The Quincy Institute seeks an energetic and resourceful advocacy associate to support close tracking of relevant activity on Capitol Hill and outreach to congressional offices, administration officials, allied organizations, and other key constituencies; coordinating meetings, and planning public events. The associate will be managed by the communications team. The staff person may also work with other staff as directed.

The position is based in Washington D.C. and entails a hybrid work schedule of at least three days per week in the DC office.

• Help implement and contribute to a strategic plan for advocacy to advance QI’s overall mission and short to medium-term objectives.
• Work with advocacy director to plan and execute QI advocacy strategies around legislation and hearings, including outreach to Congressional offices.
• Work with the advocacy director to plan and execute Congressional outreach and publicity around important QI reports and policy and research-related products.
• Help plan and organize congressional briefings and other means of effectively promoting QI’s transpartisan vision and specific policy recommendations to congressional offices and advocacy allies.
• Contribute to identifying upcoming advocacy and communications opportunities to shape policies and practices that contribute to US foreign policy.
• Help maintain the organization’s communications calendar to ensure it is comprehensive and up-to-date.
• Build partnerships across key communities and coalitions, including groups working on related policy issues on both sides of the political aisle.
• Represent QI in some coalitions and coordinate with allied organizations to identify research opportunities for QI to aid coalitions, inform policies, and educate policymakers.
• Maintain relations with key congressional staff and ensure that QI effectively functions as support to both Democratic and Republican lawmakers who favor QI's positions on foreign policy, and works to expand this group of supportive lawmakers .
• Conduct general research and writing support when needed.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field.
• Recent experience as a legislative staffer in the U.S. Congress or a national nongovernmental advocacy organization dealing with issues related to foreign policy.
• Strong writing and editing skills, graphic design skills are a plus.
• Strong organizational, logistical and project management with the ability to prioritize multiple projects while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to work both independently and to take direction as part of a team, and to deliver in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Google Office suite, and demonstrated ability to learn and utilize information technology skills
• Resourcefulness, creativity, intellectual curiosity, kindness.
• Demonstrated commitment to the Quincy Institute’s mission and to a foreign policy focused on military restraint and diplomacy.

Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and one writing sample. Application closing date is January 20, 2024.

About the Quincy Institute

The Quincy Institute is a public policy think tank in Washington, DC, founded in 2019 whose mission is to promote ideas that move US foreign policy away from endless war and toward vigorous diplomacy and forward-looking economic engagement, based on the grand strategy of Restraint. It envisions a world where peace is the norm, war the exception, and the United States a leading source of healthy ideas and influence. The Institute operates independently of any political party.