Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Remote OK
Description Title: Coalition Organizer Job Type: Contractor Job Location: Remote The Friends Committee on National Legislation seeks a Coalition Organizer to work with our Advocacy Teams program. We need a well-organized…
Skills: Organizing, Coalition Development, Grasstops Cultivation, Relationship Building, Outreach Strategy
Washington, District of Columbia, United States • Remote OK
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The Coalition Organizer supports Advocacy Teams in building relationships with community and faith leaders to enhance lobbying power. They provide training and coaching in core organizing skills and help integrate coalition partners into advocacy activities.
Candidates must have a demonstrated background in organizing, coalition development, and grasstops cultivation. Experience working with faith communities and the ability to work as an inspiring self-starter are essential.
Description
Title: Coalition Organizer
Job Type: Contractor
Job Location: Remote
The Friends Committee on National Legislation seeks a Coalition Organizer to work with our Advocacy Teams program. We need a well-organized, articulate, goal-oriented contractor who will support Advocacy Teams to cultivate relationships with community leaders to increase the power of our lobbying. Demonstrated background in organizing, coalition development, and grasstops cultivation is essential. Experience working with faith communities is also important.
A successful candidate for this position will be an inspiring self-starter who can work with people from many different backgrounds to help them develop higher level advocacy skills such as grasstop cultivation and coalition development. The Coalition Organizer can work from anywhere in the U.S. We expect the work to take about 8 hours per week.
FCNL works for social and economic justice, peace, stewardship of the environment, and good government. We are a non-partisan, Quaker organization that witnesses from a basis of spiritual and ethical purpose and seeks to change government policy and practice for the better.
At FCNL, we embrace having a multitude of voices and talents working together to strengthen our impact in the world. In keeping with the Quaker testimony of equality, we strive to be an organization that welcomes, values and respects the different perspectives of every individual. We are actively soliciting applicants from all ethnic, racial, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and religious backgrounds.
The Program
FCNL’s Advocacy Teams are building relationships with members of Congress and the media to win campaigns for peace and justice in Congress. The teams organize in their local communities and connect through a national network of advocates. As of August 2025, 135 Advocacy Teams span all 50 states plus Washington D.C. and include more than 1500 participants. Advocacy Team members include Quakers and friends who volunteer their time to lobby Congress on peace and justice legislation.
This FCNL initiative, inspired by a relational advocacy model developed by RESULTS founder Sam Daley Harris, is engaging citizen advocates around the country to make change in federal policy.
Scope and Timeline of Specific Requirements:
Core Responsibilities
Progressive Leadership Development Support
Reporting
Compensation & Work Expectations
Compensation is $35 per hour for 8 hours per week.
Lobbying with Quakers for peace, justice, and the environment.
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) fields the largest team of registered peace lobbyists in Washington, DC. Founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), FCNL staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network of tens of thousands of people from many different races, religions, and cultures to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and good government. FCNL is nonpartisan.
Offices: 245 2nd St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, US
Lobbying with Quakers for peace, justice, and the environment.
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) fields the largest team of registered peace lobbyists in Washington, DC. Founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), FCNL staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network of tens of thousands of people from many different races, religions, and cultures to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and good government. FCNL is nonpartisan.
Offices: 245 2nd St., NE, Washington, DC 20002, US
