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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the public interests.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Philanthropic Partnerships (PPG)
Philanthropic Partnerships is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual and foundation prospects and donors to advance the mission of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Position Overview
The Senior Director, Fundraising, Philanthropic Partnerships position is responsible for building and managing a team of 16, including 12 frontline fundraisers, each with portfolios of 50-60 prospects with the capacity for six and seven figure gifts, working towards reaching a five-year fundraising goal of $350 million.
The Senior Director will bring a commitment to managing a team of fundraisers for success, and will be especially experienced in mentoring and inspiring fundraisers to maximize the potential of their prospect pool. As Pew has no natural constituency, the fundraising team needs to be highly entrepreneurial, self-motivated and tenaciously committed to creatively identifying and growing a prospect portfolio.
The Senior Director will work closely with the Vice President in setting fundraising goals, implementing annual fundraising strategies, and will participate in the overall work of the unit as a member of PPG’s leadership team. He or she will collaborate closely with the Senior Director, Outreach & Stewardship, the Director, Research & Data Strategy, and the Manager, Business Services.
The successful candidate will share a vision and commitment to Pew’s mission and culture, characterized by intellectual enquiry, rigorous analytics, and transparency toward the public and its donors. She or he will possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, exceptional judgment, and an ability to work creatively and collaboratively with many constituencies with competing interests. We are seeking an energetic, entrepreneurial professional with extensive management experience and proven fundraising expertise to lead and inspire this important team.
The position is located in Pew’s Washington, DC office and reports to the Vice President, Philanthropic Partnerships
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the public interests.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Project Description:
Public pension sustainability is one of the most significant fiscal challenges facing states and municipalities today. In fact, our research shows that as of 2016, state governments had pension debts totaling more than $1.7 trillion. Although some plans are well-funded, in other places, if changes are not made, retirees, workers, and taxpayers will be left with rising costs and unpaid promises for years to come.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Every state and municipality has a unique set of policy preferences and budgetary challenges. Given the high stakes for governments’ budgets and workers, policy makers need trusted information and guidance to help them consider possible options, understand what is known about each, then make decisions based on the best available information. This project will work with states and cities to examine their challenges and help policy makers consider data-driven policies that result in sustainable retirement systems while maintaining jurisdictions’ ability to recruit and retain skilled workers.
Specifically, the project will:
• Provide highly credible, independent, and nonpartisan research, including 50-state reports, to help answer critical questions about which policy actions are most effective at controlling costs, meeting governments’ policy goals, and providing workers with retirement security;
• Provide selected states with customized technical assistance informed by tailored research; and
• Engage influential stakeholders to build the support necessary to enact reform.
Position Overview:
Pew seeks to hire a senior manager, state policy, to work in selected states where Pew is providing customized technical assistance and the support needed to enact reform. The senior manager will be expected to contribute at multiple levels, taking lead responsibility for designing and implementing state technical assistance strategies, managing staff, and supporting the entire spectrum of activity under the project, including research, communications, and national initiatives. This position, based in Pew’s Washington, DC, office, will report to the project’s director and has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support. The ideal candidate will have an educational and employment background in public policy or a related field, knowledge of public sector retirement and benefit systems, and work experience undertaking projects involving many partners, complex issues and extensive writing and presentation skills.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the public interests.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Overview of Information Technology
Information Technology (IT) at Pew takes a proactive approach toward the use of technology to increase the organization’s capacity for exceptionally high-quality strategic philanthropy. Executive staff at Pew recognizes the importance of technology, and supports related initiatives to advance the institution’s goals and achieve and maintain a leadership position in the philanthropic community. As a result, IT is in a mode of continuous improvement, applying leading-edge technology to the pursuit of the goals of the institution.
The department comprises highly competent, forward-thinking professionals who are responsible for the technology needs of all Pew staff, including Pew’s subsidiaries in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. IT is organized into distinct areas of responsibility, including strategic alignment of technology with the business, the evaluation and acquisition of software and hardware, implementation new systems and data repositories, and providing support for the extended network, desktop computer hardware, and software applications.
Position Overview
The Senior Associate, Executive Technology Support is a desktop expert responsible for providing technical support to the executive leadership team at Pew. The position is a senior member of the desktop support team within the Infrastructure Operations group, which manages all technology infrastructure, desktops, and cyber security. The senior associate position requires extensive specialized knowledge in desktop support, including Pew’s desktop programs and operating systems. conversance with wireless technology and endpoint security is also required as they relate to remote and onsite troubleshooting the desktop user experience.
The Senior Associate, Executive Technology Support has no direct management responsibility, but is expected to contribute to the mentoring and professional development of junior staff within the desktop support team. The senior associate reports to the Senior Manager, Desktop Support.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the public interests.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Project Overview
The state fiscal health project is an initiative to help states adopt policies and practices designed to improve their long-term fiscal health and economic growth.
