About Pennsylvania Policy Center
Pennsylvania Policy Center (PPC) is a statewide, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) research, policy, and public education organization working to build a Pennsylvania where everyone has the opportunity not just to get by, but to get ahead. We advance evidence-based solutions that strengthen economic opportunity, promote tax fairness, protect democracy, expand access to quality public services, and create pathways to shared prosperity for all Pennsylvanians. We believe lasting change requires more than good policy. It requires informed communities, strong coalitions, effective communications, meaningful civic engagement, and strategic advocacy rooted in research and lived experience.
Our work combines policy analysis, public education, coalition building, communications, and advocacy to advance policies that improve the lives of Pennsylvanians across race, geography, income, and background.
Our Vision and Core Principles
At Pennsylvania Policy Center, we are building an organization that values both results and relationships.
We believe strong organizations are built on trust, accountability, transparency, continuous learning, and a shared commitment to excellence. We strive to create a workplace where people can do meaningful work, grow professionally, and contribute to building long-term institutional capacity.
What We Expect from Every Team Member
Every member of the PPC team is expected to:
- Demonstrate a commitment to our mission, vision, and values.
- Take ownership of their work and follow through on commitments.
- Build trust through reliability, accountability, and transparency.
- Communicate openly, respectfully, and constructively.
- Approach challenges with curiosity, creativity, and a solutions-oriented mindset.
- Balance urgency with sustainability and high standards with grace.
- Work collaboratively across teams, partners, and stakeholders.
- Contribute to building strong organizational systems and processes.
- Seek opportunities for continuous learning and improvement.
- Help strengthen PPC as a growing institution, not simply complete assigned tasks.
- Foster a culture of shared responsibility, mutual respect, and collective success.
We are committed to creating an environment where learning is encouraged, questions are welcomed, feedback is valued, and every team member has the opportunity to contribute to our growth and impact.
Position Summary
The Campaign Director, facilitates and leads the development and implementation of strategic issue-based campaigns and advocacy strategies that advance Pennsylvania Policy Center’s policy priorities and organizational goals.
This position serves as a critical bridge between policy research, communications, coalition partners, community stakeholders, and policymakers. While policy development, research, legislative strategy, and communications execution are led by other members of the PPC team, this position is responsible for integrating those functions into coordinated campaigns that advance organizational priorities. The Campaign Director develops campaign strategies, cultivates partnerships, supports legislative education efforts, coordinates coalition engagement, and helps translate research and policy analysis into effective public education and advocacy campaigns.
The Campaign Director helps connect PPC’s state and federal policy priorities by coordinating campaigns that educate stakeholders, engage coalition partners, inform policymakers, and advance advocacy strategies across multiple levels of government.
The Campaign Director works closely with the Executive Director, policy and research staff, communications staff, and coalition partners to ensure campaign activities are strategic, coordinated, and aligned with organizational priorities. The position will support the work of Pennsylvania Policy Center and collaborate, as appropriate, with its affiliated 501(c)(4) advocacy organization and other aligned partners, while ensuring all activities remain compliant with applicable federal and state laws governing nonprofit organizations, including regulations applicable to 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities.
This position requires a strategic thinker who is equally comfortable developing campaign plans, cultivating partnerships, facilitating coalition meetings, engaging policymakers, shaping messaging, and managing implementation.
Core Functions
Campaign Strategy and Management
- Develop and implement strategic issue-based campaigns aligned with organizational priorities.
- Create campaign goals, work plans, timelines, metrics, and evaluation frameworks.
- Coordinate campaign implementation across internal departments and external partners.
- Coordinate integrated campaigns that connect federal policy developments, state policy priorities, and coalition-based advocacy strategies.
- Monitor campaign progress and recommend strategic adjustments as needed
Coalition Building and Partnership Development
- Serve as PPC’s lead staff person for coalition management, partnership cultivation, and multi-organizational campaign coordination.
- Build, strengthen, and maintain relationships with coalition partners and stakeholders across Pennsylvania.
- Convene and facilitate coalition meetings, working groups, and collaborative initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for partnership, alignment, and collective action.
- Support the growth and effectiveness of statewide advocacy coalitions.
