American Progress has an immediate opening for an Accounts Payable Specialist. The Accounts Payable Specialist will be responsible for performing all duties in the area of accounts payable. The position will also assist with limited general ledger duties as necessary.

The Associate Director of Major Gifts executes the major donor fundraising efforts as a senior fundraiser in the Development Department. S/he engages the institution's largest individual donors in the work and impact of American Progress while expanding the major donor file to include new supports. This position is ideal for a fundraiser who focuses on the bottom line and is creative. S/he works closely with Director of Development on the department-wide strategy for meeting the organization's annual fundraising goal.

American Progress has an immediate opening for Deputy Director of Campus Progress. Campus Progress is the Center’s dynamic effort to help young people make their voices heard and to empower the next generation of progressive leaders. Through programs in activism, journalism, and events, Campus Progress engages a diverse group of young people nationwide and inspires them to embrace progressive values and work for positive change.

Working under the direction of the Director of Campus Progress, the Deputy Director will assist with the management, oversight, and implementation of Campus Progress operations, including: fundraising; budget; national issue advocacy work; on-line organizing; Campus Progress’s nationwide network of youth-run issue campaigns and student publications; national, campus, and community events; the CampusProgress.org web magazine and website; strategic planning; operations; and hiring and management of staff.

As a junior member of the Development Department, the Development Associate supports the major gifts, foundation, and corporate fundraising efforts. He or she is primarily responsible for maintaining the donor file and serving as a liaison to the American Progress departments that share responsibility for contact record and financial management. This position is ideal for people who are detail oriented and embrace new technologies or new media. He or she works closely with Director of Development on tracking the department’s progress toward meeting the organization's annual fundraising goal.

The Development Manager, Campus Progress, works to raise funding for Campus Progress, American Progress’s youth program. Campus Progress works with and for young people to promote progressive solutions to key political and social challenges. Through programs in activism, journalism, and events, Campus Progress engages a diverse group of young people nationwide, inspires them to embrace progressive values, provides them with essential trainings, and helps them to make their voices heard.

The Development Manager implements Campus Progress’s fundraising efforts. This person engages individual donors in the work and impact of Campus Progress while expanding the major donor file to include new supporters. The Development Manager also works with the Director of Campus Progress and program staff to seek opportunities for foundation funding; assist in cultivating relationships with foundations; and assist in preparing presentations, proposals, and reports to foundations.

This position is ideal for a fundraiser who enjoys talking with people, is skilled and persuasive in oral and written communications, and understands Campus Progress's unique mission and role.

As a senior fundraiser in the Development Department, the Director of Foundation Relations leads the foundation fundraising efforts. He or she will work closely with program staff to capitalize on emerging opportunities for foundation funding, help create strategic thinking for institutional foundation management, oversee all foundation activity, and make the case for support. He or she works closely with Development leadership on the departmentwide strategy for meeting the organization’s annual fundraising goal.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Director or Associate Director of Tax and Budget Efficiency working for the organization’s Doing What Works project, which promotes government reform to efficiently allocate scarce resources and achieve greater results for the American people.

The Director or Associate Director will help lead project work on tax and budget issues with a particular focus on tax expenditures, program consolidation, budget savings, and deficit reduction. Job title will be determined based on the successful applicant’s level of experience.

The Director or Vice President of Government Affairs has principal responsibility for managing American Progress’s relationships with elected officials, Capitol Hill staff, non-Capitol Hill staff, and administration officials.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Special Assistant to support three Domestic Policy Teams: Education, Health, and Women’s Health and Rights. Candidates should share these interests and have demonstrable professional and/or academic experience in these areas.

American Progress has an immediate opening for an Education Policy Analyst. The analyst will work under the direction of the Vice President for Education Policy and Associate Director for Education Research on a variety of education policy issues. The analyst responsibilities will span a range of education policy issues, especially those related to human capital (teachers and principals), fiscal equity, common academic standards and assessment, often in partnership with other members of the education team.