The project has three primary objectives: (1) provide highly credible, independent, and nonpartisan research that helps lawmakers understand states’ fiscal and economic challenges and how to address them; (2) engage and educate critical constituencies that influence policy decisions; and (3) provide states with customized technical assistance and research.
Position Overview
As part of a team, the associate will be responsible for executing research, advocacy, and communication strategies to advance the project’s goals of helping improve state and local government fiscal health. The position, based in Pew’s Washington, D.C., office, reports to the associate manager, fiscal policy, and has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Position Overview
The vice president, research and science, is responsible for enhancing the quality and impact of the research conducted within Pew’s five program portfolios (environment Americas, environment international, federal government performance, Philadelphia, and state and local government performance), with an eye toward producing quality research products. The vice president leads the research and science portfolio, with oversight responsibility for Pew’s overall research review process, and also oversees specific research and science projects, where Pew both conducts and supports research on priority topics.
To this end, the vice president leverages the strengths of the combined research team; helps craft research findings that inform policy reform and implementation; champions the value of research throughout the organization; coordinates with other members of the senior management team to ensure research integrity across all projects; manages the research review process that works to ensure the quality of deliverables for research projects across Pew; seeks to apply research in various fields in ways that advance public policy reform; identifies opportunities to support and enhance existing systems and processes to equip program teams for success; and continues to foster a research community within Pew.
The vice president also oversees the program coordination and services function, which coordinates program-wide engagement with operations units, oversees key crosscutting program functions, and manages the program executive team, which supports the executive vice president and chief program officer.
The vice president reports to the executive vice president and chief program officer. She or he will work in partnership with other vice presidents to foster collaboration amongst program initiatives and teams; realize synergies; and ensure efficient, effective, and uniform processes and practices for both quality research and effective operational needs are in place and utilized across the program units. The vice president sits on the leadership team for the institution and is a member of program’s senior management team, which is comprised of the executive vice president, six vice presidents, and five senior directors.
The research and science portfolio includes several project and support teams that house nearly 70 staff, including:
- The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences, which provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level.
- The Lenfest Ocean Program, a grantmaking program that funds scientific research on policy-relevant topics concerning the world’s oceans and communicates the results of the supported research to decision-makers and other interested audiences.
- The Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation, which seeks to improve ocean health by generating high-quality research and fostering a global community of experts who collaborate to address marine conservation issues.
- Conservation science, which supports and manages environmental research projects in partnership with Pew’s broader environmental portfolios and provides in-depth expertise in the development and support of new environmental research efforts.
- Pew’s fiscal federalism initiatives, which conduct research addressing the relationship between federal, state, local policies, and budgets on topics of shared interest and responsibility. These areas include such topics as broadband connectivity, higher education, natural disaster (response and preparedness), and student loan research.
- Stateline, Pew’s digital newspaper that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy, is a team of veteran journalists that combines original reporting with a roundup of the latest news from sources around the country. Stateline focuses on four topics that are key to state policy: demographics, fiscal and economic issues, health care, and the business of government.
- Research review and support (RRS), a group of experienced researchers and analysts that carries out the research review process that works to ensure quality research across Pew. RRS helps project teams design and implement high-quality research reports, studies, issue briefs, surveys, and other data-driven research; validates research quality for all projects from initial proposal through to the post-analysis data checks; advises project teams on methodological or analytical questions; and provides research assistance.
- Program coordination and services, a team that works to ensure effective management systems across the program department and coordinates with other operating departments (communications, finance, government relations, human resources, legal, and workplace services) to achieve program objectives.
- Program executive team, which prioritizes, facilitates, and coordinates workflow and communications between the executive vice president and other departments, including the president and CEO, program leadership, and external partners to ensure the smooth running of the executive vice president and chief program officer’s office.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national, and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations, and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels, and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Philanthropic Partnerships (PPG)
Philanthropic Partnerships is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual and foundation prospects and donors.
Position Overview
The Officer, Philanthropic Partnerships position is responsible for building and managing a portfolio of 50-60 prospects with the capacity for six and seven figure gifts. The goal is to maximize and leverage Pew’s philanthropic potential in order to advance the organization’s most critical projects.
We are seeking a donor-focused professional with fundraising experience and excellent written and verbal communications skills. The ideal candidate will be able to build successful working relationships with Pew’s own program experts and a variety of foundation donors and prospects.
The position is located in Pew’s Washington, DC office and reports to the director, institutional giving.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public, and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national, and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations, and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Brussels, and London and staff in other regions of the United States as well as Australia, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Communications
The Communications department supports leaders at all levels of the institution to promote project and campaign efforts, inform key audiences, and protect and advance the Pew brand. The department provides a comprehensive range of communications services for all programmatic and administrative units and Trusts-operated projects. Our in-house expertise includes: strategy and message development; editorial support; design and creative services; media event planning; digital and video production; and social media. The unit oversees all communications policies, guidelines, and processes in order to manage the Pew brand, ensure production of the highest quality work, and effectively steward Pew’s resources.
