American Progress is seeking a candidate for the position of Associate Director of Government Affairs within the department of External Affairs. The External Affairs department works to promote progressive policies and ideas among members of Congress; state, local, and regional organizations and elected officials; and advocacy organizations and think tanks.

Enough is a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity. Founded in 2007, Enough focuses primarily on crises in Sudan, South Sudan, eastern Congo, and areas of Africa affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army. The Enough Project’s strategy papers and briefings provide sharp field analysis and targeted policy recommendations based on a strategy of promoting durable peace, providing civilian protection, and supporting accountability for perpetrators of atrocities. Enough works with concerned citizens, advocates, and policymakers to prevent, mitigate, and resolve these crises by both raising awareness domestically and pressuring lawmakers and policymakers.

The Communications Manager will be responsible for helping manage relations with new and traditional media, create and implement advanced communication and media strategies, and monitor and evaluate earned media. The successful candidate will create and maintain strong relationships with the press and nontraditional media, and draft, pitch, and distribute press releases, op-ed submissions, and alerts highlighting Enough.

Further, the Communications Manager will manage the portions of Enough’s website designed for news media and will work with Enough’s web team to effectively create web content highlighting interviews, videos, blogs, op-eds, and publications. This position requires at least three years of press, media, or public policy communications experience and strong management and interpersonal skills. This individual will play a key role in coordinating Enough’s dynamic media contacts and web presence.

The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Deputy Editor for ThinkProgress.org. The Deputy Editor will work closely with ThinkProgress’s Editor in Chief to manage the team of writers for ThinkProgress.org.

The Development Assistant supports the corporate, foundation, and major gifts fundraising efforts at American Progress. S/he is primarily responsible for maintaining the donor database, working with staff to update, create, and streamline current donor processes of the donor database, and serving as a liaison to the American Progress departments that share responsibility for contact record, financial management, and database oversight. The position requires a thorough understanding of database management and the ability to create various reports to support the organization’s fundraising efforts. S/he works closely with the Director of Development on tracking the department’s progress toward meeting the organization's annual fundraising goal. This position is ideal for someone who is detail oriented and embraces new technologies/new media.

The Postsecondary Education Policy Program at the Center for American Progress believes a quality and affordable postsecondary education is a key to rebuilding the middle class and advancing national competitiveness.

To provide every American with access to a quality, affordable postsecondary education, CAP advocates for a postsecondary education policy agenda that would strengthen public investment with accountability for results, use consumer information to safeguard public and private investment, and apply technology to create cost-effective ways to expand access to and the quality of postsecondary education.

CAP has an immediate opening for a Director for Postsecondary Education Policy. The right candidate will be a dynamic leader capable of driving an agenda to transform postsecondary education through the development of evidence-based policy, creative communications, and effective stakeholder engagement. The director will lead a strong team of experts to develop high-impact policy solutions within the agenda described above.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Director of Asset Building Policy.

The Director is responsible for creating policy and funding momentum and strategies for American Progress’s asset building portfolio, and engaging with relevant policymakers and influencers on asset building and consumer finance issues. The Director is specifically responsible for developing a Sustainable Asset program at American Progress that seeks to use debates on housing finance reform and tax expenditures as an opportunity to advance asset policy, drawing upon and coordinating with the work of others in the assets community as well as producing proposals and analyses unique to American Progress. To this end, the Director will work closely with the Tax Policy and Housing Finance teams at American Progress. The Director will also serve as American Progress’s designee to the Asset Building Council convened by the Corporation for Enterprise Development.

As the country has come to appreciate the consequences of over-reliance on debt, the asset building and financial security movement has a critical opportunity. But federal and state fiscal conditions limit the tools we have to take advantage of the bipartisan appeal of asset building strategies.

American Progress sees two federal policy avenues through which we might advance the ability of families to build assets and gain economic security. The first is the debate on housing finance, where the structure and ground rules of the system will be rewritten over the next five years. We face the serious threat that access to homeownership and the opportunity it presents for asset building will be closed to low-wealth families. American Progress already has a significant and important program in that area. We will not relent in our efforts to ensure that policymakers do not close doors to sustainable homeownership for underserved borrowers. But we also think there might be a way to use the debate about the role of homeownership as an opportunity to open new doors to mechanisms to advance low- and moderate-income savings through affordable rental housing.

The second opportunity for advancing asset policies is the emerging debate about tax expenditures. Driven by our fiscal challenge, we approach a moment when the efficacy of many "upside down" tax incentives will come under scrutiny. In each case the debate will focus on whether the public benefit merits the expense, but that could present an opportunity to show how a targeted policy aimed at building assets for lower-income families would have a significant impact for comparatively few dollars in revenue foregone. A well-designed and executed strategy could result in better policy to support lower-income wealth development.

