The Beacon Center is Tennessee’s premier free market public policy organization. Beacon is pound for pound the most effective and efficient state-level think tank on the planet. With a staff of just 13, Beacon has achieved remarkable policy and legal victories that have empowered Tennesseans to reclaim and protect their freedoms. Among our accomplishments, we have:
- Led the effort to repeal the state death tax and Hall Income Tax, becoming just the second state in history to eliminate an income tax. These tax cuts have cumulatively saved taxpayers more than $3 billion to date.
- Enacted the nation’s fourth education savings account program, Tennessee’s first private school choice program.
- Advanced free market healthcare reforms, including direct primary care, an overhaul of Tennessee’s certificate of need laws, Medicaid work requirements, and Right to Try.
- Helped usher in the nation’s first Right to Earn a Living Act to bring about occupational licensing reform, and successfully repealed multiple licensing laws, resulting in Tennessee leading the nation in the reduction of licensing barriers over the past five years.
- Combined strategic litigation and community engagement to invalidate Nashville’s home business ban—the most restrictive in the nation—and freeing up 14,000 businesses to operate from home.
About the Role
We’re looking for an energetic and liberty-minded Deputy Director of Development to help grow our organization and provide us with the necessary resources to serve our fellow Tennesseans effectively. Our Deputy Director of Development must be entrepreneurial and results-oriented: someone who is willing to take ownership of projects and exercise sound judgment to solve problems. He or she should be ideologically aligned. We believe that the principles of free markets, individual liberty, and limited government are the foundation of a prosperous and opportunity-laden society. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of relevant experience in fundraising, sales, non-profit management, or an equivalent field and can travel throughout the state of Tennessee approximately 15%. [Read more…]