Position Overview
This position, based in Pew’s Washington, DC office, reports to the project director, communications and is a member of the Pew communications staff supporting a new initiative focused on expanding our distribution of facts and data through a variety of communications efforts. Primary responsibilities include acting as a day-to-day manager of the project’s earned social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, and potentially others). This role will collaborate closely with the project’s team and external vendors to craft compelling content that engages target audiences on social media platforms.
The position has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public, and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national, and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations, and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, London and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Communications
The Communications department supports leaders at all levels of the institution to promote project and campaign efforts, inform key audiences, and protect and advance the Pew brand. The department provides a comprehensive range of communications services for all programmatic and administrative units and Trusts-operated projects. Our in-house expertise includes: strategy and message development; editorial support; design and creative services; media event planning; digital and video production and social media. The unit oversees all communications policies, guidelines and processes in order to manage the Pew brand, ensure production of the highest quality work and effectively steward Pew’s resources.
Position Overview
This position, based in Pew's Brisbane office, reports to the Manager, Communications based in Melbourne, and is a member of the Pew communications staff supporting Pew's environmental work. The Senior Associate supports work primarily on the Outback to Oceans campaign, including the development of public facing and specialized audience campaign communications, mobilizing public engagement in projects and promoting issues and spokespeople in international and country specific media. position requires excellent interpersonal and organizational abilities, and proven writing and editing abilities for print and online platforms, as well as experience working with networks of supporters, media relations, and senior staff support.
Salary Range: $58,000-$72,000 AUD depending on experience.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
The Research and Science Portfolio at The Pew Charitable Trusts
The research and science portfolio includes both programmatic, functional and outreach elements. It spans all of Pew’s programmatic work with a focus on advancing quality research and science and deploying research expertise to further the goals of ongoing projects. The portfolio reviews the design of new research projects across the institution to ensure they are high quality, unbiased, and methodologically sound. The programmatic elements of the portfolio include specific projects related to biomedical science, environmental science, the Philadelphia research public policy research and fiscal federalism. In addition, research and science has a role in communicating timely, accurate information on state issues to the general public as the Pew daily news publication, Stateline, is part of our organization. The portfolio also includes an operational aspect working to ensure effective management systems across the program department and coordinating with key partners across the institution.
Project Overview
The environmental science division (ESD) works to generate and synthesize scientific research to inform conservation policy and frame solutions to global environmental challenges. Within ESD, the Lenfest Ocean Program (www.lenfestocean.org) sponsors and communicates peer-reviewed research projects on timely marine policy issues, specifically focused on marine ecosystems, fisheries, wildlife, and climate. The program's highly integrated method of supporting of scientific research to inform current and emerging policy questions involves a use-driven project development process combined with targeted communications and engagement with stakeholders.
Position Overview
The senior associate works with colleagues to implement overall outreach engagement activities consistent with the program's strategic plan. The program funds multiple scientific research projects and expert working groups each year to address priority challenges facing our oceans and coasts in regions all over the world.
The senior associate works to develop and implement project outreach plans to link scientific results to diverse end users. The position includes networking with policy and management audiences across a range of marine conservation issues; connecting with non-profit, industry, and other stakeholders interested in program supported scientific research; and implementing impactful outreach strategies that help science inform decision-making and advance the program’s strategic goals.
The position, based in Pew’s Washington, D.C., office, reports to the outreach manager and has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support. The position also works closely with an associate to communicate scientific research through electronic means, including the program's website, a monthly newsletter, social media, and YouTube.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national, and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations, and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels, and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Philanthropic Partnerships (PPG)
Philanthropic Partnerships is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual and foundation prospects and donors.
Position Overview
PPG is recruiting a donor relations professional with experience in a nonprofit organization and/or in the area of fundraising. The Associate, part of the Donor Relations team, will assist in developing communications and supporting events to steward donors and cultivate prospects. Strong writing and organizational skills are central requirements for this position.
The incumbent will assist in creating highly personalized reports and other written content to effectively convey the impact of Pew’s work to audiences to steward current donors. The associate will also help write and coordinate internal communications about the department’s activities to others at Pew, including program colleagues, the executive office, and the board of directors. The associate will assist with the implementation of targeted event strategies to convey philanthropic opportunities available with Pew for fundraising purposes. Collectively, these activities will expand the PPG prospect pipeline to attract new individual and foundation partners, steward existing funder relationships, and raise the profile of Pew’s philanthropic partnerships.