Legislative Engagement and Public Policy Advocacy
- Build and maintain productive relationships with policymakers, legislative staff, executive branch officials, and other decision-makers.
- Coordinate legislative education, policymaker outreach, and stakeholder engagement activities in partnership with the Director of Policy, Research, and Legislative Strategy.
- Collaborate with the Director of Policy, Research, and Legislative Strategy to stay informed on legislative, regulatory, and policy developments related to organizational priorities and to identify opportunities for campaign engagement, coalition activation, public education, and advocacy.
- Collaborate with policy, research, and communications staff to support the development of policy briefings, testimony, fact sheets, issue analyses, educational materials, talking points, and other campaign resources by incorporating campaign strategy, coalition insights, stakeholder feedback, and implementation considerations; support their strategic dissemination and use to advance organizational priorities.
Message Development and Public Education
- Collaborate with communications and policy and research staff to develop campaign messaging and narrative strategies by incorporating insights from coalition partners, stakeholders, policymakers, and campaign participants.
- Collaborate with communications to translate complex policy issues into accessible, compelling public-facing communications.
- Support earned media, digital communications, public presentations, and educational events.
- Work with communications staff to develop campaign materials, toolkits, talking points, and stakeholder engagement resources.
Organizational Representation
- Represent PPC at meetings, conferences, coalition tables, community events, and public forums.
- Serve as a spokesperson on assigned issues, when appropriate.
- Strengthen organizational visibility and relationships across the Commonwealth.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary internal coordinator responsible for aligning campaign, coalition, communications, and policy activities around organizational priorities.
- Develop and manage annual and campaign-specific strategic plans. • Coordinate issue and advocacy campaigns aligned with PPC’s policy priorities.
- Conduct stakeholder mapping, relationship management, and power analysis.
- Build and maintain relationships with coalition partners and key stakeholders.
- Facilitate meetings, convenings, and collaborative planning processes.
- Coordinate legislative education and policymaker engagement activities.
- Support public education campaigns and advocacy initiatives.
- Collaborate with policy and communications staff on messaging, strategy, and content development, including the development of campaign materials, presentations, issue briefs, fact sheets, and educational resources.
- Stay informed on federal, state, legislative, regulatory, and political developments relevant to PPC’s policy priorities and work collaboratively with policy, research, and communications staff to translate those developments into coordinated campaign activities, coalition engagement opportunities, public education efforts, stakeholder outreach, and advocacy strategies.
- Prepare reports on campaign progress and outcomes, including tracking campaign metrics, deliverables and outcomes.
- Maintain and update tracking system.
- Coordinate and collaborate with affiliated advocacy organizations and coalition partners while maintaining compliance with applicable nonprofit regulations and organizational policies.
- Participate in organizational planning, retreats, trainings, and staff meetings.
- Travel throughout Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C and to other locations for conferences as needed.
- Work evenings and weekends as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience
Significant professional experience in campaign planning, community organizing, public policy and advocacy, coalition engagement, management and non-profit leadership is required.
Candidates should have at least 7 years of experience, including a track record of taking on increased levels of responsibility, education, training, and experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the essential functions of the position.
A Bachelor’s degree is desirable, but not required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing statewide issue advocacy campaigns.
- Experience working in nonprofit advocacy, public policy, or issue-based campaigns.
- Experience working with legislative bodies, government agencies, or public officials.
- Familiarity with Pennsylvania government, legislative processes, and public policy.
- Familiarity with federal policy advocacy, federal legislative processes, and the intersection of federal and state policymaking.
- Experience managing coalitions, alliances, or multi-stakeholder initiatives.
- Experience in strategic communications, message development, narrative strategy, or public affairs.
- Experience working within or alongside 501(c)(3) and/or 501(c)(4) organizations.
- Experience supervising consultants, vendors, or project teams.
More on the Position
Location: Pennsylvania (Remote). Candidates must reside in Pennsylvania or establish Pennsylvania residency within sixty (60) days of employment.
Salary Range: $75,000–$90,000 annually, commensurate with experience
Benefits: Pennsylvania Policy Center offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement benefits, paid time off, and holidays. Details will be provided during the hiring process.
Travel Requirements: Frequent statewide travel required. Evening and weekend work required up to 25% of the time.