Mid-West Regional Advocacy Campaign Manager, Drug Policy Alliance - *REMOTE*

Title: Midwest Regional Advocacy Campaign Manager

Type: Full-time   

Location: Remote

Pay: $81-$88k/year

The Regional Advocacy Campaign Manager is the primary strategist and organizing coordinator in the Mid-West region, working within the Drug Policy Alliance’s Organizing and Campaigns Department.

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Zero Waste Campaign Associate (PIRG) - Portland, OR

PIRG is hiring a Campaign Associate to help drive our campaigns to Break the Waste Cycle and move us towards a “circular” or “zero waste” economy in which less is consumed and all materials are reused, recycled and composted.

Our country has a waste problem. Natural resources are continually extracted to produce goods that are used – often just once – before they are thrown into landfills, incinerators or the natural environment. This system of consumption and disposal results in the waste of precious resources and in pollution that threatens our health, environment and the global climate.

To protect public health and the environment, conserve natural resources and landscapes, and address the mounting crisis of climate change, America needs to move toward an economic system characterized by zero waste. 

Department

Program

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

Portland, OR

** We’re also hiring campaign associates to work on other campaigns in locations across the country. We accept applications on a rolling basis for immediate or summer 2025 start.

Workplace type

Onsite

Compensation

$37,000 / year

Key Responsibilities

• Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to a broad range of organizations and affected constituency groups across the political spectrum to demonstrate support for our campaign goals.
• Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize news conferences and write opinion pieces. Build a following on social media for your campaign.
• Organize events and work with volunteers. Organize webinars, community events and public meetings. Recruit organizations and members of the public to attend and participate.
• Research and write reports: Catalog and analyze data relevant to the issue and our policy proposals to help influence public debate and earn media attention for our cause.
• Recruit new people to your team: Help build your team by recruiting volunteers, interns and full-time staff.
• Run a grassroots campaign office each summer: Run a campaign office for the summer to raise money to support our campaigns, build our organization and membership, and help build critical and timely grassroots support to win key campaigns while honing your organizing and management skills. You may be assigned to a different office location for the summer and should be flexible to move.

Qualifications

We are seeking a Campaign Associate who will spearhead this campaign and work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts.

Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. Though we expect you to take your campaign and run with it, we provide training on advocacy and organizing skills, as well as oversight by an experienced advocate. Ideal candidates will have leadership experience, top-notch writing and public speaking skills, an eagerness to learn, and be ready for a challenge. We value organizing experience, including building campus or community groups.

Compensation and Benefits

The target annual compensation for this position is $37,000 in the first year. PIRG offers a competitive benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, paid time off, a commuter benefit program, 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

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Research Director - Color of Change - DC & New York

For more information please visit: Color of Change 

ROLE SUMMARY

Color Of Change is hiring a full-time Research Director to lead our campaign research work. The Research Director, Campaigns will manage a team of Campaign Researchers and Senior Campaign Researchers who conduct research projects that investigate, analyze, and present findings to achieve strategic campaign goals and win real change from targeted individuals and institutions in government, business, media, or public leadership positions. Researchers will report to the Research Director while their work is embedded in Color Of Change’s corporate and government campaign verticals and across all major focus areas: [Criminal] Justice, Economic Justice,Democracy, and Media & Tech Justice. This is a new position, ideal for a flexible and creative leader with strong planning, organizational, and communications skills. The ideal candidate will have experience leading initiatives with civil rights, racial justice and/or equity frameworks.This position reports directly to the Deputy Senior Campaign Director and will work closely with team members throughout the organization to achieve Color Of Change’s mission.

Responsibilities: 

· To succeed as a Research Director, we’ve identified four areas of responsibility -- grouped into Research, Planning and Organization,  Communications, and Management.

 

Research

· Lead the research team to develop research and analysis that advances campaign goals and strategy.Design and conduct impactful research projects that drive successful campaigns to win government action or corporate accountability.

· Develop and lead training on research concepts and skills for research and non-research staff.

· Use a wide variety of public and private sources, including internet, media, corporate and financial research, legislative and policy research, lobbying and political spending, public records, interviews, and more. Advise and train team members on sources. Identify and manage COC research tool contracts. 

 

Planning and Organization

· Coordinate Researchers’ role across multiple teams, projects, and issue areas across the organization to ensure effective and powerful participation in campaign planning and ongoing work.

· Design and project manage Color Of Change research projects, products, and related events (such as convening, panels).  Develop and implement mechanisms for tracking and evaluation of projects as part of continuous learning and improvement.

· Coordinate and track the overall work of the research team, evaluate capacity and needs for external contractors or vendors.

