Date Posted:
April 29, 2026
Position Title:
Officer, Courts & Communities (State Advocacy)
Office/Company:
Pew Charitable Trusts
Party:
N/A
Office Code:
Job Number:
HC-05618
Reports To:
Location:
Washington, DC
Contact:
Salary:
United States Pay Range: $110,700 – $123,700
Primary Role
Secondary Role:
Job Type:
Full Time
Description:
The officer for data and policy, courts and communities, helps state and local courts improve how they serve communities through the adoption and effective implementation of state policies, including legislative reform and court rules.Develop and implement effective campaign strategies and technical assistance at the state and local level, including identifying opportunities, pivoting strategies as conditions change, and continuously assessing the effectiveness of tactics and partners.Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Generally, eight years of applicable experience.
Responsibilities:
• Foster a work environment that inspires excellence, values impact, encourages transparency, builds mutual trust and respect, embraces diversity, and is collaborative, caring, and compassionate.
• Develop and implement effective campaign strategies and technical assistance at the state and local level, including identifying opportunities, pivoting strategies as conditions change, and continuously assessing the effectiveness of tactics and partners.
• Lead the execution of Pew’s state strategy in multiple states with diverse political, geographic, and economic profiles to promote policies that improve state and local courts for the communities they serve.
• Advance state court reform efforts around court funding structures, including reducing reliance on fines and fees and identifying alternative funding sources.
• Lead state engagements to reform high-volume traffic dockets where process improvements can reduce burdens on court staff and court users.
• Track related state and local policy proposals and court rules; draft public comments as needed.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Generally, eight years of applicable experience.
• Experience working on policy campaigns that seek to secure reform through state legislatures or administrative agencies, including developing and executing multi-state strategies across diverse political, geographic, and economic contexts.
• Excellent oral, writing, and editing skills; skilled at informing or influencing internal and external audiences through communication.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including synthesizing large amounts of information, identifying research gaps, and developing ideas for widely relevant research products.
• Knowledge of and experience working with state policy, preferably related to state courts.
Instructions:
Email to apply
Other:
Equal opportunity employer. and makes employment decisions without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or any other protected characteristics.