Enough is a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity. Founded in 2007, Enough focuses primarily on crises in Sudan, South Sudan, eastern Congo, and areas of Africa affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army. The Enough Project’s strategy papers and briefings provide sharp field analysis and targeted policy recommendations based on a strategy of promoting durable peace, providing civilian protection, and supporting accountability for perpetrators of atrocities. Enough works with concerned citizens, advocates, and policymakers to prevent, mitigate, and resolve these crises by both raising awareness domestically and pressuring lawmakers and policymakers.

The Policy and Advocacy Director will play a key role in guiding and contributing to Enough’s analysis and policy recommendations as s/he develops and implements Enough’s comprehensive advocacy strategies, develops public policy materials, and supervises four or more policy and advocacy staff members. S/he will lead an outstanding cross-cutting advocacy and policy team that is professionally equipped to contribute to and execute policy initiatives, research and analysis, and coordination of government relations strategy for Enough.

The Policy and Advocacy Director will work closely with Enough’s staff and consultants, particularly the lobbying team and online communications to advance the project’s goals. This is a senior position and requires 10 or more years of policy and advocacy experience and strong staff management skills. Field experience in areas of conflict and instability, preferably in the areas where Enough currently works, is required. Advanced knowledge of international affairs and conflict prevention is preferred.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Director for its Housing Finance and Policy Program. The Director will oversee the day-to-day operations of the program (see our Housing page for more information), supervise the team, and develop strategy in coordination with the Center’s Vice President for Economic Policy and Senior Fellows affiliated with the Housing Finance team.

The program aims to achieve the following primary policy goals:

• Providing Americans with access to both decent, affordable rental housing and homeownership on fair, affordable, and sustainable terms, so that they have appropriate choices available for their families’ housing and asset building needs throughout all stages of life.
• Providing a consistent and liquid source of capital for housing credit to support a stable macroeconomy and strong communities.
• Ensuring that communities devastated by equity stripping and high concentrations of foreclosures in recent years are not denied the credit necessary to rebuild.
• Ensuring that the clean energy economy includes all our communities and that finance for energy efficiency and clean energy production flows to underserved areas.

The program seeks to engage with and learn from a wide range of interested parties from private market participants in capital markets, real estate, and mortgage banking to affordable housing developers, CDFIs, community-based organizations, civil rights and consumer advocacy organizations, and more.

It also aims at a close analysis of housing market information and the academic and market literatures. With an interest and expertise in both capital markets and the impact of policy and practice on real people in real communities, the program seeks to provide timely, accessible, and reliable information and analyses, along with new policy proposals and ideas, to policymakers, media, and the public through both traditional and new media.

CAP is also the locus of the Mortgage Finance Working Group, or MFWG, a group of leading mortgage finance experts with a deep interest in affordable housing, assembled by American Progress to discuss mortgage developments and the future of the housing finance system, and where possible to speak with one voice on the future direction of housing finance policy. In particular, the MFWG has been evolving a specific proposal for a re-imagined housing finance system. The Director will be the coordinator of the MFWG.

The Center for American Progress is a progressive think tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. We are creating a long-term, progressive vision for America—a vision that policymakers, thought leaders, and activists can use to shape the national debate and pass laws that make a difference.

The Center seeks an Executive Vice President who will provide direct support to the President & CEO. S/he will provide strategic consultation and policy analysis on issues affecting the organization. The Executive Vice President will work with all departments to develop policy products and programs.

Enough, a project of the Center for American Progress, has an immediate opening for a Field Research Consultant to do research on the crisis in Sudan and South Sudan. The consultant will be based in South Sudan and will provide research and analysis on the political and security situation there. The consultant will provide analysis to corroborate and contextualize information obtained through the Satellite Sentinel Project and other sources of information. The consultant will coordinate closely with a fellow Enough field researcher based in Juba and will provide input on policy recommendations and advocacy as led by the team at Enough’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

American Progress is looking for a versatile and creative Designer for a junior position with the Art Team. The Designer will work as part of a team that creates reports, infographics, web graphics, advertisements, marketing materials, websites, email designs, interactive media, and video storytelling. He or she will help the Center communicate progressive ideas and arguments through clear, visually compelling design. The Designer’s primary responsibility is the layout and production of print publications, as well as visuals and design for the web.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Journalism Network Associate at Campus Progress. Campus Progress, part of American Progress, helps young people make their voices heard on critical issues.

The Journalism Network Associate will manage Campus Progress’s work with its national network of campus-based journalism projects—student newspapers, magazines, websites, and radio stations that receive training, mentoring, reporting opportunities, and grants from Campus Progress. Currently, more than 50 student-run journalism projects around the country are active in this network. The Journalism Network Associate is responsible for selecting and providing support to these projects; planning and implementing programming and training for their staffs; acting as a liaison between these campus projects and the editorial staff of CampusProgress.org; and conducting outreach to other campus journalism projects and journalists.