Enough, a project of the Center for American Progress, has an immediate opening for a consultant field researcher to do research on the crisis in Sudan. The research assistant will be based in southern Sudan to conduct research and draft regular updates on the security, political, and humanitarian situation in southern Sudan.

Enough, a project of American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity, seeks a candidate for Online Engagement Manager. This position is at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC.

The Online Engagement Manager is responsible for growing and engaging the Enough Project’s core constituencies Responsible for generating new supporters, activating and retaining existing supporters, and achieving greater recognition of the Enough Project brand. The Online Engagement Manager will craft integrated, web, social media, advocacy, and email campaigns that spur Enough’s online and offline constituent engagement.

American Progress has an immediate opening for an Events Associate working for Campus Progress. Campus Progress is the Center’s fast-growing, dynamic effort to help young people make their voices heard and to empower the next generation of progressive leaders. Through programs in activism, journalism, and events, Campus Progress engages a diverse group of young people nationwide and inspires them to embrace progressive values and work for positive change.

The Events Associate will assist in coordinating all aspects of the events program—including organizing events on college campuses and in communities across the country, as well as the Campus Progress National Conference. This person will assist in: developing substantive speaking programs; recruiting and maintaining relationships with speakers, performers, and filmmakers; and working with campus and community groups, faculty, and event organizers to arrange speaker travel and accommodations, logistics, and publicity.

Since Campus Progress's launch in February 2005 it has held over 700 events. Speakers have included Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, John Lewis, Linda Sanchez, Al Sharpton, Majora Carter, Julian Bond, Paul Begala, Cornel West, Tim Russert, Helen Thomas, E.J. Dionne, Samantha Power, Seymour Hersh, Asra Nomani, Ryan Gosling, Talib Kweli, Fat Joe, John Oliver, and many more, including up-and-coming young leaders.

We’ve held debates and discussions on issues from human rights to hip-hop culture and economic mobility to global warming. With partners like HBO, PBS, and leading studios and directors, we have also presented films on a wide range of issues. And we’ve held an annual national conference for 1,400 young people from across America. The Events Associate will assist with all this work.

Enough is a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity. Founded in 2007, Enough focuses primarily on crises in Sudan, eastern Congo, and areas of Africa affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army. The Enough Project’s strategy papers and briefings provide sharp field analysis and targeted policy recommendations based on a “3P” crisis response strategy: promoting durable peace, providing civilian protection, and punishing perpetrators of atrocities. Enough works with concerned citizens, advocates, and policymakers to prevent, mitigate, and resolve these crises by both raising awareness domestically and pressuring lawmakers and policymakers.

The Enough Project is seeking an Executive Director who will provide strategic vision and leadership to an organization at the forefront of the effort to build a permanent constituency to prevent genocide and mass atrocities. The Executive Director is responsible and accountable for long-term organizational development and growth, financial and administrative oversight, and management of day-to-day operations. Such duties include ensuring the organization has the resources it needs, as well as helping to manage the policy direction of the organization. This includes direct supervision of staff members in Washington, D.C., and oversight of field consultants in Sudan, Congo, and Uganda. The successful candidate will establish and maintain collaborative relationships needed for operational success. He or she will also ensure that all Enough Project initiatives meet the organizational values, standards, and approaches established by existing policies and guidelines.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Research Associate or Policy Analyst working for the organization’s Doing What Works project, which promotes government reform to efficiently allocate scarce resources and achieve greater results for the American people.

The Research Associate or Policy Analyst will support the Doing What Works team on the full range of issues that the project covers, including government performance and innovation, smart budgeting, tax subsidies, open government, federal workforce issues, and procurement. Job title will be determined based on the successful applicant’s level of experience.

The health care program at American Progress seeks to advance public awareness and understanding of health policy in the United States and to offer effective strategies to implement the Affordable Care Act. The Policy Analyst will work with members of the health team and external partners to advance implementation of this legislation, specifically through the Federal-State Implementation Project. This project is a collaborative effort to facilitate improved communication and planning for the health research and advocacy community on activities related to Affordable Care Act implementation.

