FLSA: Exempt/Overtime Ineligible
Benefits: Eligible
Hours Per Week: 40/Full-time
Met Council is America’s largest Jewish charity dedicated to serving the needy. We fight poverty through comprehensive social services and by treating each client with compassion, integrity, and respect. Our programs are staffed by experts who help over 325,000 clients each year and advocate on behalf of all needy New Yorkers. Our services include 100% affordable housing at 21 locations, family violence services, Holocaust survivor assistance, geriatric social work, crisis intervention, and the largest free kosher food distribution program in the world. Our network of 101 food pantries, affordable housing sites, and JCCs provide services directly in neighborhoods across New York City.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Director of Government Relations & Strategic Initiatives is a senior leader charged with advancing Met Council’s mission through high-impact advocacy, policy development, and special projects. The role blends classic government-relations functions—legislative monitoring, relationship-building, and lobbying—with cross-functional initiative management, persuasive communications, and grassroots/donor mobilization. The Director serves as the organization’s primary liaison to city, state, and federal officials while orchestrating multi-stakeholder campaigns that secure public resources, shape policy, and amplify Met Council’s impact on poverty and the Jewish community.

SKILL AND EDUCATION:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Political Science, Communications, or related field (Master’s/JD a plus).
• Experience: 7+ years in government relations, public-policy advocacy, or strategic-initiative management, including direct experience lobbying or staffing elected officials.
• Existing network of relationships in New York City and State government.
• Familiarity with human-services funding streams and compliance requirements.
• Media-savvy.
• Bilingual or proficiency in Hebrew, Russian, Chinese or Spanish a plus.
• Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with multiple stakeholders.
  Compensation: $105,000 - $120,000 per year.
  Benefits: Major medical, dental, vision and life insurance; pre-tax commuter benefits; FSA; 403(b) with employer contribution; plus generous vacation, sick leave and holidays

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