Economic Justice Program Associate

The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization that fights for equity for all women and families. We’re passionate about making change on big issues such as equal pay for all women, paid leave for working families and access to affordable health care that provides abortion and reproductive care. We advocate on the Hill and for federal, state and local policy.

Economic Justice Program Associate

We are seeking an Economic Justice Program Associate to support the team in furthering the National Partnership’s policy goals by supporting coalition engagement and updating partner organizations on advancements in paid family and medical leave and paid sick leave, assisting with policy and factual research, monitoring news and tracking press clips, maintaining and updating databases, and supporting scheduling and expenses to the Economic Justice team.

The Economic Justice Program Associate Position is based in Washington, DC and reports to the Vice President for Economic Justice. The National Partnership is a hybrid organization where staff are required to report to the office a minimum four (4) days a month.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Primary Responsibilities

• Compile and distribute the weekly paid leave newsletter, ensuring timely content collection and accurate formatting.
• Track Economic Justice projects and maintain organized files.
• Submit and track invoices, expense reports, and other administrative documents for the team.
• Coordinate logistics for the National Work and Family Coalition, including scheduling bi-monthly meetings, preparing the agenda, and capturing follow-up actions.
• Support fact-checking of reports, issue briefs, and external materials.
• Handles additional scheduling responsibilities for other program meetings and activities.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Monitor news and legislative updates relevant to the Economic Justice projects.
• Assist with maintaining policy materials, data sources, and coalition information.
• Work with the Communications team to ensure Economic Justice content on the organization’s web pages contain current and accurate information.
• Help draft or edit meeting materials, presentations, and partner communications as needed.

Occasional Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support for other team events or special projects.
• Document and improve departmental processes.

Note: The above are fundamental duties that an individual who holds the position must perform. This is not an exhaustive list. The scope and emphasis of responsibilities may vary throughout the year based on team needs and organizational priorities at the discretion of the manager.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Skills Required:

• 1-2 years of relevant experience supporting ongoing projects or processes in a nonprofit, advocacy, academic, or mission driven environment. Experience should involve coordinating tasks, tracking deadlines, or maintaining organized information.
• Comfort in a coordination role that supports team priorities and follows direction from their manager and project leads, with an understanding that this position is not a strategic or managerial role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Experience providing program coordination or operational support, including coordinating schedules, managing communications, tracking project progress, and ensuring smooth logistical and administrative support.
• Highly attentive to detail in written documents and when supporting meetings and events.
• Extremely well organized with the ability to multitask and work independently and collaboratively to meet weekly, monthly, and quarterly deadlines.
• Comfortable with shifting between administrative tasks and time-sensitive coordination.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills, including effective communication, relationship building, and ability to collaborate with diverse individuals and groups.
• Takes ownership of accuracy, follow-through, and reliability.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, and Asana is a plus.
• Understanding of racial and gender justice concepts and commitment to centering them in work projects and interactions (both internal and external) by addressing structural implications and disproportionate impacts of policies and institutions on historically oppressed groups.

Supervisory Responsibility:

No Supervision Responsibility.

Classification

The National Partnership recognizes a staff bargaining unit, National Partnership United, affiliated with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union/IFPTE Local 70, a union for non-profit workers. This position is included in the NP United bargaining unit.

Salary and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $64,081- $70,153 with the exact salary determined by years of relevant experience, in alignment with NPWF’s compensation setting criteria.

The National Partnership provides a generous benefits package that includes generous paid time off including paid federal holidays plus an office closure the last week of December; comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance; 403B and SEP-IRA retirement options; health, transit, parking, and dependent care flexible spending accounts; life insurance and long term disability insurance; paid family and medical leave for eligible employees; and more.

Employment and Workplace Details

This position is a full-time DC-based position with a hybrid schedule that requires a minimum of four days of in-office work each month, with additional in-office and in-person days determined by your role and job responsibilities. There is a probationary period during the first six months of employment.

Office and Team Culture

The National Partnership is a 50+ person staff that fosters a collaborative culture. We have a collegial work environment. The National Partnership is committed to protecting our employees and our communities from COVID-19. Toward that goal, the National Partnership requires all employees to be fully vaccinated and completely up to date via an FDA authorized and/or approved COVID-19 vaccination. Fully Vaccinated is defined by the CDC as being 2 weeks after the final dose in a primary series of COVID-19 vaccines (2 doses of Pfizer or Moderna, 1 dose of Johnson & Johnson). Up to date means a person has received all recommended COVID-19 vaccines, including any booster dose(s) when eligible. New employees must be fully vaccinated before their start date, and up-to-date as soon as eligible, unless an exemption due to a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief or practice is granted.

The National Partnership is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to racial equity and social justice. We make a particular effort to recruit people of color to apply for open positions. People of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and people with other historically underrepresented identities are encouraged to apply. Please see EEO is the Law and Equal Employment Opportunity

If you require reasonable accommodations as part of the hiring process, please email accommodations@nationalpartnership.org

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

How to apply: Please upload your cover letter and resume by January 9, 2026, at 11:59 pm, ET. Please note that our office will be closed from December 22, 2025, to January 2, 2026, and staff will not be monitoring email during this period. You are welcome to submit applications and accommodation requests for this position during the application window. We will review all messages received during the closure when we return on January 5.