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Lansdowne, VA; Washington, D.C.

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.

Locations: Lansdowne, VA / Washington, D.C.

Team Overview

As the Vice President of Government Affairs, you are a vital part of the ADF team. You will report to the Chief Legal Counsel and oversee the U.S. Government Affairs team, ensuring that the team achieves ADF’s organizational objectives. The Vice President of Government Affairs directs and drives the government affairs strategy at the highest level, pursues unity among the various legal advocacy components and personnel of the organization, and directly supervises the senior staff of the Government Affairs team. The Vice President of Government Affairs must develop, adjust, and execute policy and legislative strategies to produce results that advance ADF’s strategic plan.

• Work with Chief Legal Counsel and organizational management to define, devise, refine, and oversee the plans and strategies to achieve key legal objectives, directing the application of those plans and strategies to positive legal outcomes.
• Oversee and direct the Vice President of Public Policy to develop federal and state legislative tools and resources to defend religious freedom, freedom of speech, parental rights, sanctity of life, and marriage and family.
• Oversee and direct the Vice President of Strategic Relations to develop a strategy for effective engagement with, and the development of legal options for, federal and state executive-branch officials to defend religious freedom, freedom of speech, parental rights, sanctity of life, and marriage and family.
• Oversee and direct the federal and state government relations work of ADF Action, including direct advocacy (lobbying) work before Congress and state legislatures.
• Oversee and direct the operational components of the Government Affairs team.
• Oversee as direct reports the Vice President of Public Policy, Vice President of Strategic Relations, and all Government Relations Directors.
• Develop and maintain direct relationships with key federal and state lawmakers and executive-branch officials.
• Assist in the development of legislation, legislative testimony, position papers, and reports.
• Build alliances and coalitions with like-minded policy groups.
• Testify in support of or against significant federal and state legislation.
• Represent ADF in media and at public events.
• Communicate the ADF legal strategy, key objectives, and tactics to the Government Affairs team.
• Promote cross-team communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and efficiency to accelerate organizational performance and achieve organizational objectives.
• Ensure close coordination with the U.S. Legal, Communications, and Development teams.
• Act as an educator within the organization to raise awareness of the Government Affairs team’s work and how it fits within and advances the broader ADF strategic plan.
• Gauge the effectiveness of the Government Affairs team’s work by establishing effective measurements, reporting results, and initiating corrective action to ensure that objectives are achieved.
• Act as the primary spokesperson for the Government Affairs team at ADF organizational meetings and other ADF team events.
• Allocate resources wisely to maximize the achievement of ADF and legal objectives.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school with an active license in at least one US state bar.
• 10+ years of professional experience working in federal or state legislative or executive-branch settings.
• 4+ years of professional experience working in a federal legislative context.
• Experience managing teams of attorneys.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Travel up to 30% of the year.

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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This salary range is reflective of a position based in Washington, D.C. This range isa good faithestimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and office location.

Washington, D.C. Salary Range

$225,000 - $300,000 USD

This salary range is reflective of a position based in Lansdowne, VA. This range is a good-faith estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and office location.

Virginia Salary Range

$225,000 - $300,000 USD

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.

• 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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