Worker Health and Safety Advocate

General Description of Position

The worker health and safety advocate will play a leading role in managing Congress Watch’s policy advocacy on occupational health and safety—including strengthening and enforcing workplace safety protections, whistleblower rights, heat stress impacts on worker health, appropriations implications, and other related topics. The advocate will also manage public education and outreach efforts.

Responsibilities

• Identify emerging issues and advocacy needs and take the lead in developing policy proposals and drafting legislation.
• Work with the Director and Managing Director of Congress Watch to plan and execute legislative and regulatory advocacy campaigns, potentially including selected work with targeted state legislatures.
• Research and write white papers, reports, fact sheets, letters, testimony, and comments on proposed rules and bills. Testify before Congress, state legislative bodies, and administrative agencies.
• Represent Public Citizen in public forums such as Hill briefings, conference panels, and coalition meetings.
• Work with and organize coalition partners as well as individuals affected by policies on which Public Citizen advocates.
• Develop and maintain media relationships and respond to press inquiries. Develop and execute social media and traditional media outreach plans. Write editorial board memoranda, press releases, opinion editorials, letters to the editor, and blog posts. Manage the @SafeWorkers social media handle and post worker-safety content on the citizen.org website.
• Recruit and manage interns and volunteers as needed for campaign work.
• Perform other duties as deemed necessary.

Qualifications

J.D., M.S., or M.P.H. and expertise in occupational health preferred. At least three years of experience with legislative or regulatory advocacy required.

Other needed skills: outstanding analytical thinking, political judgment, and oral and written communication; strong self-starting and self-finishing impulses; collaborative spirit; high energy and enthusiasm.

Salary and Benefits

Competitive salary between $85,383 and $141,633 dependent on relevant experience and qualifications, with a generous benefits package. Public Citizen staff are represented by SEIU Local 500 and salaries are set according to the collective bargaining agreement. Public Citizen does not negotiate salaries.

Below is a list of some of our benefits (please note that some benefits have eligibility requirements):

• Great medical and dental coverage, including full coverage for children;
• Three weeks paid vacation for new employees, plus five personal days;
• Paid leave Christmas through New Years;
• 401K plan with a 5% contribution from Public Citizen after one year of employment;
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave after one year of employment;
• Sabbatical after 8 years of employment; and
• Student loan reimbursement program.

To Apply

Send cover letter, resume, and writing sample to [email protected]. Please include your last name and the position for which you are applying in the subject line of your email, and your last name in the filenames of attachments.

Public Citizen is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, and LGBT candidates are encouraged to apply. Public Citizen employees are proud members of SEIU Local 500.