Job Description

State Policy Advocacy Clinic Junior Research Fellow

As an individual contributor you will model and support a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and wellbeing and continually seek to understand how your role, behaviors, and actions impact the success of this culture.

The State Policy Advocacy Clinic is seeking a creative, intellectually curious, team-oriented, self-disciplined and ambitious recent early career professional to serve as its first Junior Research Fellow to advance policy and advocacy work in the field of immigrant rights. Under the direction of the clinic's Director, the Junior Research Fellow will perform legal and policy research and analysis in various substantive policy areas including immigration, immigrant rights, health care policy, children's rights, criminal justice reform, good governance, consumer protection, and economic development. They will also facilitate policymaker and community stakeholder relationships and manage the daily research and communications activities of the clinic to support reaching its goals.

The core work of the clinic is to turn good policy ideas into reality, by turning them into laws, and ensuring that the laws we help to get passed are implemented. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated passion for politics, public policy or social justice; openness to diverse political views; experience in state or federal government administrative advocacy or at a think tank or nonprofit with a social justice mission, policy experience, experience working with diverse coalitions; and knowledge of critical issues and policies impacting immigrant communities.

Other key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Research and monitor state legislation and policy to identify and leverage opportunities to advance rights and opportunities for immigrants and identify proposals to restrict rights and opportunities.
• Meet with stakeholders, including legislators, executive branch officials, think tanks and advocacy organizations, community organizations, business leaders, subject matter experts, lawyers, academics, and funders to advance policy ideas.
• Assist in the day-to-day management of the Clinic and its operations.
• Develop effective public messaging for clinic priorities. This includes drafting content for internal and external communications and creating various work products such as white papers, OpEds, community forums, legislative testimony, press conferences and media interviews, meetings with individual legislators, legislative briefings.
• Work closely with student teams who engage in policy design and advocacy assignments.
• Assist with supervising and supporting student teams on certain projects.
• Provide feedback on their work, attend stakeholder meetings, research assistance, mentorship, and guidance.

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Government, Political Science, Public Policy, History, Economics, Sociology, Legal Studies or a related field.
• 2 to 4 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination
• Effective research and data analysis skills and familiarity with the principles of legal reasoning and analysis.
• Effective communicator with strong public speaking, presentation, writing, and persuasion skills.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills to establish and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Proactive, collaborative and flexible work style with leadership and teamwork experiences.
• Detail-oriented with effective organizational and time-management skills to coordinate multiple projects and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), administrative and financial systems, and meeting/collaboration tools (Outlook, Teams, Zoom).
• Demonstrated passion for politics, public policy or social justice.
• Demonstrated openness to diversity of background, including openness to diverse political views.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in state or federal government or at a think tank or nonprofit organization with a social justice mission.
• Coursework or experience in the field of immigration and immigrant rights.
• Fluency in written and spoken Spanish.
• Familiarity with issues impacting diverse immigrant communities, personal lived experience of immigration, or understanding of the U.S. immigration system.

University Job Title:

Research Support Spec I

Job Family:

Academic Support

Level:

E

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Pay Range:

$62,035.00 - $67,938.00

Remote Option Availability:

Onsite

Company:

Contact Name:

Sullymar Pena Vazquez

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Noted pay ranges reflect the potential pay opportunity for each job profile. The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:

• Prior relevant work or industry experience
• Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position
• Unique applicable skills
• Academic Discipline

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EEO Statement:

Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University's heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, and we do not tolerate discrimination based on any protected characteristic, including race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex/gender, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, actual or perceived disability (including persons associated with such a person), arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual's genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.

Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff to all identities and backgrounds. We encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.

2024-12-17

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Local area, Remote job, Flexible hours,

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