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State Government Relations Manager

Mississippi; Louisiana; Arkansas

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Work from Home Locations: Mississippi / Louisiana / Arkansas 

Team Overview

This position promotes ADF's strategic objectives through education and advocacy efforts that involve direct government action. As an alliance builder, the State Government Relations Manager will manage contact with members and/or staff of state legislators in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and help plan and facilitate outreach and coordination with allies focused on government, legislative, and policy issues at the state and local levels.

Key Responsibilities

  • Advocate and coordinate support for the positions of ADF on governmental policies and legislation.
  • Promote and support strategies and approaches for effective advocacy.
  • Travel regularly to meet with policy groups, legislative staff, and other stakeholders to discuss policy, strategy, and how to effectively advocate to government officials and the public.
  • Build and manage a network of relationships within Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, including direct relationships with legislators and staff within governmental offices.
  • Track, research, analyze, and evaluate legislation and translate into possible plans of action.
  • Assist in developing testimony, legislation, position papers, and reports.
  • Encourage and facilitate effective working relationships with policy allies and coalition groups in your assigned region.
  • Speak publicly to the media and before crowds as permitted and requested by management.
  • Work collaboratively within the ADF team and with external allies.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Public Affairs, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills may be obtained.
  • Experience in public policy advocacy at the state level or experience in legislative or executive branch work at the state level.
  • Must reside in Arkansas, Louisiana, or Mississippi.
  • Ability to travel frequently, approximately 50% of the time, especially during legislative sessions.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional experience involving government relations at the state level. 

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

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Statement of Faith

Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time and around the world the faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

Doctrinal Distinctives

Also, based on this confession, we are committed to honoring God by obeying the two Greatest Commandments, loving God and loving neighbor, and based on that commitment and derived from the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess the following as necessary for living the gospel:

  • We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
  • We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
  • We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
  • We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
  • We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
  • We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.
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