12 Advocacy/Lobbying jobs

Covenant House California (CHC) - a non-profit agency serving young people (ages 18-24) overcoming homelessness and human trafficking with sanctuary and supportive services - seeks a compassionate, joyful, and inspiring leader as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The CEO will lead with courage, emotional intelligence, and resilience developing a committed team of 170 across five sites. Close to 1/3 of young people facing homelessness in the U.S. are in California with 12,000 youth experiencing homelessness each night. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a dynamic organization that is well-positioned to help solve California’s homelessness crisis with a bold vision and holistic approach. Centering the needs of a diverse population of young people and influencing statewide systems and laws, the CEO will ensure CHC continues to provide quality services and support while leading expansion that makes a significant difference in the lives of youth experiencing...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, is seeking to identify a Managing Director of Finance and Administration to join its senior team. This is an opportunity to help this non-profit organization continue to expand its work in the United States and internationally. The strategic and supportive work of the Managing Director will contribute to the organization’s growth and impact. The Managing Director of Finance and Administration (MDFA) is a strategic, hardworking, and experienced financial manager. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, the MDFA will be responsible for all financial and administrative activities for the organization, including financial management and reporting, budget, cash management, general accounting, banking, payroll and investment, information technology and operational support, among other responsibilities. As a key member of the senior leadership team, the MDFA must be a...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks an ambitious and highly organized communications assistant to support its growing visibility as a global leader in the defense of free expression. This is a full-time, union-eligible position based in our headquarters in New York City and will report to the senior manager, Graphic Design and Communications. This position offers a significant opportunity for professional growth and development in a trusted and responsible role that touches on all facets of PEN America’s communications activities. This role will assist with content production and publication workflows, conceive of new ways to transform our work into compelling digital content, and provide administrative support including but not limited to monthly finance reports, scheduling, digital asset management, and meeting coordination. This position will require availability on occasional evenings and weekends to work...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization that stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide, seeks a creative, detail-oriented, and collaborative Literary Awards program director to lead the day-to-day operations of this high-profile program, continuing to support its strength and growth. This is a full-time position in the New York office and will report to the Chief Program Officer, Literary Programming. The Literary Awards program is one of the most public ways PEN America recognizes the literary excellence that free expression rights make possible. PEN America confers more than 20 distinct awards, fellowships, grants and prizes each year, awarding nearly $350,000 to the most outstanding voices in literature across diverse genres, including fiction, poetry, science writing, essays, biography, children’s literature, drama, and translations.  The Program Director will continue to build and maintain...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks an innovative and energetic coordinator to join the Membership and National Engagement team. This hands-on role will help expand and mobilize PEN America’s membership in support of the organization’s work to address threats to free expression, engage with literature, and promote discourse. The coordinator will support the development and implementation of strategies for the recruitment, retention, and engagement of members across the organization’s activities. This is a full-time, union-eligible position based in the New York office and reports to the program director, Membership and National Engagement. The Membership and National Engagement coordinator will support the full cycle of Professional Member participation in PEN America. The position requires a candidate who is adept at and comfortable with database maintenance, literary programming, and audience engagement....

About Sightline Institute    Sightline Institute is committed to making Cascadia—the region stretching from Alaska to northern California and from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountain states—a global model of sustainability, with strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment. Founded in 1993, Sightline is one of the region’s premier public policy think tanks, influencing legislation many times—and media coverage hundreds of times—each year.     In our programs on Housing + Cities, Democracy + Elections, and Climate + Energy, we identify and promote reforms that yield outsized improvements for the region’s people and places .     A nonprofit, nonpartisan, and independent public policy research center, Sightline provides research reports, articles, and commentary; maps, graphics, and tools; framing and messaging guidance. Sightline’s influence depends on the depth and breadth of our researchers’ expertise and...

    About the Legal Aid Justice Center:   The Legal Aid Justice Center is a nationally recognized, non-profit organization that partners with low-income clients and communities of color in Virginia to fight for racial, social, and economic justice. We understand that the harms our clients endure are inextricably linked to overarching systems of injustice. Together we are dismantling those systems through a combination of community organizing, litigation, policy advocacy, public relations, and individual legal services.   Founded in 1967, LAJC has offices in Charlottesville, Richmond, Petersburg, and Falls Church and provides services under six key program areas: Civil Rights & Racial Justice (focuses on the criminal legal system), Housing & Consumer Justice, Youth Justice, Health Justice & Public Benefits, Immigrant Justice, and Worker Justice. As examples of LAJC’s recent work, our lawsuit and organizing against the state forced reform of Virginia’s...

  Managing Director CareOregon Foundation Salary: $115,000 - $140,000 Location: Hybrid within OR State   The CareOregon Foundation was created through $25M of initial seed funding from CareOregon to address health equity and improve the health of populations in Oregon facing health disparities. Beginning in 2025, we will begin investing in organizations aligned with CareOregon Foundation’s values. We seek to partner with communities and organizations to remove social and economic barriers to community and individual health and resilience. Following the recruitment of initial board members, CareOregon Foundation seeks its first Managing Director (MD) to help set the strategy and collaborative funding practices to realize our vision for greater health access and equity for all Oregonians.   The Foundation is currently led by a combination of directors appointed by the CareOregon board and directors elected by the Foundation board. Current board...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, is seeking to identify an Assistant Controller to join its Finance and Administration team. The Assistant Controller will engage in a range of activities to support the financial operations of our nonprofit organization. The Assistant Controller will perform Finance and Administration functions, including budget management, compliance with grant requirements, managing restricted and unrestricted funds, and provide financial analysis to support decision-making. This is a full-time position based in the New York City office and reports to the Controller.  The successful candidate will be part of a dedicated and mission-driven staff at a fast-paced organization. The ideal candidate will have experience in nonprofit accounting, a strong understanding of fund accounting, and expertise in budget development and grant monitoring. Responsibilities:  Budget Management...