Senior Policy & Campaign Manager

The Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) is an environmental justice organization with deep roots in California’s Asian immigrant and refugee communities. Since 1993, APEN has built a membership base of Laotian refugees in Richmond and Chinese immigrants in Oakland, and more recently, Asian Americans in South Bay LA. Together, we have fought and won campaigns to make our communities healthier and just places where all people have the resources we need to live full, dignified lives. We are growing our local roots and building power to make decisions at the state level that have real local impact. By building an organized movement, we’re leading a transition away from an extractive economy based on profit and pollution and toward local, healthy, and life-sustaining economies that benefit everyone.

Position Summary

The Senior Policy & Campaign Manager will advance APEN’s state policy campaigns as it relates to climate resilience and housing justice. This work includes advancing strategic campaigns necessary to support thriving, climate resilient communities in a future beyond fossil fuels. The position leads collective strategizing across diverse partners and advances the vision and expertise of communities disproportionately impacted by pollution and climate change while working within key coalitions. The position is situated in APEN’s state team, reports to the Director, and works closely with relevant policy, organizing, and communications staff, and statewide partners.  

Roles and Responsibilities

STATE POLICY ADVOCACY & ANALYSIS

• Lead development of APEN policy positions and prepare comments and testimony related to APEN’s climate resilience and housing justice strategic priorities
• Design and conduct policy research and analysis to support advocacy efforts at the  state level
• Manage the creation, production, and release of communications materials aimed at influencing key decision makers, informing APEN supporters, and achieving positive policy outcomes
• Advocate for APEN’s policy agenda to legislative and administrative bodies, elected officials, partner organizations, and represent APEN before the media and public
• Build strategic relationships by meeting with state policymakers and stakeholders
• Recommend policy positions on ally-sponsored legislation and campaigns
• Serve as a spokesperson on technical and policy issues and represent APEN at various public forums

CAMPAIGN STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT & COALITION-BUILDING

• Manage APEN’s state policy campaigns aimed at building thriving, climate resilient communities in the areas where APEN organizes
• Develop state campaign plans by connecting a wide range of tactics, including community organizing, legislative advocacy, electoral, and communications strategy
• Understand the concerns, priorities, and needs of our membership base

• Coordinate and facilitate meetings with partners to enable collaboration and decision-making
• Mobilize and connect members and allied partners to take action to advance priority campaigns, such as testifying at public hearings, sign-on letters, etc.
• Develop and sustain strategic partnerships and work with coalitions and allied organizations to support joint campaigns needs and legislative & budget priorities

ORGANIZATION-WIDE

• Strategy and Planning: Contribute to overall organizational coordination and planning processes, including strategic planning, yearly workplan and budgeting, annual board + staff meeting, bi-weekly staff meetings and component meetings
• Organizational Culture: Contribute to the APEN culture of team-building, emotional intelligence, feminisms, and leadership development
• Basebuilding and Member Engagement:  Support organizing events with APEN members
• Fund Development: Engage in grassroots and/or contribute to foundation fundraising
• Communications:  Act as a spokesperson and engage with communications narrative framework
• Cross Component Support: Support various areas of organizational work, events, or campaigns as identified and participate in organizational committees and teams as ne