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Director of State Outreach

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University seeks a director of state outreach to manage its Capital Campus (state-based) educational program. The director of state outreach is responsible for overseeing a growing and dynamic economic educational program for state government policymakers within the legislative and executive branches.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing a growing in-house staff and members of a network of academic faculty;
• Cultivating relationships with university-based program partners and target policy audiences;
• Designing programs tailored to the nuances and specific opportunities of each state and ensuring full compliance with all policies and procedures of the states;
• Marketing and administering programs expanding the scope and mission of the Capital Campus program.
• Some travel is expected, though operations are based in Arlington, Virginia.

The director of state outreach reports to the vice president for educational programs. Candidates must be outgoing, results-oriented, have an excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines. Successful candidates will be creative, self-motivated, and have a strong understanding of market-oriented ideas. State government, Capitol Hill or policy-related experience and familiarity with basic economic principles strongly preferred.

Salary is competitive and will be commensurate with experience. In addition, the Mercatus Center provides exceptional benefits to all individual employees, including full health and dental coverage, flexible spending accounts, long-term disability and life insurance, a 403(b) retirement savings program, a parking permit, and one free course per semester at George Mason University.

Send resumes to: human.resources@mercatus.org. No phone calls please.

About the Mercatus Center at George Mason University

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is a research, education, and outreach organization that works with scholars, policy experts, and government officials to connect academic learning and real world practice.

The mission of Mercatus is to promote sound interdisciplinary research and application in the humane sciences that integrates theory and practice to produce solutions that advance in a sustainable way a free, prosperous, and civil society. Mercatus's research and outreach programs, Capitol Hill Campus, Government Accountability Project, Regulatory Studies Program, Social Change Project and Global Prosperity Initiative support this mission. Mercatus is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.