This position is located in Pew’s Washington, DC, office and reports to the Project Director, Donor Relations.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Project OverviewThe conservation science (CS) program works to generate and synthesize scientific research that informs conservation policy and frames solutions to global environmental challenges. The CS team enhances the scientific foundation for Pew’s environmental work by providing centralized technical expertise, developing research projects, and identifying new scientific results relevant to Pew’s existing and emerging conservation interests. Integrating the results of peer-reviewed research into public policy and campaign strategy development are significant components of the program’s work. Position OverviewThe officer serves as the principal liaison to staff working in Pew’s two environment portfolios – Americas and International, and Pew’s strategy team on issues relating to economics and is responsible for encouraging the development of economics initiatives that inform new and existing campaign strategies. In addition to providing high-level expertise in economics across a wide range of topics to project and strategy teams, the officer leads CS’s collaboration with Pew strategy and policy staff to develop, fund, and manage a broad array of economics research projects which inform Pew’s environmental program areas. Tasks include contributing relevant information about Pew environment campaigns and strategies to CS staff; collaborating on research design with external contractors and grantees; and leading economics research projects as appropriate. Other responsibilities include contributing to policy outreach efforts for research and managing aspects of the conservation science program as needed. This position, located in Pew’s Washington, D.C., office, reports to the project director and has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the public interests.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Brussels and London and staff in other regions of the United States as well as Australia, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Overview of Information Technology
Information Technology (IT) at Pew takes a proactive approach toward the use of technology to increase the organization’s capacity for exceptionally high-quality strategic philanthropy. Executive leadership at Pew recognizes the importance of technology, and supports related initiatives to advance the institution’s goals and achieve and maintain a leadership position in the philanthropic community. As a result, IT is in a mode of continuous improvement, applying leading-edge technology to the pursuit of the goals of the institution.
The department comprises highly competent, forward-thinking professionals who are responsible for the technology needs of all Pew staff, as well as for Pew’s subsidiaries in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. IT is organized into distinct areas of responsibility, including strategic alignment of technology with the business, the evaluation and acquisition of software and hardware, implementation new systems and data repositories, and providing support for the extended network, desktop computer hardware, and software applications.
Position Overview
The Senior Associate, Network Engineer is a mid-level technical resource responsible for building, maintaining and improving Pew’s wide and local area network infrastructure, and communications systems, including its Cisco unified communications system. The position is part of the Infrastructure Operations group which manages all on-premise, hosted or cloud infrastructure. The Senior Associate position requires solid knowledge in specialized technologies, such as network routing and switching protocols, firewall and load balancing, communication circuits, VPN, wireless and network security technologies.
The Senior Associate, Network Engineer has no direct management responsibility. He or she will work with other senior network and unified communications staff to assist with complex projects with computer network components and work with other network and systems staff, and with outside entities such as contracted firms. The Senior Associate is part of a team of engineering professionals and is expected to contribute individually and as part of the team. The Senior Associate reports to the Senior Manager, Infrastructure Operations.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the public interests.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Brussels and London and staff in other regions of the United States as well as Australia, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Communications Department
The Communications department supports leaders at all levels of the institution to promote project and campaign efforts, inform key audiences, and protect and advance the Pew brand. The department provides a comprehensive range of communications services for all programmatic and administrative units and Trusts-operated projects. Our in-house expertise includes: strategy and message development; editorial support; design and creative services; media event planning; digital and video production and social media. The unit oversees all communications policies, guidelines and processes in order to manage the Pew brand, ensure production of the highest quality work and effectively steward Pew’s resources.
Position Overview
This position is responsible for collecting and analyzing digital analytics across all of Pew’s channels and communicating key findings to the organization’s senior leadership team and to colleagues in the Communications department. The major tasks include analyzing data, interpreting results, and developing clear analysis that tells the story behind the numbers for Pew’s external communications activities. This role is located in Washington, DC and the individual will report to a manager in the digital team in Communications.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
The Environmental Portfolio at The Pew Charitable Trusts
For more than twenty-five years, Pew has been a major force in educating the public and policy makers about the causes, consequences, and solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our environment work spans all seven continents with nearly 250 professionals working full-time at the local, national, and international levels to reduce the scope and severity of global environmental problems, such as the erosion of large wilderness ecosystems that contain a great part of the world’s remaining biodiversity, and the destruction of the marine environment.
Pew has worked in the United States and Canada since 1990 to protect vast stretches of unspoiled wilderness and more recently expanded our land conservation efforts to Australia’s Outback and Chilean Patagonia. Preserving these places offers an opportunity to conserve wildlife habitat, shorelines and pristine landscapes for future generations. Our work relies on the sciences of conservation, biology, and economy to advocate for sound solutions to the loss of biodiversity.
In the sea, reforms to how our oceans are managed are essential to address overfishing, pollution, and loss of habitat. Pew began its oceans program in the United States, focusing on ending overfishing and protecting fragile marine habitat. Since 2005, Pew’s ocean conservation program has expanded around the world and has played a significant role in reforming marine fisheries management in the European Union and on the high seas. Our work is grounded in the best available science and our goal is to reverse the decline of ocean life ranging from sharks and tunas to penguins and whales, and the habitat on which they depend.
