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Membership Editor

The Center for Public Integrity, a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit news organization focused on inequality, seeks a Membership Editor to oversee the growth and retention of our individual donor membership through outreach, special engagement opportunities, social media initiatives, newsletter efforts and content curation.

The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator and multi-tasker who is excited about our journalism and mission. Curiosity, an “early adopter” mindset, a metrics-informed intuition about donor and reader growth and an ability to write fundraising appeals in the “voice” of the organization are all a plus.

A key member of our growing audience team, the Membership Editor will manage engagement of donor members on multiple platforms with a focus on retention and building loyalty. Working with leaders in audience, the newsroom and development, they will identify opportunities to build unique experiences that connect loyal readers with our powerful journalism.

In addition to membership retention, this person will be responsible for growing membership and small donations by creating and implementing fundraising appeals across multiple channels, including our large email list, our growing social media presence and our website.

The ideal candidate will have experience in media, fundraising, content creation, newsletter management and membership growth and engagement.

Public Integrity is based in Washington, D.C., and is committed to a remote-friendly and hybrid work environment. We are open to applicants from around the country. We offer a comprehensive benefit package, including generous paid vacation, holidays and personal days, paid parental leave, 100% of employee health insurance premiums, and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.

Responsibilities:

Grow and retain our individual small donor membership through existing tools.
Create new ways to drive and maintain membership growth through engagement, products, experiences, messaging, distribution and marketing.
Interact with members, either digitally or in-person.
Manage newsletter strategy and create new, special newsletters.
Identifying creative editorial approaches to keep members interested.
Serve as a liaison between audience and development.
Working with the director of audience and the philanthropy specialist, identify and measure metrics key to conversion success.
Work with development to identify leadership donors.

Requirements:

Experience in fundraising, particularly in nonprofit or news organizations
Strong news judgment and a deep interest in the news.
Experience in CMS, social media, newsletter, live event management.
Ability to manage short- and long-term projects in an environment with shifting deadlines.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
A knack for building appeal campaigns for readers that motivate donations and/or participation.
Exceptional organizational skills and a proven ability to work collegially with others.
Knowledge of social media, website and email analytics using tools such as Parse.ly, Google Analytics and email newsletter platforms.
Success with and passion for trying new ideas, tools and platforms that lead to connection and growth.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and training.

Salary: $80,000

This job is within the bargaining unit represented by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, CWA Local 32035, and would be subject to a collective bargaining agreement covering the bargaining unit.

The Center for Public Integrity is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing an inclusive work environment. Public Integrity is committed to employment, advancement, and leadership opportunities that ensure diversity of age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin or ancestry, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, and/or military or veteran status.

Social Media Producer

The Center for Public Integrity, a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit news organization focused on inequality, seeks a Social Media Producer to build our engagement efforts through social media initiatives, newsletter efforts and website management.

The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator with a strong ability to learn and multitask, who is passionate about our mission of investigative reporting on inequality. Curiosity, an “early adopter” mindset, a metrics-informed intuition about content that engages readers are a plus.

They will manage social media accounts on multiple platforms with a focus on audience development, work with journalists on social media quality assurances and training, engage with readers while seizing opportunities to create content, build audience through engagement initiatives, and create promotional plans for our content.

In addition to social media work, this person will experiment with new platforms and tools to engage our audience and build loyalty among readers, and will be cross-trained on website management of content and newsletter building.

The ideal candidate will have experience in social media and email newsletter management and an understanding of the broadcast, print and online media landscape.

Responsibilities:

Management of Public Integrity’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, reddit and other social media platforms.
Assist in coordination of live in-person and online events.
Creation of social media and email outreach plans for projects.
Assistance in and experiment with new products, including engagement and multimedia projects.
Assist with outreach to other media outlets and targeted stakeholder lists to promote Public Integrity’s work.
Assist in management of requests for, and proactive outreach related to, broadcast interviews and partnerships highlighting Public Integrity’s journalists and journalism.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Strong news judgment and a deep interest in the news.
Ability to manage short- and long-term projects in an environment with shifting deadlines.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Exceptional organizational skills and a proven ability to work collegially with others.
Deep knowledge of social media, website and email analytics using tools such as Parse.ly, Google Analytics and email newsletter platforms.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and training.

Salary: $70,000

This job is within the bargaining unit represented by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, CWA Local 32035, and would be subject to a collective bargaining agreement covering the bargaining unit.

Reporter

Description

The Center for Public Integrity, a national nonprofit investigative news organization, seeks a reporter to focus on issues of racial, gender and economic inequality.

The ideal candidate will have experience in data-driven investigative reporting and deep knowledge of the historical context and modern drivers of inequality in employment, housing, health care, education, business and finance.

We welcome and encourage applicants with non-traditional career paths. If you don’t exactly meet the qualifications outlined here, please apply and tell us how your own experiences would equip you for the job. Public Integrity is based in Washington, D.C., and is committed to a remote-friendly and hybrid work environment. We are open to applicants from around the country.

Public Integrity offers a comprehensive benefit package, including generous paid vacation, holidays and personal days, parental leave, 100% of employee health insurance premiums, and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.

