Michigan State Lead - Lobbyist and Strategist
About the role
Role Summary
The Michigan State Lead builds powerful climate outcomes with Climate Cabinet staff, legislators, and coalition partners in Michigan. This person strengthens Climate Cabinet’s presence in the legislature, and continues to scale up our policy and political work in Michigan. This includes a heavy emphasis on coalition work, legislator relationship development, and collaboration with Climate Cabinet’s national teams.
This is a leadership, high-agency position that reports to the Deputy Policy Director and operates within clearly defined strategic parameters set at the national level. This role works in close coordination with our national legislative and political teams to ensure cross-state sharing, and alignment with both state and national goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Represent Climate Cabinet in the Michigan legislature by building strong lawmaker relationships, and through consistent lobbying, policy education, and coalition work.
- Help shape and advance Climate Cabinet’s Michigan legislative strategy and help shape our political agenda in collaboration with Legislative team leadership, our Political Director, and the national team.
- Bring robust, specific policy/legislative expertise that helps Climate Cabinet advance, defend, and adapt priority climate policies.
- Represent Climate Cabinet in Michigan media and to funders, in close collaboration with the national team.
- Work in coalition with state-based activists, organizations, clean energy businesses, lawmakers, and funders to advance shared priorities.
- Drive our state-level legislative, political, and media strategies in collaboration with the national team.
- Track, evaluate, and communicate the impact of Climate Cabinet’s engagement in Michigan to national and state-based audiences.
- Support fundraising activities as needed.
- Remain in constant communication and collaboration with our national team, track bills, facilitate cross-state sharing, and develop storytelling approaches to help your efforts build power for climate in Michigan and nationwide.