Global Campaign to End Illegal Fishing
At least one fifth of all fish taken from the sea are caught illegally or beyond the reach of regulators. This significantly threatens the health of the global ocean ecosystem and undermines the economies of countless fishing communities around the world. Fishing grounds in developing countries and on the high seas are especially vulnerable to exploitation by companies that engage in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. International crime in fisheries flourishes because flag states do not fulfill their legal obligations to control the fishing operations of their vessels, and port states do not have the tools or incentives to identify and prosecute these crimes in port.
There is no single action capable of addressing IUU fishing. Many tools must be marshaled to close down the avenues for illegally caught and unregulated fish. The campaign is working to lay the foundations for a global system of enforcement to combat illegal fishing through the adoption and effective implementation of policy measures that enable the identification and tracking of industrial-scale fishing vessels, the development of practical tools to improve information-sharing among enforcement authorities, and the building of the necessary human and technical resources to sanction such vessels if they have engaged in illicit activities.
Position Overview
The officer, business partnerships and outreach will be responsible for developing strategies designed to leverage markets-based approaches to combatting illegal fishing and other Pew international fishery policy objectives. Working closely with the director, international fisheries and other team members the officer will integrate the policy, technology and enforcement components of the ending illegal fishing project into a comprehensive set of practical tools for the markets sector. The officer will develop partnerships and collaborative relationships with retailers, the seafood industry and other key constituencies to enable them to utilize the mechanisms afforded by new technologies to increase transparency and traceability in their supply chains for legally caught fish. He or she will conduct outreach and engage with key government officials, business leaders and international organizations to develop collaborative, cross-sector approaches designed to stop illegally caught fish entering the market. The officer will report to the manager, global campaign to end illegal fishing, and will be based in Pew’s Washington D.C. office. There is a possibility that additional team members will be hired and report to this position as the work is developed. The position has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
The Environmental Portfolio at The Pew Charitable Trusts
For more than twenty-five years, Pew has been a major force in educating the public and policy makers about the causes, consequences, and solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our environment work spans all seven continents with nearly 250 professionals working full-time at the local, national, and international levels to reduce the scope and severity of global environmental problems, such as the erosion of large wilderness ecosystems that contain a great part of the world’s remaining biodiversity, and the destruction of the marine environment.
Pew has worked in the United States and Canada since 1990 to protect vast stretches of unspoiled wilderness and more recently expanded our land conservation efforts to Australia’s Outback and Chilean Patagonia. Preserving these places offers an opportunity to conserve wildlife habitat, shorelines and pristine landscapes for future generations. Our work relies on the sciences of conservation, biology, and economy to advocate for sound solutions to the loss of biodiversity.
In the sea, reforms to how our oceans are managed are essential to address overfishing, pollution, and loss of habitat. Pew began its oceans program in the United States, focusing on ending overfishing and protecting fragile marine habitat. Since 2005, Pew’s ocean conservation program has expanded around the world and has played a significant role in reforming marine fisheries management in the European Union and on the high seas. Our work is grounded in the best available science and our goal is to reverse the decline of ocean life ranging from sharks and tunas to penguins and whales, and the habitat on which they depend.
Global Campaign to End Illegal Fishing
At least one fifth of all fish taken from the sea are caught illegally or beyond the reach of regulators. This significantly threatens the health of the global ocean ecosystem and undermines the economies of countless fishing communities around the world. Fishing grounds in developing countries and on the high seas are especially vulnerable to exploitation by companies that engage in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. International crime in fisheries flourishes because flag states do not fulfill their legal obligations to control the fishing operations of their vessels, and port states do not have the tools or incentives to identify and prosecute these crimes in port.
There is no single action capable of addressing IUU fishing. Many tools must be marshaled to close down the avenues for illegally caught and unregulated fish. The campaign is working to lay the foundations for a global system of enforcement to combat illegal fishing through the adoption and effective implementation of policy measures that enable the identification and tracking of industrial-scale fishing vessels, the development of practical tools to improve information-sharing among enforcement authorities, and the building of the necessary human and technical resources to sanction such vessels if they have engaged in illicit activities.
Position Overview
The manager will focus on the policy work of the campaign which is vital to ensuring the vision Pew has to combat illegal fishing is implemented. The position will lead and coordinate the campaign strategy that relates to the Port State Measures Agreement, the Cape Town Agreement, Unique Vessels Identifier (IMO Number), the mandatory tracking of vessels and Flag States obligations. It will include outreach to key stakeholders and coordination of engagement with stake holders, market entities, policy makers, international organizations and in international fora, as well as with Pew. The manager will work closely with the project director and the senior officer responsible for enforcement and compliance to ensure the delivery of policy objectives across the project with a specific focus on advocating for the use of key policies to combat illegal fishing within a truly global system of enforcement. The position has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Project Overview
The state fiscal health project is an initiative to help states adopt policies and practices designed to improve their long-term fiscal health and economic growth.
