The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to reduce nuclear weapons arsenals, halt the spread of nuclear weapons, and minimize the risk of war by providing policy research, education and analysis to the public and policymakers. The Council for a Livable World (CLW) is a non-partisan 501(c)4 non-profit organization that promotes policies to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons. CLW advocates for a more principled approach to U.S. national security and foreign policy and seeks to increase peace and security and to reduce the threat of war and nuclear weapons by representing our members in Washington D.C. and endorsing congressional candidates who support our goals. CLW’s work is complemented by its “sister” organization, the CACNP.
Jobs
Advocacy Coordinator
Research Analyst
Staff Accountant
FULL-TIME ADVOCACY COORDINATOR (HYBRID IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE AND REMOTE)
Posted: July 28, 2022
Applications accepted and examined on a rolling basis.
Job Description
The Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation are seeking a dynamic and creative Advocacy Coordinator and Research Analyst to expand our Congressional education efforts and promote our policy goals with civic and grassroots communities. The ideal candidate will be a skilled and passionate professional with a background and interest in national security, nuclear policy and defense spending. The successful candidate will also work closely with Council and Center staff to help coordinate and expand the broader peace and security nonprofit community’s efforts on Capitol Hill. Experience with campaigns or community organizing is preferred. This job is located near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; although some virtual work is possible, regular presence in the Council/Center offices will be required.
Responsibilities will include:
- Maintain and expand Council and Center relationships and communications with Hill personnel as related to the organizations’ national security and nuclear policy goals.
- Inform civic, progressive, student, faith-based communities about Congressional actions and debates related to nuclear policy and defense spending and coordinate action efforts with those groups.
- Under the guidance of the Political Director, assist with Council campaign education efforts.
- Under the guidance of the Senior Policy Director, conduct research and policy analysis on our organizations’ priority issues, including U.S.-Russian strategic stability, regional proliferation threats, multilateral arms control, global nuclear modernization, nuclear security, missile defense, emerging weapons technologies, and the Pentagon budget.
- Produce fact sheets, op-eds and policy briefs, and participate in media opportunities, as directed.
- Ably represent and clearly articulate the mission and vision of the organizations at community events and conferences.
- Other responsibilities as assigned by the Senior Policy Director, Political Director or Executive Director.
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated interest in nuclear weapons policy and defense spending.
- Experience with campaign work and/or grassroots organizing.
- Professional experience with research and analysis, event and logistical planning, database maintenance, and other administrative support.
- Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail, as well as a demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines.
- Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Flexibility and willingness to work simultaneously on a wide range of tasks and projects.
- Willingness to register as a lobbyist, if determined necessary.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred, as is a strong academic record.
- Specialization in political science, international relations, or a related field is preferred.
- One to three years of relevant work experience.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Supervision Received: Executive Director, Senior Policy Director, Political Director
Supervision Exercised: None
Salary Range: Salary commensurate with experience, in the range of $55,000 – $65,000; includes generous benefits package.
Application Procedure
Email cover letter, resume, brief writing sample, and two references to jobs@clw.org.
Please save your uploaded files into single pdf file. The title should be listed as follows: [First Name] [Last Name] – Advocacy Coordinator
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FULL-TIME RESEARCH ANALYST (EARLY CAREER, HYBRID IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE AND REMOTE)
Posted: June 15, 2022
Apply by: August 1, 2022
Job Description
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and the Council for a Livable World are seeking a dynamic and creative Research Analyst to focus on nuclear weapons policy, international security and defense spending. The ideal candidate will be a skilled and experienced professional with a background and interest in international security and nuclear policy. Subject matter expertise in relevant technologies or particular regions associated with nuclear policy is preferred. This job is located near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; although some virtual work is possible, regular presence in the CACNP offices will be required.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct research and policy analysis on our organizations’ priority issues, including U.S.-Russian strategic stability, regional proliferation threats, multilateral arms control, global nuclear modernization, nuclear security, missile defense, emerging weapons technologies and the Pentagon budget.
- Produce fact sheets, scholarly articles, op-eds, policy briefs and other material on priority areas. Work with communications staff to develop accurate and compelling infographics and digital media items.
- Participate in media interviews, including for online and print media, podcasts, and radio and television programs, as directed.
- Provide operational support, including by assisting in the coordination and planning of public and private meetings, events and travel.
- Support Congressional staff education efforts relating to nuclear policy matters.
- Coordinate nuclear security education activities with the broader policy community.
- Ably represent and clearly articulate the mission and vision of the organizations at community events and conferences.
- Other responsibilities as assigned by the Senior Policy Director or the Executive Director.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated interest in nuclear weapons policy and international security.
- Knowledge of national security policy and arms control negotiations.
- Professional experience (including internships) with research, logistical planning, database maintenance, and other administrative support.
- Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Flexibility and willingness to work simultaneously on a wide range of tasks and projects.
- A demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required, as is a strong academic record.
- Specialization in political science, international relations, or a related field is preferred.
- One to two years of relevant work experience.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Compensation:
Salary commensurate with experience, in the range of $45,000 – $55,000; includes benefits package.
Application Procedure
Email cover letter, resume, brief writing sample, and two references by August 1, 2022 to Cain Farmer at cfarmer@armscontrolcenter.org.
