Work with U.S. PIRG

Available Positions

Washington, D.C.

Higher Education Program Director

U.S. PIRG

Work with our national program staff to build support for student organizing, deepen support from donors and oversee our student centered campaigns, such as textbook affordability, doubling Pell Grants and the Student Borrowers Bill of Rights.
 
Washington, D.C.

Legislative Director

U.S. PIRG

Help shape U.S. PIRG's policy positions and messaging, advance our policy goals, and build relationships with federal agencies, partner organizations, coalitions, congressional staff of both parties, and other stakeholders.
 
Madison or Milwaukee, WI

State Director

WISPIRG

Run our state-based organizing and advocacy to transform Wisconsin’s transportation system; push to end predatory financial practices like payday lending; lead issue campaigns to protect and promote Wisconsinites’ health and wellbeing; and more.
 
Portland, OR

High Value Healthcare Campaign Associate

OSPIRG

Help implement reforms to increase the value of health care for consumers, like implementing a public option health plan and limiting the increasing cost of care.
 
Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Washington, D.C.

Work for Wellbeing Campaign Director

U.S. PIRG

Take on one of the most important issues facing our society through research, media outreach, policy development, campaign organizing and coalition leadership.
 
Philadelphia, PA

Consumer Watchdog Campaign Associate

U.S. PIRG

Help to warn the public about threats to their health, safety and financial security; empower consumers to protect themselves; and advance public policy.
 
 
 
Austin, TX

State Advocate

TexPIRG

Lead our program and campaigns to advance our policy goals to protect and educate consumers in Texas; fundraise from charitable foundations and individual donors to support our program; and build the team.
 
 
Denver, CO

Transportation Campaign Associate

CoPIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to build grassroots support to transform transportation in Colorado by significantly increasing transit, walking and biking options, electrify buses and electrify cars.
Philadelphia, PA

Public Health Campaign Associate

PennPIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to build grassroots support for public health campaigns to protect Pennsylvanians’ health, safety, and wellbeing.
 
 
Oakland or Sacramento, CA

Right to Repair Campaign Associate

CALPIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to give every consumer and small business access to the parts, tools and service information they need to repair products so we can keep things in use and reduce waste.
Seattle, WA

Zero Waste Campaign Associate

WashPIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to move Washington beyond plastics, starting by eliminating the worst types like single-use plastics.
Raleigh, NC

Zero Waste Campaign Associate

NCPIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to move North Carolina beyond plastics, starting by eliminating the worst types like single use plastic and polystyrene (also known as styrofoam).
 
Chicago, IL

Right to Repair Campaign Associate

Illinois PIRG

Help lead our campaign to give every consumer and small business access to the parts, tools and service information they need to repair products so we can keep things in use and reduce waste.
 
Baltimore, MD

Democracy for the People Campaign Associate

Maryland PIRG

Help lead our campaigns to get big money out of politics and modernize voting. Research and advocate for new ways to protect and restore our democracy.
 
Boston, MA or Portland, ME

End the Nicotine Trap Campaign Associate

U.S. PIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to help lead our End the Nicotine Trap campaign.
 
 
Boston, MA

Drive Less, Live More Campaign Associate

U.S. PIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to win support for our Drive Less, Live More campaign.
 
Boston, MA; Denver, CO; Washington, DC

Zero Waste Campaign Associate

U.S. PIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to run a strategic campaign to spearhead our Beyond Plastics campaign.
 
Washington, DC

High Value Healthcare Campaign Associate

U.S. PIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to win support for our High Value Healthcare campaign.
 
 
Boston, MA

Budget Watchdog Campaign Associate

U.S. PIRG

Work with our experienced team of advocates, researchers, and digital and communications experts to spearhead our Tax Watchdog campaign.
 
 
New York, NY

Democracy Campaign Associate

U.S. PIRG

Help get big money out of our elections. And create an election funding system that relies on regular people, not the check books of the super-wealthy or corporate coffers.
Multiple Locations

Internships

U.S. PIRG

Gain experience for a career in political advocacy while helping to solve the problems America faces today.
 
 
 
Philadelphia, PA

PennPIRG Internship Program

PennPIRG

Gain experience for a career in political advocacy while helping to solve the problems Pennsylvania faces today.
 
 

PROBLEMS THAT AFFECT ALL OF US

Even in our most divided moments, all Americans want a healthier, safer, more secure future. PIRG’s role is to find common ground around the commonsense solutions that will make that future a reality. Whether it’s working to stop the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture, addressing our country’s plastic waste crisis, or tackling climate change by transforming our transportation systems, the problems we work on aren’t progressive or conservative. They’re just problems that our country shouldn’t tolerate in an age of great abundance and technological progress.
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Meet Some Of The Team

Work Alongside Smart, Dedicated People

With PIRG, you’ll join a great team of dozens of organizers, advocates, lawyers, researchers, policy analysts, communicators and others with a record of winning hundreds of new laws and other policies that are making a real difference in people's lives.


As President of U.S. PIRG, Faye is a leading voice for consumer protection and public health in the United States. She has been quoted in major news outlets, including CBS News and the Washington Post, about issues ranging from getting toxic chemicals out of children’s products to protecting Americans from predatory lending practices. Faye also serves as the Executive Vice President for the Public Interest Network, which U.S. PIRG founded. Faye began her public interest career as a student volunteer with MASSPIRG Students at Williams College. After graduating in 1992, she began working with the Student PIRGs in California as a Campus Organizer and Organizing Director, working on campaigns to help students register to vote and to promote recycling. She lives in Denver with her family.
Matt directs U.S. PIRG’s work to address the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant infections by stopping the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms. Matt has directed successful campaigns to convince McDonald’s, Subway and KFC to phase antibiotic use out of their meat supply chains. Matt lives in Maine, is an avid outdoorsman, and loves to play the drums.
Abe is responsible for the program and organizational development of Illinois PIRG. In 2017, he led a coalition to pass legislation to implement automatic voter registration in Illinois, winning unanimous support in the Illinois General Assembly for the bill. Before moving to Illinois, Abe worked as the state director of ConnPIRG. Abe lives in Chicago, where he enjoys biking, cooking and tending his garden.
Emily works nationwide with the state group directors for PIRG to help them build stronger organizations and achieve greater success. Emily was the Executive Director for CALPIRG from 2009-21, overseeing a myriad of CALPIRG campaigns to protect public health, protect consumers in the marketplace, and promote a robust democracy. Emily works in our Oakland, California, office, and loves camping, hiking, gradening and cooking with her family.
R.J. Cross focuses on tax and budget policy as an advocate for U.S. PIRG and policy analyst with Frontier Group. Her other research focuses include on government transparency, consumer protection and democratic reform. She was the lead co-author of 'Driving Into Debt,' which documented the recent rise in indebtedness for cars, earning coverage on American Public Media’s Marketplace and on CNBC. In addition to her current home of Boston, R.J. has lived in Denver and southern California, and will always consider herself a Kansan at heart.
Emma runs campaigns and organizational work in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She enjoys spending time at the public parks and running trails of her hometown of Philadelphia and going down to the shore with her family.

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