Policy Analyst Job Description

 Policy Analyst Job Description 

Teach Coalition advocates for government policies and funding to benefit nonpublic schools in six states across the country. Priority issues include funding for secular education, security, scholarships, federal funding, and COVID-19 policies impacting nonpublic schools, such as school openings and free meal distribution. 

The Policy Analyst is responsible for becoming an expert in existing state funding and services programs, researching new opportunities for funding, tracking legislation in state legislatures that impact nonpublic schools, drafting policy memos and recommendations for the Policy Director and Executive Director, and providing pertinent information to Teach Coalition member schools so that they can take advantage of state programs. As the Policy Analyst, you will build and maintain relationships with state agency officials and policy staff of elected officials. The Policy Analyst will work directly with Teach Coalition’s Policy Director. 

The Policy Analyst will: 

• Become an expert in government funding for nonpublic schools including:
  • State and Federal Security funding programs
  • State Secular education funding programs – (STEM funding etc)
  • State scholarship programs
  • Federal Title funding, and more
• State Secular education funding programs – (STEM funding etc) 
• State scholarship programs 
• Federal Title funding, and more 
• Research and draft policy memos to explore new avenues of state funding for nonpublic schools 
• Create tracking systems for legislation affecting nonpublic schools and existing state programs 
• Build and maintain relationships with, and a database of, legislative staff and staff at relevant state agencies 
• Build and maintain relationships with political press in six states 
• Draft political communications, including bill summary memos, testimony in support or against legislation affecting nonpublic schools, action alerts and op-eds 
• Update schools on relevant funding opportunities 

What You’ll Bring to Teach Coalition: 

• Ability to initiate and maintain contacts, relationships, projects, and meetings 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including various forms of written communication 
• Be well-organized, detail-oriented, dependable and able to handle multiple tasks 
• Ability to learn about explain complex governmental programs 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and database software 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team 
• Committed to Jewish day school/nonpublic school education, fair government funding of nonpublic schools and activism 

Please send resume and cover letter to careers@teachcoalition.org