Key Responsibilities
The Communications and Research Associate will help drive work in three areas:
- Communications and Advocacy, including:
- Writing persuasive public-facing content to expose abusive practices and help workers defend their rights
- Translating complex policy and research into communications and advocacy outputs
- Helping develop the WRC’s social media strategy to ensure growth and engagement
- Social media planning, copywriting, designing, posting and community management, and analytics
- Constituency Outreach, including:
- Engaging with students around the country interested in labor rights
- Supporting the advocacy team in coalition building
- Strategic research to contribute to advocacy outcomes, including:
- Tracing supply chain relationships
- Conducting strategic research into apparel brands and key developments in the countries and sectors
- Supporting other strategic research projects at the WRC as needed
- Supporting field investigators conducting on-the-ground worker rights investigations
This person will also coordinate the WRC’s internship program and provide programmatic support on key organizational initiatives, including leading special projects, as needed.