Associate Director

National Lieutenant Governors Association

Covington, Kentucky

Job Type: Full-Time, Salaried

Compensation: $65,000 - $75,000, commensurate with experience

Posted Date: 05/07/2026

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Associate Director

Job Description

NLGA is seeking a strong communicator with relevant experience to help drive development, marketing, and events at a national, nonpartisan association serving elected officials. This role offers a unique opportunity to expand your skills, take ownership of key projects, and help shape meetings and initiatives that can impact state government.

NLGA is seeking an organized self-starter who thrives in a collaborative, small-team environment, brings creativity and strategic thinking to projects, and is located in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region.

Duties and Responsibilities

NLGA Development (approx. 40% of position)

• Perform all-sources development: fundraising, sales, invoicing, collection, tracking and reporting, service, recognition, renewal, and relationship building and maintenance
• Responsible for meeting goal amounts
• Initiate and complete private sector membership and sponsorship sales, including in-kind donations, in-kind events, and possible grant application completion and writing
• Lead fundraising for 3+ meetings a year, largely from the private sector
• Assist in the identification of opportunities from the private sector, partners, foundations, and entities of government to fund policy research, seminars, capital expenses, international travel, or other
• Maintenance of all development through service, relationship building, billing & collections, renewals, tracking and reporting, etc.

 NLGA Meetings, Marketing, and Membership Services (approx. 35% of position)

• Represent the Association, its members, and the office of lieutenant governor professionally and in a non-partisan manner
• Responsible for speakers’ technical needs for 3+ meetings/yr
• Second-in-command for meeting development, planning, and execution, which may include leading on-site visits and hotel selections, working with the hotel on contractual issues, and management of issues related to the hotel block
• Initiate/respond to public and private sector members and the press
• Assist in the development of website (s), and content for and posting to website (s)
• Continue or initiate emerging media services, including webinars, social media,
• Become a primary user of the association database system, website, and financial reporting system through self-guided study
• Become a primary user of other software/systems necessary to operate NLGA (i.e., Microsoft and Adobe products, QuickBooks, Good Grants, WordPress, etc.), through self-guided study
• Initiate improvements to NLGA communications, including website, meeting materials, meeting agenda book, e-newsletter, printed newsletter, annual report, portfolio, more, and assist in writing and completion of each on deadline, and suggest new or replacement opportunities
• Assist in content development for all NLGA services, products, publications, and meetings
• Identify, initiate, service, and maintain new and existing services, projects, and opportunities for public and private sector members and staff
• Write research papers, news stories, newsletter articles, press releases, and various written updates

NLGA Project Work (approx. 25% of position)

• Accept and readily assume a leadership role in the association sharing with the Director ideas and advice on short and long term planning, priorities, and strategic vision, while understanding the small nature of the association means the Associate Director performs his/er own and Association daily tasks (i.e. typing, telephone answering, filing, lifting and moving crates and boxes, )
• Staff various sessions, meetings or missions which may contain international guests or to plan or help plan international missions, where this employee may not be attending, may also be attending, or may be attending as the lead or sole staff person
• Serve as committee or project director on a myriad of duties, including agenda and minutes preparation, budget compliance, fiscal and/or policy analysis, development, and maintenance of technical aspects
• Lead various projects which may include website creation or maintenance, reporting, including grant or other reporting, planning, and conducting webinars, etc.
• Personally conduct all research, outreach, or other elements of a project or proposal
• Perform original research, writing, and presentations on issues related to the office of lieutenant governor or NLGA projects, or NLGA operations
• Perform original research, writing, and presentations on an array of project or issue areas

Education

Bachelor’s degree required. Additional certification(s)/studies are valued.

Experience

• Experience as a project leader is a required minimum, Associate Director or Manager-level experience
• At least five years of relevant
• Must have a proven record of completing work independently, meeting deadlines, and goals with little
• Must possess proven political acumen, stalwart discretion and judgment, and immense
• A proven track record of development and fundraising from various sources (i.e., private sector, membership sales, successful grant writing experience, success obtaining or managing funding) is necessary.
• Knowledge of state government and experience in event planning/meeting management preferred but not required.
• Must have some technical knowledge, including print communications, PowerPoint, and other technology used at conferences. Website experience is a plus.
• Must have exemplary communication skills, including oral presentations and sales ability, and in written communications, including press releases, academic findings, annual reports, and/or news
• Demonstrated experience in issue analysis or original research and presentation, published or presented works, is a plus.

Qualifications

• This individual must show initiative and be an independent and team worker, must have stalwart discretion and judgment, must multitask, and must be an accountable, cooperative, collaborative, non-partisan team player.
• While working with NLGA at its highest level, this individual must also know they have no administrative support, and they will be a hands-on employee in every way, from answering phones to packing, lifting, and shipping boxes.
• Must be able to independently lift and transport 40 pounds in a repetitive Must be willing to work long hours, be consistently on-call, and travel up to 10 – 20% of the time, including internationally.
• Must have or be able to obtain a valid
• Must accountably accept responsibility and leadership, and hold

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