· Participate actively on the Campaigns Department and as a part of the overall COC leadership to share responsibility in developing an inclusive, learning-based culture that centers campaigns to make real-world change in the lives of Black people.

 

Communications

· In conjunction with campaign teams, determine and execute the most powerful uses of information.  Write a wide variety of internal and external products for many audiences including strategy decks, briefings for policy makers, infographics, reports, websites, and more.

· Develop and guide the development of research products with a Black racial justice frame.

· Ensure research products are accurate and effective across the team.

 

Management and Leadership

· Manage staff and provide training, supervision, and consistent feedback,  growth, and professional development opportunities.

· Manage relationships with service providers, vendors, consultants and other contractors as necessary to successfully execute on your program strategy.

· Represent Color Of Change in working groups, coalitions, and cross-organizational projects.

· Any other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

· In this role and organization, strategic thinking, communication, organization and flexibility are paramount. While experience in a similar role in the civil rights sector is not required, experience in research for organizing and advocacy and a commitment to civil rights and racial justice is. A qualified candidate should have:

· At least 5 years research experience, with a proven record of using research for policy advocacy or organizing campaigns. Experience managing staff is crucial to this role.

· Excellent research skills: Deep experience in conducting research and analysis, including internet based research, information and data gathering, public records searches, and the ability to synthesize relevant facts.

· Critical thinking and experimentation: You meet challenges with problem-solving with a mix of traditional and non-traditional approaches. You have deep intellectual curiosity, creativity and the ability to quickly learn new skills

· Strong writing and verbal skills. Experience developing research and writing products, from initial concept stage to final drafting. The ability to communicate information clearly is fundamental to this role, including a variety of public communications with varied audiences, and internal reports, strategy decks, memos, and other strategy-related documents.

· Top-notch organization skills.  Experience planning and coordinating larger projects, long-term research plans and managing multiple priorities is key.

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. This position will manage a team whose daily work spans projects across the organization. The ability to clearly communicate with the staff you are working with, with teams and roles throughout organization, and with external targets, partners, consultants and vendors are paramount.

· Skills in developing talent - strong management skills, including the ability to training and develop early-career researchers, coaching, work planning, feedback, delegation, and accountability will be crucial to this position.

· Excellent judgment: This role requires confidentiality, attention to detail, a commitment to accuracy, strong fact-checking, and the judgment to evaluate risk.

· A deep racial justice analysis and a strong ability to effectively use a Black/racial justice frame of reference to write compelling and persuasive program and engagement material

· Constructive optimism. The work that we do – be it political, organizing, or creative – is all about the art of the possible. While we’re looking to remedy deep structural issues, our progress comes incrementally – a series of wins, some small and some large, that help advance us closer to the systemic change we seek.

· Flexibility: Willingness to adapt to changing needs and to travel as needed.

COMPENSATION

The salary for the Research Director is $110,000- $110,000. This is a full-time exempt position. Color OfChange also offers a competitive benefits package. 

 

MORE INFORMATION

Union Position: No

Location: Washington, DC / New York, NY preferred, but remote (US BASED) candidates are welcome.

For more information please visit: Color of Change 

Senior Account Associate, BerlinRosen - New York City, NY

Senior Account Associate

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New York City, NY

Senior Account Associate

BerlinRosen, a leading New York and national strategic communications firm, is seeking a Senior Account Associate to work with our Cities team to help clients meet a wide range of communications goals in a changing media environment.

This position requires 4-6 years of experience in strategic communications and campaigns, with a strong background and interest in cities and urban issues, including land use, transit and community development. Excellent writing skills are a must.

This position is available in our New York office.

This position provides candidates with a unique opportunity to join a talented and growing team working with major urban innovators, developers and thought leaders on some of the most high-profile projects in New York City.

Applicants should possess:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong news sense and knowledge of the media
• Strong experience with media relations and demonstrated relationships with reporters
• Experience with digital strategy
• Excellent computer skills including Word, Excel, Powerpoint
• Attention to detail
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, with varying levels of company staff, clients, contractors and the media
• Ability to handle multiple assignments at once, work quickly and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work with a team to meet group objectives
• Candidates should have some management experience, and will be supervising daily activities of more junior staff 
• Candidates should note any familiarity with urbanism, community development, economic development and housing sectors. 
• Bachelor’s degree or experience in a communications-related field
• Familiarity with and interest in local, state, and national politics and a commitment and passion for progressive politics
• A sense of humor!

Salary: Very competitive

Benefits: 401K, Bonuses, Dental, Vision, Health

Women, people of color and people with disabilities strongly encouraged to apply.

Opportunities for advancement exist, and BerlinRosen is committed to helping staff develop and grow.

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and two writing samples to jobs@berlinrosen.com with Senior Account Associate-CITIES in the subject line.

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