​Free Press and Free Press Action are hiring a Civic Media Campaign Manager to lead organizing and advocacy efforts across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. This remote, Wisconsin-based role focuses on strengthening local and community media, mobilizing support for media justice, and building coalitions. The ideal candidate will have over four years of policy advocacy experience, a strong equity lens, and deep connections to local organizations. This is a two-year, fixed-term position with a salary range of $75,000–$82,500 and generous benefits. Read more in the job posting below.

​The Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI) at Princeton University is offering a 12-month, remote Research Assistant Internship focused on tracking and mitigating political violence in the U.S. Interns will work closely with BDI researchers on a variety of portfolios, gaining hands-on experience in data analysis, open-source monitoring, and community safety. This paid opportunity includes mentorship, professional development, and is open to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students based in the U.S. who can commit to 10–15 hours per week from August 2025 to July 2026. Read more about the internship in the post below.

Sonoma State University is hiring a dynamic leader to serve as the inaugural Manager for the Center for Restorative Practices. This full-time management role offers the chance to shape a new campus-wide initiative that fosters community, accountability, and inclusion through restorative practices. With a focus on program development, facilitation, and strategic leadership, the position is ideal for candidates with deep experience in restorative justice and a strong commitment to equity. Monthly compensation ranges from $7,500 to $8,125. Read more in the job posting below.

Wabash College is seeking a full-time Program Associate to join the Wabash Democracy and Public Discourse (WDPD) initiative in Crawfordsville, IN. This civic engagement role involves coordinating dialogue events, supporting student training, and managing administrative and logistical tasks. Ideal candidates will have a background in communication, a passion for civic engagement, and strong organizational skills. The position runs from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, with the potential for renewal. Applications are due by April 21, 2025, and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Read more in the job posting below.

Organization Name: Braver Angels
Role Title: Chief Executive Officer
Employment Type: Full-time
Compensation: $200,000-$250,000
Location: Remote (anywhere in U.S.)
Link to Apply: Submit materials to [email protected]

Position Overview: Braver Angels seeks a visionary leader to serve as CEO of this nonprofit dedicated to bridging political divides and strengthening American democracy. The CEO will collaborate with the Board to shape vision and strategy, drive fundraising efforts, enhance external engagement, develop strategic partnerships, implement data-informed systems, and foster a collaborative organizational culture. The ideal candidate has 10-15 years of leadership experience, demonstrated success working across political divides, experience with grassroots-driven organizations, strong financial management skills, and fundraising expertise. Application deadline: April 21, 2025, with an anticipated start date of July 2025.

Additional Information: goodscoutgroup.com/leadership-search/braver/

Organization Name: Project Pericles
Role Title: Civic Impact and Communications Coordinator
Employment Type: Full-time
Compensation: $60,000-$75,000 + benefits (100% employer-covered health/dental insurance or $5,000 pre-tax salary addition, 403(b) after one year, PTO)
Location: Remote (hybrid option available for NYC-based candidates)
Link to Apply: Email [email protected] with subject "Coordinator - LAST NAME"

Position Overview: The Coordinator will support Project Pericles' higher education civic engagement initiatives through communications, program management, and administrative duties. Key responsibilities include creating engaging content for newsletters and social media, managing re-grant programs, coordinating events, developing student internship/fellowship opportunities, and maintaining resource databases. The ideal candidate has project leadership experience, strong storytelling abilities, data analysis skills, and a passion for civic engagement in higher education. Application deadline: April 28th, 2025.

Additional Information: 
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Organization Name: Campus Compact
Title: Student Leadership Academy (SLA) Program Coordinator 
Employment Type: Full time
Compensation: Based on experience
Location: Remote
To Apply: https://compact.org/job-board/student-leadership-academy-sla-program-coordinator

Additional information:
Campus Compact is a national coalition of colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education. As the only national higher education association dedicated solely to higher education civic and community engagement, Campus Compact enables higher education institutions to develop students’ citizenship skills and forge effective community partnerships. Our resources support senior administrators, faculty, staff, and students as they pursue community-based teaching, scholarship, and action in the service of positive change.

