Policy Change Director jobs in Tennessee

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the policy agenda and research portfolio associated with the Project on Networks, Platforms, and Utilities (NPUs) and related anti-monopoly policy efforts. 
  • Evaluate the pressing challenges in public policy that stem from NPUs - including supply chain issues in railroads, airline flight cancellations, broadband internet access, electric grid crashes, the emergence of non-bank money, and anti-competitive practices on tech platforms - and work closely with the faculty director and executive director to develop and implement a comprehensive NPU policy agenda.
  • Lead research on the regulation of NPUs and develop policy proposals to improve NPU governance.
  • Perform essential administrative and management functions related to the Project on NPUs, involving independent exercise of judgment and discretion.
  • Supervise, train, coordinate workflow, and administer policies for VPA staff and fellows as relevant to execute the NPU and anti-monopoly agendas.
  • Manage relevant public relations, media, press, and internal and external communications in consultation with the faculty director and executive director.
  • Responsible for project management of key initiatives in consultation with the executive director, ensuring administrative accuracy and integrity of VPA.
  • Advise on key components of the VPA budget ($1M) in consultation with the executive director.
  • Expand outreach on key issue areas, overseeing the development of effective relationships and partnerships with local, regional, and national partners, stakeholders, and funders. Manage outward-facing representation of VPA as a formal representative.
• Produce research, white papers, policy briefs, and other policy communications like op-eds on key VPA priorities. 
  • Research, draft, and oversee the rollout of white papers, including academic publications and other policy products to be released by VPA.
  • Draft and oversee the development of policy briefs and other policy communications on key VPA priorities--including press releases, social media copy, and op-eds--that promote VPA’s work on NPUs and anti-monopoly policy,
  • Advise and direct the work of policy analysts.
• Advise on overall VPA policy agenda and related political and communications strategy. 
  • Provide strategic advice and guidance to the faculty director and executive director in the execution of VPA’s mission and administration of key programs.
• Manage and support programming, initiatives, and partnerships related to VPA priorities, including academic conferences and meetings and briefings with academics, public officials, and other stakeholders. 
  • Manage conference, events, and other programming related to the NPU portfolio.
  • Support programming across the VPA portfolio as needed.
  • Plan and execute meetings and briefings with academics, public officials, and other stakeholders.

Supervisory Relationships:

This position will have eventual supervisory responsibility with oversight of the day-to-day work product of junior staff and policy analysts and will directly manage junior staff within their verticals; the position reports to the Faculty Director of VPA.