DC--Director of Government Relations and Communications--Center for Reproductive Rights

Job Title Director of Government Relations and Communications
Job Contact Email 3809@imsearch.com
Employer Center for Reproductive Rights
Posted 05/06/09
Job Description

The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center), a global human rights organization, seeks a Director of Government Relations and Communications to be based in Washington, DC. This is an exciting opportunity at a politically opportune time for a highly-skilled public policy advocate to provide leadership on one of the most defining causes of our time: the advancement of reproductive health and rights as a fundamental human right. Overseeing the Center's government relations, communications, and marketing work, the Director of Government Relations and Communications will join the management team of an innovative and cutting-edge global legal advocacy organization committed to reframing reproductive rights as human rights in order to secure the reproductive health and freedom of all women throughout the world. This is a rare moment in time when both the new U.S. Administration and the public are aligned in their commitment to the advancement and enforcement of human rights not only abroad but at home. The Center is eager to find a leader who will seize this rare opportunity to advance the reproductive health and rights of women everywhere.

The Center is seeking a strategic, visionary leader to assist not just the Center but the US reproductive rights movement in promoting reproductive health and rights as a fundamental right of all women. Reporting to the President, the Director of Government Relations and Communications will join a management team engaged in cutting-edge legal work, policy analysis, advocacy, and public education to advance reproductive rights. Overseeing government relations, communications, and marketing, the Director will lead the Center's efforts to implement a new range of strategies to expand and promote the reproductive health and freedom of all women.

The Director of Government Relations and Communications will be a leader of exceptional commitment, vision, courage, judgment, and willingness to challenge the status quo. An opportunity for a highly skilled strategist, this position requires experience and considerable skills in: public policy advocacy, government relations, media relations and communications, issue campaigns, and organizational management and leadership.

The Center for Reproductive Rights has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in the recruitment of the Director of Government Relations and Communications. Inquiries, applications, and nominations should be emailed in confidence to: 3809@imsearch.com