Child Care Aware of America (CCAoA) is the only national organization that supports every part of the child care system. In partnership with an on-the-ground network of Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) organizations, we work in states and communities to advance high-quality, affordable child care—transforming a patchwork of resources into a system that works for everyone. Together, we make America child care strong—and that makes everyone stronger. CCAoA is committed to recruiting and retaining a dynamic workforce to help build a child care system that serves all children and families. Join us in ensuring that every family has access to high-quality, affordable child care.

CCAoA is a collective of like-minded and passionate supporters of affordable, quality, consistent child care, and we are seeking a Senior Advocacy Specialist to join our team in a hybrid role (DMV area).  We are guided by values of integrity, ethics, and compassion, and the Senior Specialist will fill a pivotal role within the organization. CCAoA provides tangible, positive change in the lives of American families, and as a member of the Policy and Advocacy team, our Senior Specialist will spearhead digital advocacy objectives. We are seeking a policy and advocacy professional with exceptional communication skills who can effectively multi-task, quickly learn subject matter, and translate key points in writing to engage multiple audiences. This position will be responsible for leading our digital advocacy communications, establishing priorities for advocacy projects, identifying audiences, and setting the timing of digital campaigns. While strong communication skills are essential, the primary focus is on policy and advocacy work rather than a communications role with occasional policy involvement. The ideal candidate will be a creative, energetic, and nimble advocacy content creator.

What We Offer: 

• Competitive starting salary commensurate with experience
• The flexibility to work in a hybrid capacity in the DMV area
• Health & wellness benefit options
• A transparent professional environment where ideas are shared openly with honest discourse in a progressive atmosphere of growth & excellence
• Opportunity for growth and advancement

Job Responsibilities:

• Report to the Director of Advocacy within the Policy and Research Unit
• Develop and disseminate digital content related to child care advocacy, including action alerts, social media content, website content, blog posts, toolkits, and other materials. Contribute to advocacy campaign plans
• Facilitate all phases of digital advocacy content review and quality control
• Contribute to and maintain digital advocacy programming calendar
• Grow constituent engagement with the organization’s digital advocacy. Analyze email and digital campaign performance and provide regular well-prepared reports and recommendations for adjustments to digital work
• Partner with internal staff and third-party vendors as necessary to perform tasks
• Provide crosschecking and quality control for team members' digital content as needed
• Facilitate support for and implement broad adoption of digital best practices in testing, monitoring, engagement, segmentation, targeting, and other optimization across email, web, social media, and mobile channels
• Provide technical assistance and capacity-building support to membership
• Support the execution of advocacy initiatives directly including project management, writing, analysis, and other activities
• Respond to, troubleshoot, and assist constituents when issues arise with advocacy projects
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 3 years professional work in the advocacy or political space. Experience with digital advocacy preferred
• Proven ability to translate complex issues into compelling narratives, write for multiple audiences, and create content
• Strong project management skills, including ability to self-initiate, set priorities, and adhere to timelines and deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong copyediting ability and experience with AP Style
• Ability to write quickly under deadline
• Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively in a challenging environment with changing priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop and manage relationships across the organization and with external partners
• Proficiency with advocacy platforms, experience with Quorum preferred
• Familiarity with HubSpot or a similar CRM platform
• Extensive skills with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Familiarity with graphics and editing tools like the Adobe Creative Suite is a plus

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 3 years professional work in the advocacy or political space. Experience with digital advocacy preferred
• Proven ability to translate complex issues into compelling narratives, write for multiple audiences, and create content
• Strong project management skills, including ability to self-initiate, set priorities, and adhere to timelines and deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong copyediting ability and experience with AP Style
• Ability to write quickly under deadline
• Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively in a challenging environment with changing priorities
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop and manage relationships across the organization and with external partners
• Proficiency with advocacy platforms, experience with Quorum preferred
• Familiarity with HubSpot or a similar CRM platform
• Extensive skills with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Familiarity with graphics and editing tools like the Adobe Creative Suite is a plus