].
This recruitment will stay open till stuffed; nonetheless, you’re inspired to use as quickly as attainable as the appliance
interval might shut at any time. The primary spherical of software evaluation will start December 1, 2022.
Place Overview
Reporting to the Chief of Area Coverage, the Director of Authorities Relations serves because the group’s main in-person D.C. presence and executes The Planetary Society’s coverage and advocacy technique. Duties embrace partaking and educating elected officers, policymakers, and the space-related neighborhood within the D.C. space; information-gathering and relationship-building to tell advocacy technique; elevating consciousness of organizational priorities by way of native occasions and briefings; and in any other case enthusiastically representing The Planetary Society’s core perception of optimistic, science-driven area exploration to the D.C. neighborhood. This particular person is anticipated to share and specific our bedrock values of ardour, integrity, credibility, optimism, and inclusiveness of their on a regular basis work.
The Planetary Society strongly prefers candidates with formal coaching in science, engineering, or area coverage, and can take into account people with out vital skilled expertise supplied they will exhibit excellence and initiative in persuasive communication, political evaluation, and strategic pondering as it might pertain to this function.
These with at the very least 5 years {of professional} expertise in legislative work or
authorities relations in space-related fields may even be thought of, even when they lack formal scientific coaching.
Unsure in case you meet the
{qualifications}? Please apply regardless and make your case! We’re open to passionate people who’re dedicated to our imaginative and prescient and share our values.
Roles & Duties
Advocate for Planetary Society Priorities within the D.C. space
- Persuasively and clearly talk Planetary Society coverage objectives to elected officers, their workers, and officers in Congress, NASA, OSTP, the OMB, and different related businesses and teams.
- Hunt down, domesticate, and symbolize The Planetary Society in coalitions that help The Planetary Society’s coverage objectives.
- Set up and preserve optimistic relationships with different professionals within the U.S. and worldwide area sectors, the industrial area trade, and academia.
- Domesticate a optimistic, bipartisan repute of The Planetary Society in accordance with our organizational values.
- Construct consciousness of The Planetary Society and its priorities among the many D.C. space skilled area neighborhood.
- Arrange and host skilled occasions to boost consciousness of and promote subjects of curiosity to The Planetary Society.
- Prepare and mediate congressional conferences for Planetary Society workers, its Board, and its members.
- Characterize The Planetary Society at area features and conferences.
Inform Planetary Society Advocacy and Coverage Technique Growth
- Monitor, analyze, and report on coverage and regulatory developments affecting The Planetary Society’s core coverage pursuits to the group’s senior management.
- Determine new and rising alternatives for potential synergies and collaborations with area science leaders and complementary organizations.
- Help in growing and recurrently re-evaluating strategic coverage objectives of the Society with the Chief of Area Coverage.
- Present enter into short- and long-term strategic and operational planning inside the group.
{Qualifications}
- Authorized authorization to work within the U.S.
- 5+ years of expertise in a legislative or authorities relations function associated to area or science OR a bachelor’s or increased diploma in an area science, engineering, or area coverage area with demonstrable information of present area coverage subjects.
- 12 months-round skill to journey inside the D.C. metropolitan space for conferences, hearings, and particular occasions.
- Capability to assume creatively, strategically, and analytically, and to rapidly course of new data.
- Distinctive verbal and written communication abilities with a demonstrated skill for persuasive communication.
- Capable of sometimes work exterior of regular enterprise hours as wanted.
- A dedication to The Planetary Society’s core values.
- A collaborative and versatile model, with a powerful service mentality.
- Capability to work effectively with a variety of individuals in individual, by electronic mail, and by cellphone and teleconferencing.
- Integrity, honesty, and a powerful dedication to sustaining confidentiality.
Compensation
The Planetary Society has been the world’s largest and simplest area advocacy group for over 40 years. We provide a enjoyable, supportive work setting and try to be our staff’ dream job.
- Aggressive wage based mostly on recurrently up to date market knowledge.
- Medical, dental, and imaginative and prescient insurance coverage.
- 403(b) retirement financial savings plan with automated 7% employer contribution.
- 11 holidays + trip and sick depart.
- Group Time period Life insurance coverage.
- Lengthy-term and short-term incapacity.
- Supportive work tradition dedicated to a wholesome and rewarding work/life stability.
The Planetary Society is an equal alternative employer. We prioritize range in any respect ranges of our work. Job candidates from all backgrounds are inspired to use.