The project has three primary objectives: (1) provide highly credible, independent, and nonpartisan research that helps lawmakers understand states’ fiscal and economic challenges and how to address them; (2) engage and educate critical constituencies that influence policy decisions; and (3) provide states with customized technical assistance and research.
Position Overview:
Pew seeks to hire an associate I, economic development, to play a role in state fiscal health’s technical assistance efforts to improve state and local fiscal and economic policy. The position, based in Pew’s Washington, D.C., office, reports to the senior manager, economic development, and has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels, and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Communications
The Communications department supports leaders at all levels of the institution to promote project and campaign efforts, inform key audiences, and protect and advance Pew’s reputation. The department provides a comprehensive range of communications services for all programmatic and administrative units and Trusts-operated projects. Our in-house expertise includes: strategy and message development; editorial support; design and creative services; media event planning; digital and video production; and social media. The unit oversees all communications policies, guidelines, and processes in order to ensure production of the highest quality work and effectively steward Pew's resources.
Position Overview
This position, based in Pew’s Washington, DC office, reports to the manager, communications and is a member of the Pew communications staff supporting the work of the health programs portfolio. He/she develops and implements communications strategies for projects to effectively communicate Pew’s work and messages. The officer primarily works on the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. The project encourages state, local, and national level organizations to include health considerations in policy decisions across multiple sectors, such as housing, transportation, and education. The officer works with other health programs as assigned.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
State and Local Government Performance:
State and local government performance (SLGP), one of the seven program portfolios at The Pew Charitable Trusts, identifies and advances effective policy approaches that improve state and local government policy. SLGP researches emerging topics, develops data-driven reports and highlights innovative approaches to complex problems. SLGP initiatives currently focus on five areas: (1) positioning policymakers to make decisions that are in the best interest of state and local government’s long-term fiscal health; (2) making state and local government pension plans healthy and sustainable; (3) improving state and local government’s public safety performance; (4) modernizing the civil legal system; and (5) increasing access to effective oral health care.
SLGP makes use of the basic tools required to help explore and advance effective policies, regardless of the issue: credible, timely, and user-friendly research; assessments of public support for change; strategic outreach and dissemination to ensure that good information is widely communicated to decision-makers, media, influential stakeholders, and the public; the capacity to bring together diverse perspectives and find common ground; and the ability to identify and apply approaches that have proven successful elsewhere.
SLGP is led by a vice president and two senior directors (this position description pertains to one of these two positions) who provide oversight over select projects within the portfolio.
Position Overview
The senior director oversees three current projects: civil legal system modernization, dental health, and public safety performance. Each of these conducts data analysis and produces research to inform critical policy debates, provides technical assistance, and manages advocacy campaigns that deliver meaningful policy reforms, and considers how technology can be brought to bear on particular public policy challenges. Together, the combined budget of these projects exceeds $15 million annually and encompass approximately 50 staff.
In addition to overseeing these projects, the senior director draws on his/her understanding of federal, state, and local government strategy and practice and experience in a range of domestic policy areas to partner with the vice president and second senior director to set overarching strategy for the portfolio, generate new project ideas, and collaborate with program colleagues to plan for how to operationalize new initiatives.
The senior director, based in Pew’s Washington, D.C., office, reports to the vice president, state and local government performance.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national, and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations, and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Philanthropic Partnerships (PPG)
Philanthropic Partnerships is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual and foundation prospects and donors.
Position Overview
The officer, individual giving position is responsible for building and managing a portfolio of 75-150 prospects with the capacity for six and seven figure gifts. The goal is to maximize and leverage Pew’s philanthropic potential in order to advance the organization’s most critical projects.
We are seeking an accomplished, donor-focused professional with fundraising experience around developing and executing strategies for high net worth donors. The candidate must have excellent written and verbal communications skills and be able to build successful working relationships with Pew’s own program experts and a variety of individual donors and prospects.
The position is located in the Pew’s Washington, DC office and reports to the director of individual giving.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Philanthropic Partnerships (PPG)
PPG is responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual and institutional prospects and donors, and collaborates with staff across the institution to carry out its responsibilities.
Position Overview
The Senior Director will work with the Vice President and senior leadership of PPG to oversee the planning, development, implementation, and administration of marketing, prospect outreach, and donor stewardship at Pew. The Senior Director will supervise a donor relations team responsible for prospect cultivation and donor stewardship, including events, a small writing team working to support frontline fundraisers, and PPG’s philanthropic networks team responsible for Pew’s donor-advised fund program. The team will also engage philanthropic and wealth advisors, community foundations, estate attorneys, and other connectors. The Senior Director will be responsible for building a highly strategic and customized outreach program to engage ultra-high net worth individuals as philanthropic partners and co-investors in Pew’s programs and in this capacity will also lead PPG’s partnership with Pew Communications on the development and execution of fundraising marketing strategies.