Position Overview:
Campus Compact is seeking a highly motivated and organized Program Coordinator to lead the successful implementation and management of the Student Leadership Academy Pilot Program. This is a grant-funded role responsible for overseeing the execution of a new leadership development program aimed at empowering 100 students from diverse academic backgrounds across the country. The program will provide students with fiscal policy knowledge, advocacy skills, and hands-on leadership experience through a combination of virtual and in-person learning, mentorship, and practical project execution. The Program Manager will be instrumental in the strategic planning, coordination, and evaluation of the program to ensure its impact and sustainability.

This is a grant-funded pilot program that has a fully-funded strategy phase from March 1, 2025, until June 15, 2025, and upon funder approval, the pilot phase will continue until June 15, 2026, with a goal of and likelihood of long-term investment and expansion upon a proven, impactful pilot program.
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Key Responsibilities

1. Program Planning and Development:
   • Collaborate with the Student Engagement team to finalize program design, curriculum, and operational components during the strategy phase.
   • Work with Campus Compact and external partners (including PGPF) to ensure all program elements are culturally relevant and impactful to all cohorts located across the country.
   • Integrate best practices in cohort-based learning, fiscal policy education, and hands-on advocacy experiences.
2. Recruitment and Selection:
   • Lead the coordination of the recruitment process for institutions and students, ensuring diverse representation across various cohorts (e.g., HBCUs, public universities, community colleges, rural institutions, etc.).
   • Work closely with Cohort Connection Leads to review student applications, coordinate selection, and onboard students into the program.
   • Oversee the communication and engagement with participating institutions and student cohorts to ensure alignment with program goals.
3. Program Coordination and Logistics:
   • Manage all logistics for virtual and in-person programming, including organizing monthly training sessions, workshops, and national convenings.
   • Coordinate the logistics for the mid-year in-person convening in Washington D.C., including working with Compact’s Events Specialist, securing venues, arranging speakers, and ensuring all students and Cohort Connection Leads are properly supported.
   • Provide ongoing support and guidance to Cohort Connection Leads to facilitate cohort-specific programming and training.
   • Organize and ensure effective communication for all stakeholders (students, faculty, partners, and external experts).
4. Curriculum Delivery and Facilitation:
   • Collaborate with external subject-matter experts and trainers to deliver high-quality, impactful workshops and training sessions on topics related to fiscal policy, advocacy, community organizing, and leadership.
   • Oversee the creation and distribution of resources, including readings, toolkits, and assessment materials.
   • Monitor program delivery to ensure that content is relevant, engaging, and aligned with the Academy’s goals of fiscal responsibility, leadership, and advocacy.
5. Student Engagement and Support:
   • Foster a sense of community among cohort members through consistent communication, mentoring, and personalized support.
   • Ensure students are engaged and motivated throughout the program, offering guidance on navigating fiscal policy topics and their individual leadership projects.
   • Monitor student progress and achievement, helping students stay on track to meet the requirements for official certification.
   • Support the design and development of the final public leadership projects (as needed), ensuring that students can apply their learning in meaningful ways.
6. Evaluation and Reporting:
   • Work with a Compact research consultant to create and implement methods for collecting feedback and assessing program effectiveness, including pre-and post-assessments and ongoing surveys.
   • Track participation, learning outcomes, and the impact of the program on students’ leadership capabilities and fiscal knowledge.
   • Prepare reports for stakeholders, including funders and program partners, to demonstrate the success and areas for improvement of the pilot program.
7. Budget and Resource Management:
   • Collaborate with the Director of Student Engagement to administer the program’s budget, ensuring that funds are allocated effectively for the training, travel, and support of students and partners.
   • Work alongside the finance team to oversee the disbursement of up to $5,000 per cohort for student-led public leadership projects, providing oversight and guidance to ensure projects are successfully executed.
   • Ensure compliance with all financial and grant-related regulations under the guidance of Compact’s Grants Specialist.