Responsibilities:

Use sources, documents, data reporting, and other journalistic tools to develop, report, and write exclusive stories and investigative projects about inequality.
Collaborate with the editor on story and project ideas, including developing outreach strategies for those projects and stories. The key to those strategies is identifying, building, and supporting reporting and distribution partnerships with other news outlets. You will assist with this but will not be expected to lead these efforts.
Work with the team leader and the communications, development, and web teams to maximize the impact and reach of these stories and projects, including creating appealing multimedia and social media content.
Compile documentation to facilitate fact-checking of articles you write.
Adhere to the Code of Ethics and Editorial Standards and Practices of the Personnel Policy Manual and Employee Handbook.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

At least seven years of experience as a journalist, including reporting on inequality.
An ability to find and craft attention-getting, in-depth, vibrant, and well-organized narratives; and to meet deadlines.
A track record of graceful writing that demonstrates meticulous attention to detail and a rigorous adherence to the highest standards of accuracy and fairness.
Exceptional organizational skills and a proven ability to work collegially with others.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and training.

Salary: $80,000

To apply: All applications should include a cover letter, a resume, and several examples of your work. Apply here.

This job is within the bargaining unit represented by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, CWA Local 32035, and would be subject to a collective bargaining agreement covering the bargaining unit.

Chief of Staff

The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization, seeks a driven, detail-oriented chief of staff to report to the CEO on operational matters and strategic initiatives. As a key member of the executive team, you will have a problem-solving mindset, comfort with managing complex projects, and a get-it-done approach to our work. You will act as a stand-in for the CEO in certain meetings and take on special projects. Most importantly, this person is absolutely committed to the mission of Public Integrity: to counter the corrosive effects of inequality by holding powerful interests accountable and equipping the public with knowledge to drive change.

Salary: $170,000

Key areas of focus:

Growth

Serve as an advisor, collaborator and thought partner to the CEO in defining long-term organizational strategies for efficiency and productivity. Support planning for the organization, including strategies for growth, staffing, and finances.
Design and implement business strategies and plans.
Manage external consultants researching and piloting external partnerships for new earned revenue streams.
Oversee the operations of our development business, and ensure our revenue team staffing is in alignment with our overall organizational strategy.
Set annual and long term comprehensive organizational goals, and oversee performance management.

Finance

Oversee the financial forecasting and budgeting processes.
Direct the preparation of all financial statements, oversees CPI’s business filings and audits.
Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local requirements for nonprofit business entities.
Accountable for overall finance oversight and organizational operations of the Center, oversee our finance and accounting staff and processes
Work with the Finance Committee and Investment Officer to manage CPI’s operating and long term reserves.

Labor Relations

Responsible for labor relations with CPI’s union and overseeing CPI’s external HR consultants
Manage CPI’s outsourced services for IT and HR.
Improve, or design and implement business processes

Qualifications

Project Management: You drive projects to completion with clear deadlines. You are good at connecting work streams that would otherwise remain siloed.
Communication: You are an empathetic communicator who is concise and direct. You handle confidential information with compassion and professionalism.
Data savvy: You have a strong grasp of data analysis and performance metrics and your decision is informed by data.
Fun: Work does not consume your entire life. You have a good sense of humor and understand the importance of work/life balance.

Apply here: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/828655

Accountant (Finance and Operations Department)

Summary: This is a confidential, non-bargaining unit position reporting to the Senior Manager, Finance and Operations, and handling a wide range of financial accounting, reporting, budget development and analysis functions necessary for planning and management of the Center’s business financial operations, including labor relations and collective bargaining.

Starting Salary: $90K

Location: Remote, or Washington, DC

Primary Responsibilities:

Confidential – General Accounting

• Accounts payable, including uploading invoices, maintaining vendor account information, verifying invoices for payment, and coding invoices to the correct expense accounts

• Month-end journal entries and closing reconciliations

• Complete year-end closing

• Support with annual audit

• Prepare monthly financial statements and other financial reports as needed.

• Assist with entry of donation in sales system (Salesforce)

Confidential – Labor Relations and Personnel

• Participate in the financial planning and budget development process, including reviewing, analyzing and reporting confidential financial and personnel information as needed for labor relations strategy and collective bargaining.

• Analyze overall organization financial performance for the Senior Manager and the Chief of Staff, or equivalents.

• Review and assist with payroll records, both for union and non-union employees.

• Uphold a strict level of internal as well as external confidentiality.

Confidential – Business Operations

• Stay up to date with federal guidelines and GAAP standards for non-profit business

• Manage CPI’s business registrations and license to solicit.

• Documenting and maintaining all accounting and company policies and procedures.

• Support CPI’s general internal company operations.

Other duties as assigned

Skills/Certifications/Requirements:

• Thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures and principles

• Proficient in accounting software, Quickbooks, bill.com and other similar software

• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem solving skills

• Excellent organizational skills and detailed oriented

• Excellent written and verbal communications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google and other similar software

Apply here: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/793702

About us

The Center for Public Integrity, one of the oldest nonprofit investigative news organizations in the country, inspires change using investigative reporting that reveals the causes and effects of inequality. It is a nonpartisan 501(c)3 organization that does not accept advertising and does not charge readers for its journalism.

Our reporting has led to hundreds of law and policy changes, has forced the federal and state governments to release information critical to the public interest, has held corporations to account for abuses of power, and has been recognized with the Pulitzer Prize and numerous other awards.

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