Deputy State Director, Virginia - Richmond

About the role

As Deputy State Director for AFP-Virginia, you'll serve as a top strategic leader helping shape and execute the chapter's policy, political, and grassroots priorities across the Commonwealth. We're looking for an entrepreneurial, versatile leader who moves fluidly between big-picture strategy and hands-on execution, and who can travel regularly throughout Virginia.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the State Director to build and execute strategy across public policy, government affairs, grassroots advocacy, and political engagement in Virginia.
• Track Virginia's General Assembly, executive branch, elections, and policy landscape, and turn that knowledge into clear strategy and opportunities for the chapter.
• Build trusted relationships with legislators, administration officials, coalition partners, and community leaders across the political spectrum.
• Lead major legislative and advocacy initiatives from strategy through execution, working closely with grassroots, communications, and political teams.
• Supervise, coach, and develop team members, building a high-performing, collaborative culture.
• Represent AFP publicly with policymakers, coalition partners, media, and other audiences, and step into new priorities as they come up.

Requirements

• Strong working knowledge of public policy, politics, and government affairs, and how they connect to grassroots strategy.
• Experience with legislative affairs, lobbying, policy development, coalition building, or grassroots advocacy.
• An entrepreneurial mindset: you take ownership, solve problems, and move work forward without heavy direction.
• Strong political judgment and the ability to tell short-term activity apart from work that creates