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AFR has been called “the leading voice for Wall Street accountability” in Washington. Help us continue and grow this important work.  Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) is seeking a Research Director to oversee and manage the research agenda, design, and produce research materials, supervise research staff, and coordinate with communications, campaign, and policy colleagues to fulfill AFR’s mission. AFREF played a leading role in winning passage of the Dodd Frank Financial Reform law and the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; and we are driving the fight for broader transformations of the financial system to advance economic, racial, and social justice. AFREF’s staff develops policy and strategies in collaboration with a coalition of more than 200 consumer, civil rights, labor, community based, and other organizations, along with academics and other experts. The Research Director will draw on their own research, policy and advocacy...

Founded in 2012, Shatterproof is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the addiction crisis in America by revolutionizing addiction treatment, ending the stigma surrounding this disease, educating and empowering communities, and creating policy change that helps more Americans recover.  JOB SUMMARY Shatterproof is seeking a Digital Editorial Manager to own creation of digital content across channels to increase supporter growth, revenue, and engagement, and provide critical analysis of data for executive-level evidence-based decision making. Reporting to the Director of Strategy, Online Giving, the Digital Editorial Manager will work closely with stakeholders throughout the organization to maintain a customer-focused content strategy resulting in increased revenue, new supporter acquisition, nurturing, engagement, and retention. The manager will assist with email campaign strategy (desired outcome, design, and flow), write and produce email, web, and social...

Job Announcement Sr. Full-Stack Engineer  We are looking for a founding Full-Stack Engineer for our climate efforts. If you are excited about developing great products in the climate space, then this may be the perfect role for you. We have been a remote organization since our inception and so this position is based anywhere in the US or Canada. The role We are looking for a founding full-stack engineer for our climate efforts. The ideal individual is excited to ship great products, hands-on engineering, talk with users, master the climate domain, and set direction. You will work closely with the Product Manager and Design Lead responsible for the climate product as well as the Act Now leadership team (CEO and COO).  You will report to the Head of Engineering, who will support you in growing the team over time. Through our research we’ve uncovered high-leverage opportunities to impact climate policy in the US by focusing at the hyper-local level. In this...

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY    Do you want to be part of an organization that is making a difference in the lives of people living with Down syndrome?      If so, we want to hear from you! Throughout the past 30 years, life has improved for people with Down syndrome. Many enjoy an increased lifespan, benefit from therapies and inclusion in school and community, and daily realize new opportunities of independence. The last 10 years have seen a significant increase in momentum in Down syndrome research, but too many of the community’s medical and therapeutic needs continue to go unmet.   The LuMind IDSC Foundation envisions a world where every person with Down syndrome thrives with improved health, independence, and opportunities to reach their fullest potential. Founded in 2004 by two families seeking better futures for their children, today the organization accelerates research to increase availability of therapeutic, diagnostic, and medical care options, while also...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a high-caliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. It has a national reputation for conducting rigorous research and analysis, developing evidence-based policy ideas and strategies, shaping a broad array of policy debates at the federal and state levels, and influencing policy outcomes on a range of critical issues. It focuses on improving the lives of people with low or moderate incomes and examines how policies affect particular groups, including Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people. The Center is known for its unique capacity to blend rigorous, timely analysis with effective communications that enable policymakers and the media to make use of its work.   The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is seeking applicants for the State Policy Fellowship Program to work as...

Senior Director, Principal & Major Gifts Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Brookline, MA Full Time (4-5 days remote/week) The Senior Director of Principal & Major Gifts (PMG) will work with prospects and donors capable of commitments in the $1 million - 10 million range and is responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and close of $5 million - 10 million in revenue annually. The Senior Director is responsible for assisting the entire Division with reaching financial goals with a particular focus on campaign priorities.  Embody Dana-Farber’s Core Values: Impact; Excellence; Compassion & Respect; and Discovery every day. Add value to the Dana-Farber community by seeking opportunities to collaborate across the Institute.  Foster an ethical, positive, results-oriented culture founded on open communication.  Dana-Farber is pursuing an ambitious, multi-year fundraising effort to change the future of cancer research and care: The Dana-Farber...

