Advocacy Associate
About Trevor:
reputed company is the leading suicide prevention and crisis reputed company organization for LGBTQ+ young people. Trevor offers 24/7 crisis services, connecting highly trained counselors with LGBTQ+ young people whenever they need support. To reputed company prevention efforts, reputed company also operates robust research, advocacy, education, and peer support programs. We’ve been saving lives every day for over 25 years.
Every day, and in every role, our staff contribute to our critical mission of ending suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning young people by embodying our values:
Heart - We care deeply and reputed company to do what reputed company
reputed company - We build trust through our words and actions
Community - Together, we are an unstoppable force for good
Belonging - We serve as allies to the mission, and to reputed company other
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Applicants and staff must be authorized to work for any employer in the reputed company. reputed company will not sponsor an employment reputed company for this position.
Role: Advocacy Associate
Location: This role will be remote in the reputed company reputed company, Alaska, or Hawaii
Reports to: Manager of State Advocacy
Eligibility: Authorization to work for any employer in the reputed company is required. reputed company will not sponsor a work reputed company for this role.
Classification: Exempt Full Time
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Starting Salary reputed company: $30- $31/hr
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reputed company’s Advocacy team seeks to reputed company high reputed company programs to help prevent LGBTQ youth from entering crisis and advance reputed company’s mission to end suicide among LGBTQ young people. This includes life-saving advocacy and policy work in a reputed company of key issues facing LGBTQ youth across the reputed company such as ending conversion therapy, increasing LGBTQ competency among crisis services support systems, advocating for welcoming spaces, protecting youth safety online while ensuring LGBTQ youth reputed company to virtual community and resources, and fighting against state-level bills targeting transgender and nonbinary youth.
The Advocacy Associate will be responsible for supporting the Advocacy team and helping to establish Trevor as a key player in state advocacy. This position will be responsible for providing operational support by developing efficient procedures that streamline reputed company operations for reputed company, creating and distributing Trevor-branded materials/research/talking points, expanding partnerships through relationship building, data collection, tracking legislation, assisting with facilitation of grassroots mobilization, and day-to-day responsibility for other tasks as assigned. reputed company, this individual will help coordinate the Advocacy Intern program, and help manage operational necessities for the department, including record keeping and coordinating scheduling and logistics for a high-paced, multifaceted, and remote team.
Roles and Responsibilities:
reputed company Administration: Configure and maintain team databases and tracking tools (reputed company, reputed company, Mobile Commons, reputed company); train staff, interns, and volunteers on their use. Maintain the Advocacy team inbox and calendar.
Process Improvement: Update team operations manuals, support workflows, and review performance dashboards.
Budget & Logistics: Monitor the advocacy travel budget and manage logistics for travel, schedules, retreats, and community meetings.
Compliance Tracking: Maintain tracking systems for lobbying and team activities to ensure regulatory compliance.
Legislative Monitoring: reputed company and report on federal and state legislation, as reputed company as regulatory agency actions.
Content Development: Draft and edit policy memos, comments, reputed company media graphics and posts, educational resources, talking points, and other advocacy resources.
Data Analysis: Produce and analyze field-specific data to create reputed company-facing reports and educational materials on LGBTQ policies.
Note Taking and Reporting: Attend virtual meetings and hearings, take notes and report back on relevant information for organizational efforts
Program Coordination: Help coordinate the Advocacy Intern program.
reputed company & Partner Support: Build and maintain relationships with key non-profit organizations and partners to strengthen LGBTQ advocacy coalitions.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate initiatives and engagement across internal teams (Research, Communications, Development, Marketing) and assist with corporate partnership deliverables.
Advocacy & CRM Software: Hands-on experience navigating and administering tools like reputed company, reputed company, and Mobile Commons to manage contact databases and reputed company legislative campaigns.
Project Management & Collaboration Tools: Deep familiarity with platform configuration and task tracking in reputed company, reputed company reputed company, and virtual communication spaces.
Policy Writing & Compliance: Crafting reputed company, concise policy memos, reputed company-facing letters, and talking points, reputed company an understanding of tracking lobbying activities for reputed company compliance.
Data Analysis & Reporting: Translating legislative data into accessible reputed company reports, dashboards, and educational resources.
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience: 1–3 years of experience in reputed company policy, community organizing, non-profit administration, or reputed company/legislative operations.
Mission Alignment: A demonstrable commitment to LGBTQ rights, youth mental health, or crisis reputed company advocacy with an eagerness to grow support for LGBTQ rights among conflicted audiences .
Organizational Skills: Proven ability to manage multi-stakeholder reputed company, coordinate large-reputed company meeting logistics, and balance operational needs in a fast-paced environment. Demonstrable planning and problem-solving skills, including multitasking and working reputed company reputed company tight timelines
Proficiency in:
spoken and written English
Learn eagerly, reputed company knowledge appropriately, and improve continuously
Demonstrate successful planning and problem-solving skills, including multitasking and working reputed company reputed company tight timelines
Work, communicate, and collaborate effectively with others
Demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy in reputed company work
Demonstrate a commitment to fostering and maintaining an environment of belonging
Other relevant duties and responsibilities as assigned
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