The Journalism Network Associate also will participate in planning and implementing Campus Progress events. Participants at Campus Progress journalism conferences and trainings have included top reporters from publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, The Huffington Post, Politico, and The Nation.

The Journalism Network Associate also will be involved in Campus Progress’s own editorial operation, the CampusProgress.org website, which covers politics, policy, and culture. The magazine has interviewed national figures including President Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert, Margaret Cho, M.I.A., Talib Kweli, Paul Krugman, and Rachel Maddow. Its content is regularly highlighted in and linked to by prominent media outlets and blogs. Its investigative pieces have been cited by media and key government officials in the context of major policy debates.

The Center for American Progress is looking to hire a talented web developer to help build websites that advance progressive causes. We’re looking for someone who can create a web application from the front end or the back, who gets excited about clean code, and who can make a page work correctly in every browser imaginable.

The Salesforce developer will be responsible for optimizing and expanding our Salesforce database and functionality. He or she will play a key role in optimizing and expanding the Center for American Progress’s activities.

He or she will also be responsible for the software design and development of websites and web applications in a small-team environment. The Salesforce developer needs to know PHP and SQL, should have experience with JavaScript and an understanding of CSS, and must know a LAMP stack from a lightbox plugin and an object prototype from prototype.js. He or she must know how to use development frameworks to speed up work and create maintainable code. The Salesforce developer should be able to squeeze the last ounce of performance out of a website, seal a site against SQL injection, and integrate web services like Twitter, Salesforce, or Google Maps. He or she must be able to handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously and work both independently and within a team. It’s important that he or she love inventing creative, efficient solutions to technical problems—and teaching nontechnical people how to use them once they’re built.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Legal Assistant to join American Progress’s Legal team. The Legal team manages the legal matters for the Center for American Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research and educational think tank, and its affiliated organization, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization.

The Center is a progressive think tank working on issues across the policy spectrum, putting special emphasis on developing a long-term vision of a progressive America and finding innovative ways to communicate its policy analyses, prescriptions, and vision. CAP Action is an advocacy voice that works on public education, legislation, grassroots lobbying, and limited political activities. Both organizations engage in expansive programmatic activities, which include numerous dynamic websites, multiple public events on a weekly basis, and partnerships with other organizations, among many others.

The legal issues facing these organizations are diverse and challenging. The Legal team works with management, staff, and contractors in a fast-paced environment both to design and implement processes and procedures to ensure legal compliance (particularly with tax and election law requirements but with all other applicable legal requirements, as well) and to respond to the daily legal needs of the organizations. The Legal team focuses primarily on counseling and transactional work for all staff and consultants, including advising on programmatic events, reports, advocacy, and outreach; working with the online communications team to ensure compliance with e-commerce, digital publication, and intellectual property licensing requirements; managing corporate governance issues; and working with human resources on employment policies and issues.

This is a great opportunity for individuals contemplating law school to see how a nonprofit organization develops its legal infrastructure and to learn what it’s like to work in-house. As a member of the Legal team, the Legal Assistant will work on a variety of projects and receive excellent training in and exposure to tax law, election law, contracting, corporate governance, and employment issues for nonprofit organizations. The Legal Assistant will primarily assist with the administrative duties of the team and the General Counsel.

The Major Gifts Officer position at American Progress is responsible for implementing the major donor fundraising efforts for the organization. S/he engages the institution's individual donors in the work and impact of American Progress while expanding the donor base to include new major donors.

American Progress has an immediate opening for an Online Organizing Associate for Campus Progress to assist the Online Communications Manager with Campus Progress's online presence and to oversee email marketing and social media outreach. This position requires managing a large workflow of requests efficiently. Applicants should enjoy detail-oriented work and troubleshooting. The position will have a core set of responsibilities with the opportunity to pursue projects tailored to the individual's areas of expertise and interests.

Campus Progress is the Center’s dynamic effort to help young people make their voices heard on key issues and to empower new generations of progressive leaders. Campus Progress engages in advocacy and reporting on issues including affordable education, gay and transgender rights, immigration reform, climate change, and voting rights.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Policy Analyst to conduct research and contribute to a long-term economic policy agenda aimed at strengthening the middle class and ensuring U.S. global competitiveness. Topics will include financial institutions, innovation, entrepreneurship, globalization, income inequality, and social mobility.

American Progress has an immediate opening for an education Policy Analyst. The analyst will work under the direction of the Vice President for Education Policy and Associate Director for Education Research on a variety of education policy issues. The analyst’s responsibilities will span a range of overlapping education policy issues, including education finance, school governance, and human capital (teachers and principals), and they will often partner with other members of the CAP education team or other organizations.

