Jobs at The Pew Charitable Trusts

Provide policy and political research, drafting, and briefing support to the SVP; lead and project-manage strategic internal and external initiatives; prepare presentations and talking points; coordinate with programmatic teams and represent GR in cross-team meetings to advance Pew’s nonpartisan policy objectives at federal, state, and international levels.

Manages and advances internal communications strategy, editorial planning, staff-facing content, and digital communication platforms. Leads staff, stakeholder relationships, content governance, accessibility, visual presentation, and channel quality across intranet, Teams, digital displays, and multimedia. Advises leaders on messaging and channel selection, evaluates communications effectiveness through analytics and feedback, and supports onboarding communications while fostering an inclusive workplace.

Manage a portfolio of fundraising prospects for Government Performance, Philadelphia projects, and Scientific Advancement. Build deep relationships with program teams and donors, develop proposals and stewardship plans, collaborate with research and portfolio colleagues, track activity in Salesforce and PeopleSoft, and support team process improvements to secure major gifts.

Support program budgeting and financial operations including journal entries, budget uploads, reconciliations, forecasting, donor reporting, cash transfers, monthly reporting, variance analysis, and process improvements while liaising with program staff and the Pew Research Center.

Lead and support state-focused outreach and advocacy for quality non-degree credential policy. Conduct research translation, build relationships with state officials and regulators, design messaging, manage contractors and convenings, monitor state policy changes, and advise project leadership on strategy.

Advance federal policy to reduce exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals by researching policy issues, engaging agencies and Congress, preparing materials, supporting stakeholder events, and providing project management and coordination across teams.

Lead treasury, banking, cash flow, capital markets, and investment oversight; manage two staff; drive long-term financial planning, cash forecasting, and scenario analysis; ensure controls and compliance; oversee bond financing and investment partner relationships; prepare Board and audit materials; advise senior leadership and implement process and technology improvements.

Provide legal advice to Pew’s program teams on contracting, IP, data sharing, lobbying/ethics, sanctions, defamation, and nonprofit compliance; draft and negotiate agreements; manage outside counsel; conduct legal research and trainings; assess and communicate legal and reputational risks; support domestic and international partnerships and complex transactional projects.

Lead and own the Salesforce CRM platform, Marketing Cloud, and SmartSimple. Manage a team, set roadmaps, design scalable solutions, enforce architecture standards, oversee administration, vendor/contracts, and align platform priorities with stakeholders.

Lead communications strategy for the government performance portfolio, manage a team and consultants, provide strategic counsel, oversee media relations and crisis communications, coordinate integrated messaging across programs, and support senior leadership and stakeholder engagement to advance policy and advocacy goals.

Lead state-level policy campaigns to modernize the electric grid, scale distributed generation, expand transmission and large-scale clean energy. Develop strategy, coordinate partners and consultants, track legislation and regulation, represent Pew with officials and coalitions, produce campaign materials, and collaborate with internal teams to execute advocacy that achieves power-sector decarbonization outcomes.