Starting Salary Range: $65,000-$70,000
Benefits include full medical, dental and vision coverage, Simple IRA match up to 3% of salary, transit pass, and generous vacation and holidays (starting at 15 days per year of vacation, plus a week off between Christmas and New Years, and 11 other paid holidays).
Position Type: Temporary (one year) full-time position; the position is hybrid, with regular in-person events and meetings. Employees must live in Washington State.
About Futurewise
Futurewise works throughout Washington state to encourage healthy, equitable and opportunity-rich communities, and to protect our most valuable farmlands, forests, and water resources through wise land use policies and practices.
We are a small but growing nonprofit, leading nationally groundbreaking policy development, advocacy and legal strategies in our field.
In the last five years, Futurewise has won major victories in the state legislature that require cities and counties to increase housing abundance and affordability, dismantle exclusionary zoning, prevent displacement, combat health disparities and environmental injustice, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and foster transit-oriented, climate resilient communities for all. These new state requirements build on Futurewise’s longstanding priorities to protect the beloved ecosystems, local food systems, and natural beauty of Washington State.
General Job Description
Now Futurewise seeks a talented and energetic organizer to lead on our work on the Seattle Comprehensive Plan and the zoning changes that will follow. Futurewise co-chairs the Complete Communities Coalition with a broad-based steering committee that identifies and advocates for shared priorities across the housing, business, environmental, and community development landscape with both inside lobbying and grassroots organizing tactics.
The Seattle Organizer will work closely with the Director of Local Advocacy and the Communications staff to lead this campaign. The Organizer will be responsible for recruiting and mobilizing grassroots supporters, cultivating volunteer leaders, coordinating with partners, and collaborating on the external advocacy strategy to advance policy goals.
This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic, inter‐disciplinary, and innovative work environment, experimenting and using your creativity to build a more sustainable and equitable future for communities in Washington State.
Position Details
Strategy Development
Recruiting and Engaging Allies
Communications (in collaboration with Communications team)
Mobilizing and Growing Grassroots Supporters
Qualifications
Project Location
As a hybrid workplace, some work can be remote with the expectation of regular in-person meetings, events, and other volunteer engagement in Seattle. Employees must live in Washington State.
Starting Salary Range: $65,000-$70,000
Benefits include full medical, dental and vision coverage, Simple IRA match up to 3% of salary, transit pass, and generous vacation and holidays (starting at 15 days per year of vacation, plus a week off between Christmas and New Years, and 11 other paid holidays).
Position Type: Temporary (one year) full-time position; the position is hybrid, with regular in-person events and meetings. Employees must live in Washington State.
About Futurewise
Futurewise works throughout Washington state to encourage healthy, equitable and opportunity-rich communities, and to protect our most valuable farmlands, forests, and water resources through wise land use policies and practices.
We are a small but growing nonprofit, leading nationally groundbreaking policy development, advocacy and legal strategies in our field.
In the last five years, Futurewise has won major victories in the state legislature that require cities and counties to…
Benefits include full medical, dental and vision coverage, Simple IRA match up to 3% of salary, transit pass, and generous vacation and holidays (starting at 15 days per year of vacation, plus a week off between Christmas and New Years, and 11 other paid holidays).
Benefits include full medical, dental and vision coverage, Simple IRA match up to 3% of salary, transit pass, and generous vacation and holidays (starting at 15 days per year of vacation, plus a week off between Christmas and New Years, and 11 other paid holidays).
Application Process
Please submit the following in pdf to jobs@futurewise.org:
Please make the subject line of your email “Seattle Organizer – [Your Last Name]” and address the cover letter to Hiring Manager. Please label all submitted materials with your last name. Priority review will be given for applications submitted by the end of day, August 4, 2025.
The position is open immediately until filled. For full consideration, please provide materials as soon as possible. No phone calls please. Due to the large number of applicants, only successful candidates will be contacted.
Equal Opportunity Employment
Futurewise is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity in all areas of our operations. We are committed to equal opportunity employment and promotion for all qualified persons without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, pregnancy and childbirth, family responsibilities, or any other basis protected by applicable laws, regulations, or guidelines relating to discrimination in employment.
For more information visit the Futurewise website, www.futurewise.org.
Application Process
Please submit the following in pdf to jobs@futurewise.org:
Please make the subject line of your email “Seattle Organizer…