Officer, Public Engagement, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

Application Deadline: Wednesday, July 23, 2025.

Please include both a resume and a cover letter with your application.

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

This new project aims to measurably reduce Americans' exposure to harmful endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The project will focus on reducing exposure to the most harmful EDCs in use in the near-term, while laying the foundation for longer-term policy reform to prevent additional harmful EDCs from being introduced. The Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals project is a collaboration between Pew's Environment and Government Performance portfolios.

The Environment Portfolio focuses on science-based, nonpartisan, and sustainable solutions to help protect the planet and people. We work in partnership with governments, Indigenous rights holders, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, local stakeholders, scientists, and other researchers to advance public policy so that nature and communities can thrive.

The Government Performance portfolio provides the nonpartisan research, solutions, and momentum decisionmakers need to ensure our institutions improve the health of people in the United States and enable them to successfully climb the economic ladder. Those goals are pursued through a wide range of the portfolio's policy-focused projects (with explorations into new areas underway)-from ensuring states' finances are prepared for future volatility, to unlocking gateways to mental health care, to addressing the nation's lack of attainable housing.

Position Overview

The Officer serves a key role in a team whose mission is to provide operational support, coordination and institutional guidance to the adjacent Science, Public Policy, and Private Sector teams. Reporting to the senior manager, this role will manage and support public engagement initiatives focused on developing and implementing effective strategies for communicating with policymakers, advocates, affected communities, and business leaders on endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Strong leadership and communication skills are preferred, along with operational expertise. To achieve key tasks, the Officer must develop close working relationships and become a trusted advisor to staff across each of the project's different workstreams.

The position is based in Pew's Washington, D.C., office. The position will participate in Pew's core in-office days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and will have the flexibility to work from home the remainder of each week.

Responsibilities

• Foster a work environment that is supportive, accessible, and in line with Pew and the project's related goals.

• Work with the senior manager as well as members of the Science, Public Policy, and Private Sector teams, and internal partners (e.g., Communications, Government Relations, Partnerships) to lead the design and implementation of a coordinated public engagement strategy inclusive of engagement with external coalitions.

• Oversee activities such as stakeholder mapping, opinion research, and focus groups.

• Build and maintain relationships with Pew's External Affairs department and closely coordinate with them to ensure that efforts are complementary.

• Identify and facilitate opportunities for cross-team collaboration throughout the project.

• Participate in activities that support program and Pew-wide objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

• Generally, eight years of applicable experience.

• Experience in project management, operations, and/or events management.

• Experience working with a team effectively, building collaborative relationships, and fostering consensus.

• Experience working productively with a wide array of stakeholders, both internal and external, and approaching issues with a nonpartisan and objective mindset in a rapidly changing environment.

• Seasoned judgment and comfort in making decisions, justifying recommendations, and being responsive, clear, and firm with colleagues and partners.

• Effective and results-oriented planner for both short- and long-term programmatic goals and orienting these goals to align with the project team and institution's procedures.

• Demonstrated capacity to meet multiple deadlines by maintaining a high level of organization, and to develop and move projects forward with independence and autonomy.

• Proven research and analytical skills.

• Excellent writing, editing, and oral communication skills.

Travel

This position requires occasional domestic travel to meetings and conferences.