Please save your uploaded files into single pdf file. The title should be listed as follows: [First Name] [Last Name] – Research Analyst
No calls, please.
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council for a Livable World are Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan organizations, respectively focusing on policy research, education and analysis; and policy advocacy, dedicated to enhancing international peace and security in the 21st century. They are Equal Opportunity Employers—people of color, people with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply; we are committed to a diverse workplace and to supporting our staff with ongoing career development opportunities.
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FULL-TIME STAFF ACCOUNTANT (ENTRY-LEVEL, ON-SITE)
Posted April 20, 2022
General Statement of Duties:
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and the Council for a Livable World seek a full-time Staff Accountant to support the Controller’s work efforts in general. There is a need for such accountant to work immediately with Council’s endorsed-candidate conduits (‘bundling’ is the industry term) and with payroll matters including those involved for states outside of the D.C. area regarding employee withholding and unemployment taxes, and any other state requirements that may be involved once any such payroll tax accounts are established.
Eventually it is anticipated that the position trajectory will expand from the Staff Accountant’s management of the bundling process and some payroll functions into learning and being responsible for assisting the Controller with the full scope of the accounting cycle at the organizations.
This position will require data entry for donations, and processing of credit-card donations, as well as updating the organizations’ donor databases for address and other changes. From time to time, as presently, the organizations may employ a part time staff member to assist in these functions during which time the staff accountant will be responsible for working with and supervising such efforts.
Supervision Received: Direct Supervision: Controller; Ultimate Supervision: Executive Director
Salary rate at Commencement: $45,000 annually
Benefits: Health insurance, which includes 100% employer-paid options for all employees alongside options for plans requiring payroll deductions; group life and long-term/short-term disability insurance, 100% employer paid; group dental and vision insurance, 100% employer paid; voluntary participation in 401k after one year of employment, with partial employer matching funds. All benefits subject to change at employer’s direction pursuant to employment guidelines.
Supervision Exercised: Initially none, but eventually the possible oversight of a staff assistant, if any, doing data entry for donations, and processing of credit-card donations, as well as updating the organizations’ donor databases for address and other changes.
Detailed Statement of Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Work with Accounting Assistant and Controller on the bundling functions that follow the data entry of donations – reviewing the Assistant’s work, packaging up for regular mail the check donations to 2022 candidates for the U. S. House and Senate, exporting the data out of database (Raisers Edge) to Excel for reporting to each candidate the donor data (by email). At month-end, or other such time as when Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports might be due, remixing the data for the month for our FEC compliance consultants, and reviewing preliminary, draft FEC reports for filing.
2. Work with Controller on weekly reports for direct mail analyses and candidate fundraising, eventually progressing into being responsible for same.
3. Work with Controller on getting Center and an unrelated Sec. 501C3 payroll tax accounts in proper form.
4. Working with the Controller and our outside auditor for annual audits and 990 tax returns.
5. Serve as backup for the Controller for IT coordination and the phone system changes (accessing the software to add or change staff phones).
6. Annually assist the Controller with the preparation of draft annual budgets of Council and Center.
Gradually – primarily commencing in 2023 when election cycle responsibilities have slowed in the “off-election” year, work with controller to learn and master the full cycle of accounting for Council and Center, from bookkeeping through financial statements and audit prep and 990s; Grant reporting for existing grants and prospective grants for all organizations; and increase considerable attention to learning our databases by working with them.
This position’s responsibilities will be performed in our office location and not remotely unless specific allowance is made by the Executive Director, at his sole discretion.
Qualifications required at hire:
The ideal candidate:
1. Has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting;
2. Has 0 to 2 years of experience;
3. Wants to work for a non-profit;
4. Can think critically about problems, and has an aptitude for working relatively independently and for troubleshooting problems.
5. Can learn sophisticated, but ultimately very user-friendly, software and become comfortable with being the go-to person for how to get a task done in these databases, whether that’s a new report, a new export, a new import template, etc.
6. Can write intelligently, with good spelling and grammar capabilities.
7. Anticipates remaining with the organizations for at least 2 years, but preferably longer to take advantage of likely advancement opportunities.
Software and other services used:
1. Blackbaud’s Raisers Edge (donor management) and Financial Edge (accounting);
2. Importacular (for integration of credit-card donations into Raisers Edge);
3. Actblue and Harness (credit-card donation platforms);
4. Office 365 programs (Excel, Word, Outlook);
5. Avaya phone system;
6. Paychex Flex (online payroll with time management module);
7. WMATA’s Metrochek employer platform.
Application Procedure: Please submit your resume and a short writing sample to jobs@clw.org, and please note that we will only be contacting those candidates we select for interviews. No phone calls. It is expected that the chosen applicant will be ready and able to commence work very soon after selection.
The Center and Council are Equal Opportunity Employers — people of color, people with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply; we are committed to a diverse workplace and to supporting our staff with ongoing career development opportunities.
Internships
We are not currently accepting new intern applications.
Scoville Fellowship
In addition to its internship program, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation also participates in the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship. The Scoville Fellowship pays a stipend for recent college graduates to work with NGOs in Washington, DC on peace and security issues for six to nine months. For further information, please visit the Scoville Fellowship’s website.