Position Title: Civic Hub Learning Program Senior Manager (Civic Hub Learning Team)

Reports To: Director, Hub Support & Learning Group

Position Summary:
The Civic Hub Learning Program Senior Manager (hereinafter “Manager”) will be responsible for overseeing the design, development, and management of the Better Together America (BTA) Learning Pipeline. This includes co-creating and curating curriculum, hosting virtual and in-person workshops, planning and facilitating learning cohorts, and ensuring effective knowledge sharing and peer support among hub builders. Since many of these learning opportunities will be novel, the Manager will be responsible for collaborating with team members and partners to stand them up and for ensuring their subsequent evolution.
At this time, the Manager will not be a direct supervisor of any staff, but will be responsible for facilitating the activities of the Civic Hub Learning Team. As a result, the Manager will play a key role in accelerating the growth, development, and effectiveness of Civic Hubs nationwide.

Key Responsibilities:
Curriculum Development: Lead team of subject matter experts and facilitate multi-stakeholder engagements to curate and co-develop comprehensive learning materials, workshops, and resources for hub builder learning across all phases of the hub lifecycle.

• Workshop Coordination: Plan and coordinate virtual and in-person workshops, including overseeing logistics, scheduling, and participant communication.
• Learning Cohort Facilitation: Organize and facilitate virtual learning cohorts, ensuring active participation, knowledge sharing, and peer support.
• Knowledge Management: Coordinate with the Resource Center Curation Team, ensuring synergistic alignment between the Resource Center and the Learning Pipeline.
• Relationship Building: Foster trust-based relationships among learning community members and with BTA staff and partners.
• Evaluation and Reporting: Develop and implement evaluation tools (e.g., pre- and post-workshop surveys) in coordination with the Metrics/Evaluations Team to assess the effectiveness of learning programs and collect data.
• Communication: Communicate program updates, lessons learned, and resources to the Learning Community through various channels (e.g., newsletters, calls).
• Collaboration: Collaborate with other BTA teams and external partners to ensure alignment and effective support for hub builders.
• Stipend Management: Manage scholarships/microgrants for participants in workshops, learning cohorts, and data collection (if applicable).

Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of experience leading curriculum development, hosting and teaching training events/courses, and facilitating learning conversations/convenings.
• Demonstrated understanding of adult learning principles and methodologies. Ideal candidate has at least a bachelor's degree and/or certifications related to education or pedagogy.
• Strong communication, collaboration, organizational, interpersonal, and project management skills. Ideal candidate is able to leverage the talent, experience, and motivation of team members and partners to accomplish the mission in a nontraditional (network/distributed) leadership role.
• Proficiency with virtual collaboration tools and platforms (e.g., Zoom).
• Passion for civic engagement and democratic processes. Ideal candidate has at least 2 years of experience working with or for nonpartisan democracy and/or civic health organization(s) or efforts, preferably at the local level.
• The ideal candidate is well-versed in civic hub concepts and processes.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience with data collection and evaluation is a plus.
• Flexibility to adjust program plans based on evolving needs and contextual changes.

Requirements:

• Duties will require ~60 hours per month. Over time, hours will increase in proportion to the number of civic hubs that participate in the Learning Program, likely culminating in full-time hours.
• Travel to in-person BTA Workshops will be required approximately twice per year. There may be opportunities to travel to other organizations’ conferences and learning events.
• Candidate must be able to attend the next Workshop, which will be in Denver from May 1-2, 2025.

Compensation:
The Manager will receive $2,000 per month initially. The intent is for compensation to increase as BTA achieves more sustainable funding.

Benefits:

• All BTA staff are currently independent contractors.
• Ability to set your own schedule.
• Work from home/anywhere with reliable internet access.
• Work on a fun, selfless team that is dedicated to changing the course of American history!

To apply, send a CV/Resume (with name, address, e-mail address, and any other personally identifiable information removed) and a cover letter with your name and identifiable information included in your email to Ryan Murphy at [email protected] by April 11, 2025.

