Grassroots and PAC Coordinator

About the American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is a professional and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and improve the quality of care for surgical patients. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients.  The College has more than 90,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world. For more information, visit www.facs.org.

Our Mission
The American College of Surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Our Vision
To create a healthcare landscape where surgeons thrive and every patient has access to and benefits from the highest standards of surgical care, driven by innovation, education, leadership, and trust.

Summary: Support and further expand a robust grassroots and PAC network, including enhanced advocacy and political programming through various strategic efforts and activities. Primary responsibilities include planning, implementing and executing existing grassroots and PAC programming to further educate and engage surgeon advocates; drafting content to complement existing programming; and developing additional recruitment tools and techniques to broaden and strengthen grassroots network and increase PAC participation.

This exempt position will report to the Manager, Political and Grassroots Engagement, in the ACS Division of Advocacy & Health Policy (DAHP).  It is based in our Washington, DC office and is a hybrid role: 3 days per week in the office/2 days per week remote.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $65,000 - $70,000 (commensurate with related experience).
 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Regularly manage the SurgeonsVoice and SurgeonsPAC online platforms, including working with the federal legislative and political affairs team to develop innovative content and coordinated messaging to help promote ACS advocacy priorities and activities.
  
  
• Draft grassroots alerts and PAC solicitations, supplementary e-communications, social media posts, toolkits, and advocacy-related content for facs.org and other ACS publications (Bulletin, monthly newsletter/recaps, etc.)
  
  
• Create, update, and maintain vendor databases to ensure accurate data management and current key contact lists, and - as needed - assist PAC administrator with advocacy-related ACS Committee and Council data pulls.
  
  
• Serve as a primary point of contact for the annual ACS Leadership and Advocacy Summit, including important logistics and programming, vendor management, material development, on-site coordination, member requests, and more.
  
  
• Further develop and execute supplemental programs, including but not limited to Advocacy at Home (in-district meetings) and Advocate of the Year (recognition), to help motivate surgeon engagement in advocacy and political programming. Similar to the ACS Advocacy Summit, this includes coordinating all logistics, material development, scheduling, social media activity, and follow-up surrounding each program.
  
  
• Provide support to the SurgeonsPAC Board and ACS Grassroots Committee leadership and membership.
  
  
• This includes regular outreach, staffing, logistics, and material development for quarterly meetings and teleconferences, creating content for monthly e-communications, and more.
  
  
• As appropriate, attend grassroots and PAC community and industry events and meetings to further ACS’ leadership role among like-minded groups.
  
  
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university is required.
  
  
• 3+ years of Grassroots and PAC, or Hill experience is preferred.
  
  
• Working knowledge of legislative and political affairs processes, including grassroots mobilization and fundraising is required.
  
  
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
  
  
• Experience with database management software (Quorum, Democracy Direct (DDC)) is preferred.
  
  
• Familiarity interacting with internal and external stakeholders, and congressional offices