Policy Communications – Advocacy Specialist

Role Overview

• Write, design, and launch Washington Update policy newsletter to funders and other stakeholders
• Design and produce policy documents, including briefs, fact sheets, and presentations, typically via Word, PowerPoint and/or Canva
• Draft action alerts/e-blasts/petitions, utilizing advocacy tools to reach constituencies and policymakers
• Develop materials and content for Twitter/X
• Serve as internal liaison between Policy and Communications team, coordinating materials and events while aligning policy communications with broader organizational goals, messaging, and branding
• Support coalition meetings by drafting and circulating sign-on letters, managing scheduling, note‑taking and follow‑up, and maintain coalition contact list and communications, including listserv updates, meeting invitations, and mailings
• Regularly update FUTURES website with new written and visual content to educate the public about opportunities to advance the prevention of violence
• Monitor emerging news relevant to FUTURES’ work and support the development of rapid-response campaigns by gathering data and contributing to coordinated communications and advocacy efforts
• Support with planning and executing virtual and in‑person events on Capitol Hill and in Washington, DC, including securing venues, building an audience, coordinating programmatic objectives, managing and supporting speakers, overseeing technical requirements, and liaising with Hill offices and coalition partners as needed
• Coordinate meetings and events when activists and survivors are in DC for policy-related trainings and events
• Develop and maintain expertise on technology in conference facility and be able to troubleshoot technological needs during events/webinar
• Assist with contract management as it relates to events

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years’ experience working as a writer, communications professional, congressional press secretary, digital organizer, non-profit communications advocate or designer;
• Superior writing skills for multiple types of formats
• Excellent design skills for written and online materials
• Knowledge of federal policy advocacy; experience working on Capitol Hill strongly preferred
• Ability to design compelling infographics and basic data visualization preferred
• Superior attention to detail and command of contemporary computer skills, office hardware, PC software (Windows environment).
• Experience working with diverse audiences
• Knowledge of html, online collaboration platforms (i.e., Google calendar, Zoom, etc.), advocacy database, and WordPress content management system a plus.
• Must be willing and available to occasionally work outside traditional work hours when breaking news or legislative advocacy requires it
• Commitment to social justice and ending violence against women, children and youth and helping families and communities affected by violence heal and thrive.

Tech Stack

• WordPress

Benefits

• excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
• tax-advantaged Flexible Spending Arrangements for Health Care and Dependent Care
• generous sick and vacation benefits
• 13 paid holidays
• 3 weeks of vacation and higher accruals after 3 years
• 12 days of sick and safe leave per year
• employer-contributed 401 (k) retirement plan