The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Reporter-Blogger to work with the research team that produces ThinkProgress.org, The Progress Report, and other research products.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Research Assistant or Research Associate. The Assistant or Associate will work under the direction of the Vice President for Education Policy and the Director of K–12 Education Policy on a variety of education policy issues, and he or she will often support other members of the CAP K–12 education team. He or she will be responsible for providing assistance in the production of original research papers, the coordination of outreach efforts, and the analysis of current and proposed policy.

American Progress is seeking a Salesforce CRM Manager who will be responsible for working with teams across the organization to support and enhance our use of Salesforce.com.

The manager will join a dynamic and innovative team responsible for interactive marketing, and will play a critical role in enhancing an industry-leading Constituent Relationship Management, or CRM, system. The ideal candidate will have a track record in supporting and training users of Salesforce.com, resolving technical and functional support issues, and implementing enhancements.

American Progress’s Salesforce platform is currently used by more than 120 users to track relationships, online and offline marketing and outreach efforts, policy products and event information, and internal features including project management, contract tracking, and IT provisioning.

The Senior Designer is primarily responsible for the design and development of graphic and print design at the Center, including reports, infographics, web graphics, advertisements, and marketing materials. He or she will help the Center communicate progressive ideas and arguments through clear, visually compelling design. The Senior Designer’s primary responsibility is the layout and production of print products, as well as visuals and design for the web. The Senior Designer also coordinates the organization’s relationships and workflows with outside print vendors.

As the Senior Designer, this employee will be the point person for general design requests and will often attend meetings to represent the Art Team. The Senior Designer assists with decisions on organization branding and rules of style for CAP products, and helps enforce consistency in branding. The Senior Designer will manage the workflow of requests to the Art Team and coordinate projects between himself or herself and other designers on the team.

The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Senior Writer to work with the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative and related policy and communications teams.

The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Senior Writer to work with the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative and related policy and communications teams.

The Special Assistant for Development assists the Senior Vice President for Development at American Progress in managing a development staff and raising funds to meet annual goals.

The Special Assistant’s responsibilities include managing the Senior Vice President’s schedule, facilitating the SVP’s internal and external meetings, managing activities related to the board of directors and advisory councils, and organizing other special events as needed. To help the development staff meet its annual fundraising goals, the Special Assistant will also assist the SVP in prospect research and identification, donor cultivation and stewardship/maintenance, and day-to-day program and operations. This position is ideal for someone who is interested in exploring a career in nonprofit fundraising.

Enough, a project of the Center for American Progress, helps to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity. Enough seeks a candidate for Special Assistant to Co-Founder John Prendergast. The Special Assistant will primarily assist with administrative tasks and logistical support for Mr. Prendergast, along with other departmental duties. This position requires administrative and clerical experience.

American Progress is seeking candidates for the position of Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff and Chief Financial Officer. This position calls for a highly organized individual with unusual attention to detail. The job involves providing both administrative and research support to senior executives who rely heavily on a Special Assistant for setting priorities, exercising judgment, managing important relationships, providing timely and concise information, and ensuring they are well prepared for speeches, events, and meetings.

The Special Assistant will assist the COS and CFO with administrative procedures and coordination with other teams at the Center for American Progress; will organize meetings and manage schedules; will research, draft, and edit materials; will help organize events or meetings; and will perform other tasks.

The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Special Assistant for Economic Policy. The Special Assistant is an essential member of the Economic Policy team and is largely responsible for serving as a liaison between the team and other departments, organizing meetings and events, proofreading and editing documents, and researching a wide variety of economic policy issues. The Special Assistant will serve as the direct administrative assistant to the Vice President for Economic Policy and will also perform administrative duties for other team members.

The Center for American Progress Action Fund has an immediate opening for a Policy Director for the ThinkProgress War Room. The ThinkProgress War Room is a strategic communications hub working at the center of progressive advocacy. The Policy Director has primary responsibility for coordinating with CAP and CAPAF policy experts to produce timely and effective analytical policy products that help define both progressive and conservative policies and positions. These products will be for use with progressive allies, the media, and others. This position will also work closely with the War Room Director to drive strategic campaigns with progressive partners that combine strong communications work with policy analysis.

The VP for Energy Policy has principal responsibility for day-to-day management and must possess the substantive expertise to set the strategic direction for American Progress’s Energy Policy team. The VP represents the Energy Policy team to other CAP and CAP Action Fund teams and to the organization’s senior leadership. The VP also serves as the CAP’s principal point of contact and manages the team’s relationships with outside NGOs and other organizations, especially those in the energy and environmental policy arena.