The health care program at the Center for American Progress seeks to advance public awareness and understanding of health policy in the United States and offer effective strategies to implement the Affordable Care Act in a variety of areas including payment and delivery system reforms, insurance reforms, and Medicaid eligibility expansions. The Research Assistant will work with members of the health team to advance the health policy goals of the Center through assisting with the development of original research papers and other materials, and the analysis of current and proposed policies.

The Energy Opportunity program at American Progress has been a leader in shifting debate about climate and energy policy from a primarily environmental issue toward a more holistic discussion about clean energy jobs and green economic growth. The Energy Program’s international climate and energy team is seeking a research associate or policy analyst (position title will depend on experience) to do research, writing, and advocacy to support and develop the team’s capacity to contribute effectively to the international climate and energy conversation. The associate/analyst will report to the Vice President for Energy Policy and work with all members of the energy policy team to develop content around issues such as international climate negotiations, comparative national climate and energy policy analysis, international energy market research, global forestry negotiations, and land use issues.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Legal Assistant position. This position will join American Progress’s Legal Team to result in a team of three full-time attorneys, one law clerk, and one legal assistant. The Legal Team manages the legal matters of the Center for American Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research and educational think tank, and its affiliated organization, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization (together American Progress).

The Center is a progressive think tank, working on issues across the policy spectrum and putting special emphasis on developing a long-term vision of a progressive America and finding innovative ways to communicate its policy analyses, prescriptions, and vision. CAP Action is an advocacy voice, working on public education, legislation, grassroots lobbying, and limited political activities. Both organizations engage in expansive programmatic activities, which include multiple dynamic websites, multiple public events on a weekly basis, partnerships with other organizations, and a California office.

The legal issues facing these organizations are diverse and challenging. The Legal Team works with management, staff, and contractors in a fast-paced environment to both design and implement processes and procedures to ensure legal compliance (particularly with tax and election law requirements, but with all other applicable legal requirements, too), as well as to respond to the daily legal needs of the organizations. The Legal Team focuses primarily on counseling and transactional work for all staff and consultants, including advising on programmatic events, papers, advocacy, and outreach; working with the online communications team to ensure compliance with e-commerce, digital publication, and intellectual property licensing requirements; managing corporate governance issues; and working with human resources on employment policies and issues.

This is a great opportunity for individuals contemplating law school to see how a nonprofit organization develops its legal infrastructure and to learn what it’s like to work in-house. As a member of the Legal Team, the legal assistant will work on a variety of projects and receive excellent training in and exposure to tax law, election law, contracting, corporate governance, and employment issues for nonprofit organizations.

The legal assistant will primarily assist with the administrative duties of the team and the General Counsel.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Reporter/Blogger to work with the research team that produces ThinkProgress.org, The Progress Report, and other research products.

American Progress has an immediate opening for an Economic Research Assistant. This position is open to those with expertise or interest in economic issues including macroeconomics, economic growth, and labor market policies. The position will broadly support the policy research staff in the Economic Policy Department.

This position requires strong analytic and writing abilities, as well as an ability to effectively work with others in the economic team (and throughout the Center) to provide assistance in the production of original research papers, the coordination of outreach efforts, data analysis, and the analysis of current and proposed policy.

American Progress is seeking a Salesforce.com Manager, who will be responsible for supporting and further improving our Salesforce.com implementation. The platform is currently used by more than 90 users to track significant amounts of business intelligence including relationships with core stakeholders (donors, government affairs, press, and policy influencers), online and offline marketing and outreach efforts, policy products and event information, and internal features including project management, contract tracking, trouble ticketing, and IT provisioning.

The ideal candidate will have a track record in supporting and training users of Salesforce.com, resolving technical and functional support issues, and implementing enhancements. The position is part of the External Affairs Department, which handles outreach to elected officials; national, state, and local advocates; and other policy organizations and think tanks. But the Salesfore.com Manager will work closely with multiple departments that use Salesforce.com. The Salesforce.com manager will also work closely with an outside consultant and the Online Communications department who often assist with deploying new features.

