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CVA Strategic Director, Texas
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Coalition BuildingGrassroots OrganizingPolicy StrategyTexas State Policy
📜 Description
- Build and lead Texas coalitions to advance state and federal policy goals.
- Serve as CVA’s Texas spokesperson and develop communications that grow statewide awareness.
- Lobby and testify before the Texas Legislature and manage relationships with lawmakers and chapter leaders.
- Partner with CVA Foundation and grassroots staff on policy education events and community organizing.
- Coordinate with headquarters on national priorities and use federal relationships to increase impact.
- Travel and work evenings or weekends as needed.
🛠️ Requirements
- Deep understanding of Texas and federal policy landscapes and grassroots strategies.
- Senior-level experience driving grassroots action through coalition building or organizing.
- Track record developing and executing high-impact strategies.
- Ability to build relationships with lawmakers, partners, and community leaders and explain complex ideas to varied audiences.
- Fluency in CVA policy priorities, including economic prosperity, foreign policy restraint, and veterans’ health care choice.
- Experience working with Texas veteran communities; valid driver’s license and flexibility for travel up to 50%.
✨ Benefits
- Competitive benefits: 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting
- Flexible time off
- Health and dental
- A meaningful career: Join 1,400+ colleagues solving complex social challenges
- Commitment to grow: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that develops your unique talents
- Stand Together - CVA Strategic Director, Texas
- CVA Strategic Director, Texas
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About Concerned Veterans for America
Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) is the only national grassroots organization which is purpose-built to amplify veteran’s voices across every aspect of American government and civil society.
We believe that veterans are a powerful force for driving solutions to America’s most pressing challenges. We build engaged communities of empowered veterans and patriotic Americans to amplify our unique perspectives on critical issues—from foreign policy to health care to federal spending. We understand the meaning of service, and we remain committed to serving our fellow Americans and strengthening our country.
Concerned Veterans for America is a part of Americans for Prosperity and the Stand Together philanthropic community.
As the Strategic Director, Texas, you'll be the senior voice and strategic leader for CVA in the Lone Star State. Working alongside Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and LIBRE Initiative leadership and allied organizations, you'll build powerful coalitions, set statewide strategy, and advance liberty-based policy solutions for a freer, more secure America, with a focus on Texas's veteran communities.
About Concerned Veterans for America
Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) is the only national grassroots organization which is purpose-built to amplify veteran’s voices across every aspect of American government and civil society.
We believe that veterans are a powerful force for driving solutions to America’s most pressing challenges. We build engaged communities of empowered veterans and patriotic Americans to amplify our unique perspectives on critical issues—from foreign policy to health care to federal spending. We understand the meaning of service, and we remain committed to serving our fellow Americans and strengthening our country.
Concerned Veterans for America is a part of Americans for Prosperity and the Stand Together philanthropic community.
Our Values: Working for an organization within the Stand Together philanthropic community is different from many other places. The culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.
We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, and respect.
How You'll Contribute:
Build and lead coalitions across Texas that turn shared goals into federal and state policy wins
Serve as CVA's Texas spokesperson and own a communications plan that grows the brand statewide –Your audience is NOT just veterans – your audience is Texas, and your communications plan will show that veterans are the best advocates for policies that benefit ALL Texans.
Lobby and testify at the Texas Legislature, and build and manage legislative relationships (state and federal) with chapter leadership
Partner with the CVA Foundation and Texas grassroots staff on policy education events that fuel community building and organizing
Coordinate with CVA headquarters staff on national priorities; leverage your federal relationships to maximize our impact in Washington, D.C.
What You Will Bring:
Deep understanding of Texas and federal policy landscapes, plus the grassroots strategies that turn policy goals into results
Direct, senior-level experience driving grassroots action through coalition building and/or organizing
Proven track record developing and executing high-impact strategy, with fresh ideas and detailed plans.
You are comfortable working with high-impact colleagues, the freefree exchange of ideas, and pursuing mutual success.
Skill at building relationships with lawmakers, partners, and community leaders around a shared vision
Ability to translate complex ideas for any audience, from legislators to the press
- Economic Prosperity: Fiscal reform to tackle the national debt, pro-growth regulation, and energy abundance
- Realism & Restraint in American Foreign Policy: Burden-shifting in Europe and a smaller U.S. Middle East footprint; no more “forever wars”
- Veterans’ Health Care Choice: Expanding VA community care and ensuring real VA accountability
Standout Candidates Will Bring:
Hands-on advocacy and community organizing experience
Political campaign/party experience
Experience working with elected officials and/or political candidates
Camera-ready: experience speaking on the record (broadcast news or testimony) and willing to receive additional media training
Veteran status (preferred) or a personal connection to the military/veteran communities that you will be engaging
What We Offer:
Competitive benefits: 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, health and dental, plus Peloton and Talkspace wellness support
A meaningful career: Join 1,400+ colleagues solving complex social challenges
Commitment to grow: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that develops your unique talents
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