Senior Policy Associate for Child Protection

The Senior Policy Associate for Child Protection will play a leading role in the organization’s advocacy efforts to keep children safe and out of foster care and help children in foster care heal and thrive. The Senior Policy Associate will be responsible for policy research, data analysis, policy development, and executing advocacy strategies to improve the Texas child protection system and ensure families can access the mental health services and other supports they and their children need to stay safely together. The Senior Policy Associate will report to the Director of Child Protection Policy. The position is full-time and based in Austin in a hybrid work environment.

Texans Care for Children is a statewide, non-profit, non-partisan, multi-issue children’s advocacy organization based in Austin, Texas. We develop policy solutions, produce research, and engage Texas community leaders to educate policymakers, the media, and the public about what works to improve the...