Explore Careers in Public Policy The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a high-caliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. It has a national reputation for conducting rigorous research and analysis, developing evidence-based policy ideas and strategies, shaping a broad array of policy debates at the federal and state levels, and influencing policy outcomes on a range of critical issues. It focuses on improving the lives of people with low or moderate incomes and examines how policies affect particular groups, including Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, immigrants, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people. The Center is known for its unique capacity to blend rigorous, timely analysis with effective communications that enable policymakers and the media to make use of its work. The Center seeks highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students (including law), as...

Role: Director of Research Projects Reports to: Vice President of Research Location: Remote Hours: Full-time About Trevor The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people. We are a non-profit that provides 24/7 life-saving support via phone, text, and chat. We also operate the world’s largest safe space social networking site for LGBTQ youth and run innovative research, education, and advocacy programs. We’ve been saving lives every day for over 20 years. Overview of the role The first-ever Director of Research Projects will oversee our growing portfolio of research    projects. This includes our ground-breaking annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental    Health and our upcoming International Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health. Additionally    this person will manage upcoming research projects, including polling initiatives and analysis of our internal data. The...

Results for America (RFA ) is the leading national nonprofit organization helping policymakers at all levels of government harness the power of evidence and data to solve the world’s greatest challenges. Our mission is to make investing in what works the “new normal” so that one day, all government leaders use rigorous evidence and quality data to inform important policy and funding decisions. We believe that data-driven and evidence-based policy decisions could significantly increase the impact of the over $1 trillion that governments spend annually to advance economic mobility and racial equity. The Opportunity RFA is building a new Impact & Learning Team to lead on data infrastructure management, data analysis, facilitating focused conversations about data and performance, and following through on rigorously measuring impact. RFA desires to effectively ‘roll up’ data it already collects via standards of excellence and create new metrics where needed to ‘draw the dots’...

About Us Sequoia Climate Fund   is a new philanthropy that seeks to decarbonize the world economy at a speed and scale equal to the challenge. We support bold strategies and efforts that will have both near-term impact and the greatest probability of long-term success. We believe that solving climate change requires the adoption of ambitious, evidence-based policy solutions that transform markets, advance clean technology, and lead to large-scale change. Our focus areas include power, transportation, buildings, industry, land use, agriculture and forestry, finance, communications, movement building and public engagement. Sequoia Climate Fund is active in major emitting geographies, including China, the United States, India, the European Union, among others. We are dedicated to building the political will and powerful coalitions needed to achieve these bold policy solutions. Our office and staff are based in Irvine, California. About the Role China and the Southeast...

Role: Qualitative UX Researcher Reports to: Senior Manager of UX Location: Remote Hours: Full-time About Trevor The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people. We are a non-profit that provides 24/7 life-saving support via phone, text, and chat. We also operate the world’s largest safe space social networking site for LGBTQ youth and run innovative research, education, and advocacy programs. We’ve been saving lives every day for over 20 years. Overview of the role As a UX Researcher at the Trevor Project, you will join the growing UX research team to understand our users as well as evangelize for user experience across the organization. You will work closely with UX design, data science, product management, software engineering, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure we are solving the right problems and identifying innovative opportunities for new and existing products...

Role: UX Designer Reports to: Senior Manager of UX Location: Remote Hours: Full-time About Trevor The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people. We are a non-profit that provides 24/7 life-saving support via phone, text, and chat. We also operate the world’s largest safe space social networking site for LGBTQ youth and run innovative research, education, and advocacy programs. We’ve been saving lives every day for over 20 years. Overview of the role As a UX Designer at The Trevor Project, you will play a major role in evangelizing user experience best-practices across the organization. You will be responsible for creating user-centered process flows and product designs that scale our ability to support volunteer counselors, staff supervisors, and LGBTQ youth across the United States and, eventually, internationally. . You also will serve as a thought partner for...