Position Description

The Outreach and Organizing Associate supports the Center’s work with state and local partners, including grassroots organizations, state and local policymakers, and national progressive policy and organizing partners. This position will work with our program team to engage state and local partners, support the creation of tools and guides for grassroots and state and local partners, and provide administrative support for our team’s outreach and engagement efforts.

The ideal candidate will be passionate and have experience working with partners and communities across the progressive movement at the national, state, and local levels. This position will serve as a key partner to our program teams. 

The successful candidate will have a proven ability to build strong relationships with various stakeholders and organizational partners and excellent organizational and project management experience. You are passionate about grassroots advocacy, detail-oriented, and people and community-led solutions. You are entrepreneurial in overcoming obstacles, flexible to changing priorities, and ready to meet challenges and opportunities as they emerge. Finally, you recognize the roles race, gender, and other identities play in shaping working people's experiences and are deeply committed to dismantling these structural barriers.

Primary Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Director of Training and Capacity Building, the Outreach and Organizing Associate will be responsible for the following areas: 

Organizing and Relationship Building (40%)

• Support the CPC Center’s outreach and engagement, including identifying potential partners, representing the CPC Center in some coalition spaces, scheduling partner and coalition meetings, tracking assistance requests and responses, and documenting success stories to share. 

• Build and maintain relationships with state, local, and grassroots partners in conjunction with Directors and staff, including identifying opportunities for collaboration and proactive outreach.

• Contribute to raising the profile of the CPC Center among national, state, and local movement partners.

Event and Administrative Support (40%)

• Track and maintain outreach correspondence and requests from partners, and assist in meeting scheduling.

• Coordinate, attend, and assist with keeping notes for internal meetings and external work with key stakeholders.

• Coordinate with staff and consultants to promote our briefings, presentations, and other events and provide administrative and logistical support for events as needed.

• Track and maintain key program metrics, correspondence, and data as needed.

Program Support (20%)

• Research and identify potential new partners for our programmatic and policy work in conjunction with Directors and staff. 

• Support the creation of easily usable public tools such as mapping success stories, one-pagers, toolkits, and other resources.

• Perform other duties as assigned; the omission of specific duties does not preclude the Director of Training & Capacity from assigning duties logically related to this position.

Qualifications

To be successful in this job, you will excel in six areas:

• Commitment to racial equity and social justice: You recognize the role of race, income, age, immigration status, and other identities in shaping disparities among working people, and you consistently amplify community voices to advocate for more equitable policy solutions. You recognize how your identities show up at work and welcome, reflect on, and act on feedback with an eye toward continuous learning about race, ability, and other lines of difference.

• People Person: You enjoy talking to people, listening to them, and communicating with them to find solutions. You successfully build lasting relationships with partners and move people to action.

• Community familiarity: You have experience in and learning from historically excluded communities and understand the power dynamics at play.

• Independently manages a high volume of work efficiently: You can create a system to prevent tasks from slipping through the cracks, juggle competing demands, and prioritize without sacrificing quality. You can plan backward to meet deadlines and ask for help when needed. 

• People-led policy true-believer: You understand how organizing works at the door-to-door level and how policy decisions made in DC can shape everyday people’s reality. You are passionate about coordinating coalition and program-related calls, including taking notes, sending reminder emails, supporting call planning, sharing that knowledge, and engaging more people in policy processes nationwide. 

• Team player: You work well within diverse groups and across teams to achieve common goals. You have a demonstrated ability to build strong, lasting relationships with various stakeholders and organizational partners. 

The ideal candidate for this position will possess the following qualifications: 

• 2-4 years of progressively responsible work experience, ideally in organizing or program support roles or with state or local policymakers. 

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Experience with outreach, relationship building, and community engagement is a must. 

• Experience organizing trainings, briefings, events, or large-scale direct service events.

• Experience developing and implementing field strategies, grassroots and grasstop strategic campaigns, coalition building, or electoral campaigns is strongly preferred.

• Experience working with Google Suite, Slack, Airtable, Canva, and EveryAction is preferred.

• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent relevant work experience is preferred. 

Core Competencies

• Commitment to centering anti-racism and equity in work. 

• Ability to build meaningful relationships and work collaboratively with diverse staff members and partners.

• Flexibility mindset and nimbleness to changing work 

• Proactive and creative problem-solving skills.

• Exceptional project management and time management skills.

• Strong communication skills through writing, speaking, and active listening.

• A commitment to a high standard of work product, deadline-driven timeliness, attention to detail, and driving towards results. 

• Ability to perform well under pressure in a small organization with a fast-paced, multitasking environment.

Key Relationships

This position will report to the Director of Training and Capacity Building and work closely with all program staff.

Salary and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $67,925-$70,982. Salary is based on experience and is consistent with the CPC Center’s compensation framework.

We offer excellent benefits, including 20 annual paid vacation days, 10 sick days, one (1) personal day per month, and additional paid holiday leave between December 24 and January 1; a 5 percent 401(k) match, 100 percent employer-covered health, dental and vision insurance for the employee, generous paid parental leave, and other benefits consistent with the Employee Handbook and a Collective Bargaining Agreement. This position is within an NPEU-represented bargaining unit where specific terms and conditions of employment are subject to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. 

FLSA Classification: Exempt, full-time

Location

We are remote but based in the Washington, DC, metro area, and expect individuals to attend in-person meetings and events. Only candidates who live in/around Washington, DC, or are willing to relocate there will be considered. We anticipate that the person hired in this role will be required to travel significantly (up to 15-20%). 

Commitment to Diversity

The CPC Center is an equal opportunity, fair chance employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior history of arrest or conviction, caregiver status, or other categories protected by law. 

About The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center

The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center (the CPC Center) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that identifies and develops solutions to build a more just, equitable, and resilient nation. Our network brings together policy experts, community leaders, organizers, and advocates to build people-led, cutting-edge policy.