The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of high net worth philanthropy; will have a strong record of managing professional staff and high-visibility projects, and a keen understanding of how to communicate with diverse audiences about the potential for philanthropic investment. We are seeking an accomplished, donor-focused professional with a minimum of 15 years’ experience. The position is based in Pew’s Washington, DC, office, will report to PPG’s Vice President, and will participate as an active member of PPG’s senior management team.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Overview of Information Technology
Information Technology (IT) at Pew takes a proactive approach toward the use of technology to increase the organization’s capacity for exceptionally high-quality strategic philanthropy. Executive staff at Pew recognizes the importance of technology, and supports related initiatives to advance the institution’s goals and achieve and maintain a leadership position in the philanthropic community. As a result, IT is in a mode of continuous improvement, applying leading-edge technology to the pursuit of the goals of the institution.
The department comprises highly competent, forward-thinking professionals who are responsible for the technology needs of all Pew staff, as well as for Pew’s subsidiaries in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. IT is organized into distinct areas of responsibility, including strategic alignment of technology with the business, the evaluation and acquisition of software and hardware, implementation of new systems and data repositories, and supporting the extended network, desktop computer hardware, and software applications.
Position Overview
The Senior Officer is part of a team of security professionals and is responsible for engineering and operating Pew’s global technology security program. This position provides hands-on technical solutions and operation of a variety of information security systems. The position requires deep knowledge of security frameworks, standards, networking, virtualization, computing infrastructure, cloud computing, and telecommunications. The position also requires a nuanced understanding of how security and technology can support the work of the institution and which technologies best serve Pew. Additionally, this position is charged with performing the duties necessary to ensure the safety of Pew’s information, networks, systems and other technology assets. Finally, this position is charged with developing Pew’s security policies, overseeing the Pew’s security awareness training program and evaluating Pew’s alignment with various security frameworks.
The Senior Officer has no direct management responsibility, but is expected to contribute to the mentoring and professional development of staff within IT. The Senior Officer participates in complex projects that span multiple facets of information technology and include stakeholders across divisions. The Senior Officer reports to the Director, Infrastructure Operations and Security.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the public interests.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Brussels and London and staff in other regions of the United States as well as Australia, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
The Research and Science Portfolio at The Pew Charitable Trusts
The research and science portfolio includes both programmatic, functional, and outreach elements. It spans all of Pew’s programmatic work with a focus on advancing quality research and science and deploying research expertise to further the goals of ongoing projects. The portfolio reviews the design of new research projects across the institution to ensure they are high-quality, unbiased, and methodologically sound. The programmatic elements of the portfolio include specific projects related to biomedical science, environmental science, fiscal federalism, and Philadelphia public policy research. In addition, research and science has a role in communicating timely, accurate information on state issues to the general public as the Pew daily news publication, Stateline, is part of our organization. The portfolio also includes an operational aspect working to ensure effective management systems across the program department and coordinating with key partners across the institution.
Project overview
The conservation science (CS) program works to generate and synthesize scientific research that informs conservation policy and frames solutions to global environment challenges. The CS team enhances the scientific foundation of Pew’s environmental work by providing centralized technical expertise, developing research projects, and identifying new scientific results relevant to Pew’s existing and emerging conservation interests. Integrating the results of peer-reviewed research into public policy and campaign strategy development are significant components of the program’s work.
Position overview
The officer serves as the principal liaison to staff working in Pew’s two environment portfolios – Americas and international – and Pew’s strategy team on issues relating to terrestrial ecosystems and is responsible for encouraging the development of scientific initiatives that inform new and existing project strategies. In addition to providing high-level scientific expertise across a wide range of topics to project and strategy teams, the officer leads CS’s collaboration with Pew strategy and policy staff to develop, fund, and manage a broad array of scientific research projects. Tasks include contributing relevant information about Pew environment campaigns and strategies to CS staff; collaborating on research design with external contractors and grantees; and leading scientific research projects as appropriate. Other responsibilities include contributing to policy outreach efforts for research and managing aspects of the conservation science program as needed. This position, located in Pew’s Washington, D.C. office, will report to the Project Director, Conservation Science Program.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Project Description
The civil legal system modernization project was launched in 2018 as an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. The project works to make the nation’s civil legal system more accessible and affordable to the public by implementing the most promising technologies and tools to assist self-represented litigants and improve state court efficiency. The project provides technical assistance to courts to encourage the broad-scale adoption of these technologies and conducts evaluations to determine best practices.
