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Posted: 02-Sep-23
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Salary: Open
Internal Number: 131359
The Tax Law Center at the NYU School of Law is seeking a full-time External Affairs Associate or External Affairs Manager to support the Center's communications with policy makers, strategic allies, funders, and other audiences.
You are a detail-oriented self-starter and a strong writer and communicator who is excited to support the evolving external affairs needs of a growing Center within NYU School of Law. You have a track record of delivering results on assignments and overcoming obstacles. You are highly organized and excel at balancing time-sensitive requests and competing priorities.
Responsibilities
The External Affairs Associate or External Affairs Manager, who will report to the Director of External Affairs, will be responsible for:
- Working with Center staff to translate rigorous tax law analysis into accessible concepts and useful materials, in the form of summaries, press statements, one-pagers, legislative correspondence, social media posts, and email communication
- Supporting incoming media requests and executing outgoing media outreach regarding the Center's work and timely issues in the news, including communication with reporters and coordination with the Center's staff
- Supporting communication with legislative and policy staff and strategic allies, and tracking opportunities to promote the Center's positions and research
- Executing the rollout of the Center's publications and content, including drafting rollout plans, writing copy, keeping the team to timelines, and using online platforms including Medium, MailChimp, and Twitter
- Managing the Center's website, including adding and updating approved content, using site analytics to monitor and optimize traffic, and collaborating with NYU staff for web support
- Organizing events with leaders in tax law and tax policy to showcase the Center's work and explore issues of interest to the tax law community
- Supporting senior staff with written grant reports and grant proposal describing the work of the Tax Law Center and the issues we focus on, and helping the team manage correspondence and meetings with funders as needed
- Conducting research as needed on topics, organizations, or funders relevant to the Center's work and summarizing takeaways for Center staff
- Assisting the External Affairs Director with other external affairs tasks as required
Requirements
- 2-3 years of external affairs experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and a track record of strong writing
- A high degree of organization, time-management skills, and attention to detail
- Ability to juggle multiple project workstreams
- Independent judgment, proactive orientation, and the ability to identify gaps or opportunities and take initiative
- Interest in developing new skills across multiple aspects of communication, in a rapidly changing communications landscape
- Commitment to advancing the Center's mission
- Demonstrated interest in public policy
For External Affairs Managers, either:
- 4 years of external affairs experience and significant experience in one of the 'useful experience' categories listed below and a record of managing projects independently, OR
- 2-3 years of external affairs experience and significant experience in more than one of the useful experience categories listed below and a record of managing projects independently.
Useful experience
While these are not requirements, we encourage you to highlight experience in any of the following areas, which could be useful in this role. It is not expected that the successful candidate will possess experience in every area.
- Experience with communicating to policymakers, such as tracking the status of legislation, summarizing the potential impact of different approaches, drafting correspondence, researching legislators' positions, and/or organizing meetings.
- Experience with media outreach, such as writing pitches, creating press lists, identifying news hooks, communicating with reporters, and/or prepping colleagues for interviews.
- Experience with events, such as conceptualizing agendas, lining up speakers, coordinating day of logistics, and/or facilitating discussions.
- Experience with one or more of the following or similar tools:
- CMS: WordPress, Drupal
- CRM & Mailing: Hubspot, Mailchimp
- Design: Photoshop, InDesign, Canva, Figma
- Ability to design simple digital products and graphics using basic design software
This role does not require experience in the tax law field, but it would be a plus to have some familiarity with tax law or policy, a sound understanding of the federal legislative and regulatory processes that may impact the Center's work, and/or experience with communications for an organization producing technical analyses in any area of law or policy.
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for the External Affairs Associate position is $75,000 to $85,000. The annual base salary range for the External Affairs Manager position is $85,000 to $100,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. You will be an employee of New York University, with access to an excellent, comprehensive benefits package including generous paid time off and retirement contributions.
The Tax Law Center has physical office space at NYU School of Law in New York. We offer hybrid or remote work arrangements from within the US. Occasional events may require in-person presence in New York or DC.
You will be asked to upload a resume.
Please do not upload a cover letter; instead, you will be asked to provide brief answers to three short questions as part of the application form. This questionnaire will be assessed in an anonymized process, which means that the Tax Law Center will review your responses without connecting them to your name, resume details, or other personal information at the time of assessment.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
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