Outreach Coordinator

NPP Employment Opportunities

Reports To: NPP Program Director
Salary: $42,000 – 45,000, depending on experience. See benefits below.
FTE: This is a one-year, full-time position with benefits.
Position Overview: National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies is dedicated to working with movement partners and activists to ensure that our federal resources prioritize peace, shared prosperity, and economic security for all. In 2014, the project was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for our work on military spending.

NPP is a project of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), a progressive think tank dedicated to building a more equitable, ecologically sustainable, and peaceful society. We believe progress occurs when people and movements come together to act on powerful ideas based on equity, peace, and the protection of our planet. Since 1963, we have been challenging corrupt power structures that undermine a true democracy. Today, we are uniting people and movements around real, transformational change through independent research, networking across issues, and visionary platforms.

NPP is now launching a one-year project to build ties with climate change-focused organizations to illuminate the ties between climate and militarism. Militarism contributes directly to climate change, and it represents one of the more alarming responses to climate threats and climate-related migration. But the U.S. war economy also presents an opportunity to redirect significant military resources, including money, infrastructure, and people, toward implementing solutions to climate change.

The Outreach Coordinator will be responsible for growing collaborations on shifting our war economy to address the climate crisis, working when possible in close collaboration with immigration and workers’ rights organizations. The ideal person for this position will have existing ties and familiarity with individuals and organizations that focus on climate change, immigrants’ rights, and/or workers’ rights. The Outreach Coordinator reports to the NPP Program Director.

This is a full-time, one-year position based in either Northampton, MA or Washington, DC. Occasional evenings, weekends and travel are required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the NPP Program Director and Research Analyst to plan an outreach strategy, including identifying possible partners;
• Develop outreach materials including messaging, memes or other formats;
• Conduct outreach and recruit new organizational partners and stakeholders;
• Track project progress including timelines, goals reached and outcomes achieved, and coordinate between multiple stakeholders and partners;
• Contribute writing to issue fact sheets and other summaries of relevant issues;
• Assist with planning for any public events, direct actions or other event logistics with and for partner organizations.
• Contribute original writing to NPP blog on timely topics related to outreach.

REQUIRED

• Commitment to anti-militarism as inseparable from social justice and environmental protection.
• Past work and/or studies in organizing, social justice, or related field.
• Highly organized, demonstrated ability to manage competing deadlines and multiple tasks, comfortable creating and following detailed project management plans.
• Comfortable with multiple modes of communication among a geographically dispersed team (video chats, conference calls, direct messaging, texting etc.).

Preferred/ Desired

• Two to four years’ work experience in organizing, climate change, immigrant rights or other related field.
• Experience building diverse coalitions and campaigns.
• Existing relationships with individuals and organizations that advocate for a bold, progressive approach to the climate crisis.
• Ability to articulate connections between militarism, climate change, immigration, racism and related issues.

BENEFITS Excellent benefits including generous vacation, 403(b) plan upon hire, fully paid dependent health insurance, fully paid life insurance, fully paid long-term disability, optional short-term disability, direct deposit, and flex time.

TO APPLY

Please send in the following materials in a single PDF to apply@ips-dc.org with “Outreach Coordinator” in the subject line:

• A cover letter explaining your interest in the position and any related experience
• Your resume
• Three references
• A writing sample not exceeding 2 pages in length. We prefer non-academic papers, perhaps a blog post, or a press release.

Please submit materials by October 8, 2018. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

IPS is strengthened by the diversity of our staff and board, and we actively welcome applications from people of color, women, LGBTQ candidates, and candidates who hold other historically marginalized identities. Applicants are asked to fill out a confidential survey to assist in evaluating our applicant pool. Thank you very much for your interest in working with us.