The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Senior Microsoft Windows Systems Administrator and Helpdesk Manager.  The position will help maintain core Microsoft system software and applications and manage the day-to-day customer support & service and project-based activities of the local office IT staff.  This person must have an understanding of advanced network concepts, routing, firewall security policy, and virtual private networking, Exchange 2007, and Windows 2008 domains.  In their help-desk capacity the manager will enhance and maintain the high-quality handling of incidents by team members, including providing exceptional customer service, effectively tracking & disseminating information, performing thorough and accurate troubleshooting, and using all available service and support tools & resources.

Enough, a project of Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity, seeks a Program Manager to oversee the Darfur Dream Team’s Sister Schools Program. The Darfur Dream Team’s Sister Schools Program brings together a diverse coalition—students, professional athletes, and international, private, and nonprofit organizations—to provide Darfuri children living in the 12 refugee camps in eastern Chad with access to quality education. As part of the program, U.S. schools and the general public are raising funds to improve the education of their Darfuri children through the construction and rehabilitation of school buildings and by providing supplies, sports equipment, and teacher training. The program also fosters cross-cultural relationships and mutual understanding between U.S. and Darfuri refugee students through letter exchanges and video blogging.

The program was conceptualized following NBA star Tracy McGrady’s trip to the Darfuri refugee camps in Chad with John Prendergast and Omer Ismail of the Enough Project. McGrady has since reached out to other professional basketball players who have made the crisis in Darfur their personal priority. Baron Davis and Derek Fisher have joined McGrady as co-captains of the Darfur Dream Team. Principal partners in the Darfur Dream Team are USA for UNHCR, TakePart.Com, the Enough Project, Facing History and Ourselves, the Education Partnership for Children in Conflict, and i-ACT. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR, oversees the actual delivery of aid.

Enough has an immediate opening for a Sister Schools Program Manager. S/he will be responsible for managing the development and implementation of all program-related activities including, strategic planning, grassroots/schools mobilization, donor outreach and cultivation, financial and administrative oversight, event planning, development of materials, online advocacy, and overall coordination amongst the program partners. This is a position requiring advocacy and program management experience. Knowledge of international affairs, human rights, and Africa, are preferred.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Special Assistant for the energy and environmental policy team.

American Progress has an immediate opening in Los Angeles, California for a Special Assistant. Primary responsibilities include administrative support, office management, procurement, travel assistance, and event planning.

American Progress has an immediate opening for a Special Assistant working for the organization’s Doing What Works project, which promotes government reform to efficiently allocate scarce resources and achieve greater results for the American people.

The Special Assistant will provide administrative support and some research assistance for the Doing What Works project. Research topics might include government performance and innovation, smart budgeting, tax subsidies, open government, federal workforce issues, and procurement.

The Center for American Progress has an immediate opening for a Special Assistant to work with the National Security and International Policy team. The Special Assistant will support a Senior Fellow in the NSIP department focusing specifically on national security policy, the defense budget, and related U.S. foreign policy issues. Candidates should share these interests and have demonstrable professional and/or academic experience in these areas.

The Center for American Progress seeks a Vice President of Budget and Finance.

American Progress is looking to hire a talented web developer to help us build sites to advance progressive causes in the United States. We’re looking for someone who can create a web application from the front end or the back, gets excited about clean code, and can make a page work right in every browser imaginable. Sound like you? Read on.

You’ll need to know PHP and JavaScript and be able to work your way around a CMS like ExpressionEngine or WordPress. You should know a LAMP stack from a lightbox plugin and an object prototype from prototype.js. You’ll need to know how to use development frameworks to speed up your work and create maintainable code. You should be able to squeeze the last ounce of performance out of a mobile website, seal a site against SQL injection, and integrate web services like Twitter, Salesforce, or Google Maps. Above all, you should love inventing creative, efficient solutions to technical problems—and teaching nontechnical people how to use them once they’re built.