Public Citizen
Organizer
Presidents Office - Washington, DC - Full Time
Public Citizen is a national, non-partisan, public interest group with over 500,000 members and activists across the country. The Congress Watch division conducts public education campaigns and advocates before the Congress and administrative agencies on issues like tax, financial regulation, and other equitable economy issues; open government; regulatory safeguards; tech accountability; public health and safety; and access to justice.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: The Equitable Economy Advocacy Organizer will work closely with the Congress Watch’s Director, Managing Director, and other Congress Watch staff. This position also works in conjunction with the Public Citizen’s Online and Communications teams and other divisions of the organization to execute advocacy and organizing plans to meet Congress Watch’s goal and ensure the division’s work is well-integrated with cross-cutting organizational priorities.
In the near-term, the focus of this position will be mobilizing Public Citizen’s activist base and partners to act as spokespersons in their communities to shape the tax debate, opposing giveaways to the wealthy and corporations. While this position will principally support our tax and equitable economy campaigns, this position serves as an essential member of our Congress Watch advocacy team-- helping us to win our campaigns, pass legislation, and train our grassroots activists. This is a one year grant contingent position.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Salary range: $67,743 – 98,024.
Benefits include:
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: The Equitable Economy Advocacy Organizer will work closely with the Congress Watch’s Director, Managing Director, and other Congress Watch staff. This position also works in conjunction with the Public Citizen’s Online and Communications teams and other divisions of the organization to execute advocacy and organizing plans to meet Congress Watch’s goal and ensure the division’s work is well-integrated with cross-cutting organizational priorities.
In the near-term, the focus of this position will be mobilizing Public Citizen’s activist base and partners to act as spokespersons in their communities to shape the tax debate, opposing giveaways to the wealthy and corporations. While this position will principally support our tax and equitable economy campaigns, this position serves as an essential member of our Congress Watch advocacy team-- helping us to win our campaigns, pass legislation, and train our grassroots activists. This is a one year grant contingent position.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Grassroots outreach: The Equitable Economy Advocacy Organizer will lead in achieving specific campaign deliverables to engage our grassroots base on tax fairness issues, primarily working with our activists, but also with coalition partners and other stakeholders, to engage them to lead neighbor-to-neighbor education events; speak out to decisionmakers, on social media, and with the press; and otherwise take action in their local communities. This includes making phone and video calls, sending emails, and other grassroots outreach strategies.
- Online to offline activism - Help write and upload email messages and develop action pages to encourage members to engage with Congress Watch campaigns. Work to deepen activist engagement by developing and implementing trainings and creating additional targeted content to enable activists to educate their friends, families, and neighbors on tax fairness, financial reform, and other issues. Work with the organizations’ digital and grassroots organizing teams to expand our Congress Watch activist base and enhance activist engagement in both offline and online events.
- Ally outreach - Work with existing and new coalition partners to amplify and expand national, state, and local campaign efforts. Identify and perform outreach to affinity groups like faith based and anti-poverty organizations to coordinate on public education and advocacy tactics.
- Website content - Update and develop content for the Public Citizen website, including drafting blogs.
- Social media - Engage with social media for the Congress Watch campaigns, including working with Public Citizen’s communications team to develop videos, images, and similar content.
- Proactive media work – Work with the Communications department and Congress Watch team to draft letter-to-the-editor templates for activists, press releases, op-eds, and short statements, assisting with pitching at the state and local level when appropriate, prepping and training coalition partners and activists, or otherwise engaging with the media in furtherance of Congress Watch campaigns.
- Assessment and reporting: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of organizing outreach, activist engagement, and achievement of specific campaign deliverables. Use data to reassess outreach tactics as needed to ensure effectiveness and progress toward stated goals. Work with Congress Watch leadership, Public Citizen’s Development team, and Co-Presidents to contribute content to grant reports and similar materials.
- College degree preferred but not required. At least two years of grassroots field organizing experience or a comparable mix of relevant experience, such as online organizing, communications, public policy, advocacy, or campaign work.
- Familiarity with the legislative process and advocacy; experience using programs to track activist outreach, progress toward campaign deliverables, and similar metrics; the ability to create online content and action alerts; and use of tools to engage the grassroots in policy campaigns. Background in tax, economic, or financial reform issues are highly desirable.
- Excellent verbal communication and people skills, strong writing, research, and data management skills required. Desire and ability to make complex policy accessible and compelling to a variety of audiences. Some online action, digital graphic design, virtual meeting management, and presentation software skills are desirable.
- Highly motivated, well organized and able to multi-task under pressure; able to work well with a wide range of people from speaking one-on-one to activists to collaborating in a team-based environment, including within the overall organizational structure; adaptable to different work processes, styles and sometimes fluid work agendas; ability to carefully follow direction. Winning attitude and sense of humor highly appreciated.
- A strong interest in field organizing and a commitment to social justice and public interest advocacy.
- Ability to work the occasional night or weekend.
Salary range: $67,743 – 98,024.
Benefits include:
- Great medical and dental coverage, 100% paid by PC, including full coverage for children
- Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees, plus five personal days
- 401K plan with a 5% contribution from PC after one year of employment
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave after one year of employment
- Sabbatical after 8 years of employment
- Student loan reimbursement program
