Policy Counsel, Privacy & Data Project – Center for Democracy & Policy

Description:

The Policy Counsel will be part of CDT’s Privacy & Data Project, reporting to the project’s director. The Privacy & Data Project team works to enhance individual privacy in the digital world by engaging with regulators and government agencies, empowering users, shaping corporate practices, and providing exemplary thought leadership in a variety of settings.

CDT is a leading nonprofit public interest organization, working at the cutting edge of digital rights policy. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT engages in a variety of strategies to enhance free expression and privacy, including advocacy, public education, and research. CDT works on legislation, participates in agency rule-makings, engages in litigation, and fosters consensus-building among public interest and private sector stakeholders.

This position reports to the Director of Privacy & Data.  Responsibilities may include:

• Conducting in-depth legal, policy and legislative research and analysis and developing privacy policy recommendations;
• Drafting legal and advocacy documents such as policy papers, blog posts, press releases, testimony, agency comments, and legal briefs and memoranda;
• Advocating before executive branch and legislative policymakers;
• Collaborating with industry and foundations to advance best practices in privacy, with an emphasis on the collection, sharing and use of unregulated health data for the first year;
• Representing CDT in the media and at public events; and
• Developing and maintaining productive relationships with other advocates, academics, technologists, companies and communities.

Salary is commensurate with experience and is competitive with public interest and government pay scales. CDT provides a generous benefits package that includes health care and dental coverage, a retirement plan, paid vacation, sick days, and parental leave.

Qualifications:

This position is designed for a lawyer with demonstrated knowledge of privacy policy.

Required qualifications:

• A law degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience in law and public policy;
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills and demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills;
• Knowledge of and experience with laws relating to US privacy policy is a must; experience with GDPR preferred;
• Experience working with a variety of diverse stakeholders and an understanding of how to productively bring those disparate positions together;
• Flexibility and the ability to respond to the issues of the day; and
• Commitment to CDT’s mission to put democracy and individual rights at the center of the digital revolution.

Additional qualifications may include:

• Familiarity with relevant policy institutions, including experience working in or with federal agencies or Congress;
• Demonstrated experience with public speaking and communicating with the media;
• Existing relationships with key stakeholders, including policymakers, the press, advocates, and tech companies, and experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders and organizations;
• Knowledge of emerging trends in technology and implications for users and society, including the influence of technology on human rights and civil liberties;
• An understanding of how law, policy and technology may have a disparate impact on underserved or disadvantaged individuals and communities.

Application Info:

To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to hr@cdt.org.

Application:

Interested applicants can view the posting here.