Specifically, the project will:
- Promote the adoption of online dispute resolution as an official judicial procedure in five states, through deployment statewide or in a major municipal subdivision of the state court system.
- Support the successful implementation of statewide legal-assistance portals in two states that provide access via the internet to diagnostics of civil legal problems and referral to a variety of information and services to assist self-represented litigants.
- Identify the next set of states to target for the adoption of statewide legal-assistance portals.
- Produce evaluations of four online dispute resolution systems and two legal-assistance portals that estimate the expected return on investment for and examine changes in affordability, access, and time to case resolution for these technologies compared to traditional processing.
- Convene a prominent civil justice working group to produce recommendations regarding additional technologies and reforms that would improve access to justice.
Position Overview
The officer, research, reports to the senior officer and is responsible for managing, writing, editing, and conducting research that supports technical assistance on civil legal system modernization at the state level, as well as broader research that illustrates challenges with the civil legal system in the US in general. The officer manages the project’s research processes to ensure that new work is methodologically sound, relevant, and accurate. Work also includes development of new tools that help states identify policies and practices that can improve access to civic data, efficient court processes, and fair outcomes in the civil legal system. The officer also conceives, researches, writes, and produces additional content with insight into the connection between the civil legal system and critical policy issues at the state and local level; provides expertise and support to the project’s identification of best practices in technology and other civil legal system innovations; and oversees relationships with external researchers and evaluators. The ideal candidate has strong quantitative and qualitative skills, as well as familiarity with one or more aspects of the civil legal system (e.g., courts, legal services, law libraries, and/or substantive areas such as housing, family, consumer debt).
The officer collaborates with the senior officer in creating a research portfolio that comprises both short- and longer-term projects. This position requires strategic thinking and initiative in recommending research projects and tools that will advance the goals of civil legal system modernization. The position has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Project Description
The civil legal system modernization project was launched in 2018 as an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. The project works to make the nation’s civil legal system more accessible and affordable to the public by implementing the most promising technologies and tools to assist self-represented litigants and improve state court efficiency. The project provides technical assistance to courts to encourage the broad-scale adoption of these technologies and conducts evaluations to determine best practices.
Specifically, the project will:
- Promote the adoption of online dispute resolution as an official judicial procedure in five states, through deployment statewide or in a major municipal subdivision of the state court system.
- Support the successful implementation of statewide legal-assistance portals in two states that provide access via the internet to diagnostics of civil legal problems and referral to a variety of information and services to assist self-represented litigants.
- Identify the next set of states to target for the adoption of statewide legal-assistance portals.
- Produce evaluations of four online dispute resolution systems and two legal assistance portals that estimate the expected return on investment for and examine changes in affordability, access, and time to case resolution for these technologies compared to traditional processing.
- Convene a prominent civil justice working group to produce recommendations regarding additional technologies and reforms that would improve access to justice.
Position Overview
The senior associate, technical assistance, provides intensive technical assistance to court systems and legal system stakeholders in order to successfully implement new technologies and process improvements. This position encompasses working with judges and court administrators, technology companies, vendors, and stakeholders representing end users of the systems. The position, based in Pew’s Washington, DC, office, reports to the manager and has a set time frame that could be extended based on the success of the program, funding sources, and board decisions on continued support.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and invigorate civic life.
We are an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew and his wife, Mary Anderson Pew.
Our work lays the foundation for effective policy solutions by informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause and insisting on tangible results. Our projects encourage efficient, responsive governments – at the local, state, national, and international levels – serving the best interests of the people. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations, and concerned citizens who share our interest in fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
With offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Australia, Brussels and London, and with additional staff in other regions of the United States and around the globe, Pew provides an exciting learning environment and the opportunity to work with highly talented individuals. We are a dynamic, rapidly evolving organization that values creativity and innovative thinking and fosters strong teamwork with mutual respect.
Communications
The Communications department supports leaders at all levels of the institution to promote The Communications department supports leaders at all levels of the institution to promote project and campaign efforts, inform key audiences, and protect and advance Pew’s reputation. The department provides a comprehensive range of communications services for all programmatic and administrative units and Trusts-operated projects. Our in-house expertise includes: strategy and message development; editorial support; design and creative services; media event planning; digital and video production; and social media. The unit oversees all communications policies, guidelines, and processes in order to ensure production of the highest quality work and effectively steward Pew's resources.
Position Overview
This position, based in Pew’s Washington, DC office, reports to the manager, communications and is a member of the Pew communications staff supporting the health policy portfolio. The senior associate works primarily on the antibiotic resistance project, which advances research and advocates for policies to slow the emergence of antibiotic resistance through improved use, and spur the innovation of urgently needed new antibiotics. The position requires excellent interpersonal and organizational abilities, proven writing and editing abilities for print and online platforms, experience working with networks of supporters, and media relations expertise. The position will occasionally support other projects within the Pew health portfolio.