Please note: to be considered for this job, you MUST be able to share your CV/Resume and an attached cover letter WITHOUT identifiers to ensure the team can evaluate candidates in the most unbiased way possible. In your accompanying email please be sure to share your details with Ryan.

Interviews will be scheduled the week of April 14th.

The process is intended to be completed the week of April 21st to ensure that the selected candidate can attend the Civic Hub Builders Initial Accelerator Workshop in Denver, CO from May 1-2, 2025.

More on Better Together America (BTA)
Better Together America (BTA) is a national nonpartisan support network of, by, and for local and state Civic Hubs. Civic hubs are local, nonpartisan networks of organizations that partner with their local community to identify and solve its challenges, build civic capacity, and ensure leaders are more accountable and fairly selected.

BTA offers a wide range of support to accelerate the growth and development of civic hubs, including individualized coaching, a curated Resource Center, joint fundraising campaigns, and communications/marketing.

One of BTA’s premier offerings to Civic Hubs is its Learning Program. The Learning Program features in-person Accelerator Workshops, 6-month Learning Cohorts, and quarterly Learning Community convenings. These learning opportunities are all working towards creating a nationwide collaborative learning network that enables the exchange of ideas and lessons learned across communities while equipping Civic Hubs with the knowledge, skills, and encouragement needed to effectively build resilient and empowered communities.

To date, the number of Civic Hubs that BTA supports is scaling quickly and is anticipated to increase to 100 by the end of 2025 and 250 by the end of 2026.

Organization Name: James Madison University Madison Center for Civic Engagement
Title: Associate Director
Employment Type: Full time
Compensation: Based on experience
Location: In person; Harrisonburg, VA
URL: http://www.jmu.edu/civic
Application Due Date: March 6, 2025

To Apply: https://jobs.jmu.edu/jobs/associate-director-center-for-civic-engagement-harrisonburg-virginia-united-states

Additional information:
Associate Director Madison Center for Civic Engagement James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia Come work with me! The Madison Center for Civic Engagement at JMU is hiring for a permanent Associate Director. The AD spearheads our campus voting effort as well as our dialogue and deliberation initiatives. They get to work with the best undergraduate and graduate students on JMU's campus and innovate new programs while making established programs better. Most importantly, you get to do civic engagement work on a campus that is deeply, institutionally committed to it.

The James Madison Center for Civic Engagement, a nonpartisan, high-performing and high-profile administrative entity housed in the Office of the President, invites applications for an associate director to begin in July 2025. We are looking for collegial, creative, energetic, and driven candidates who can develop and carry out mission-focused, high-quality programming in support of JMU’s strategic plans in civic engagement. The Madison Center is home to several significant programs at JMU, including Constitution Day, the Better Conversations Together program, and Dukes Vote which the associate director will oversee and directly manage.

We seek a motivated colleague who will build and maintain productive relationships with relevant university stakeholders, as well as with strategic partners in our community, commonwealth, and nation—including research and grant writing opportunities.

The ideal candidate will be someone who has passion and experience in doing and practicing civically engaged work. As the staff person in charge of the day-to-day programming of the Madison Center, the ideal candidate will have a vision and expertise for implementing our current programming efficiently and creatively, as well as a vision for potential new opportunities. The associate director must have a commitment to non-partisanship when representing JMU and the Madison Center.

Initial review of applications begins March 7, 2025

Organization: National Civic League
Title: All-America City Event and Communications Intern
Employment Type: Part-time
Compensation: $18.81 /hour
Location: Hybrid, Washington, D.C.
URL: https://www.nationalcivicleague.org/all-america-city-award-event-internship-available/
Application Due Date: 02/10/2025

Please send a résumé with cover letter to [email protected]

Additional information:
The intern will support League operations by assisting primarily with event planning for the 2025 All-America City Award. Additional responsibilities will include producing written materials, conducting research, and helping with administrative tasks and related activities. Some of the activities to be supported include our annual All-America City Award program, monthly e-newsletter, website, and social media postings.