Careers in Social Change
Advocacy
- Coalition staffer
- Community organizer
- Contract lobbyist
- Coordinator of a human system reform initiative program
- Lobbying director for an advocacy organization
- Lobbyist
- Office manager of a grassroots activist organization
- Program coordinator for an activist organization
- Program director for a human rights/ civil rights advocacy organization
- Research/ think tank worker for a national advocacy organization
- Public interest lawyer
- Social Services Administrator/ caretaker of a residence for persons with AIDS/HIV
- Child and youth protective services worker
- Community service project coordinator
- Counselor for a high-risk youth violence prevention and mentoring program
- Director of a family shelter
- Director of domestic violence housing services
- Human services director for a nursing home
- Job developer for disabled individuals
- Program coordinator for a metropolitan social service organization
- Social service researcher for a private consulting firm
- Teen center director
- Job coordinator of welfare-to-work program
- State department of human services eligibility specialist
- Housing coordinator
Politics/ Public Policy
- Analyst for public policy think tank
- Campaign manager
- Legislative aide to a state representative
- Legislative researcher
- Political director for a political party
- Political office candidate
- Staff/ legislative assistant
- Civil rights worker for a state or city
- Implementer of new government programs or initiatives
Health
- AIDS/ HIV services counselor
- Nurse
- Chemical dependency counselor
- Health care system manager
- Social services director for health care agency
- Researcher for human services agency
Education
- Charter school manager/ teacher
- Educational researcher
- Elementary school teacher
- ESL instructor
- Remedial education teacher
- School-to-work coordinator
- Teach for America teacher
- Teacher in overseas American schools network
- Teacher on Native American reservation
- Education rights activist
Nonprofit Organizations
- Assistant program coordinator
- Child support case officer
- Direct marketer
- Director of development
- Human resources department worker
- Meetings director for a national organization
- Policy analyst
- Program evaluator
- Recruitment coordinator
- Volunteer coordinator
Related Reading:
Ralph Nader & Donna Calvin, Good Works: A Guide to Careers in Social Change (Donna Colvin ed., 5 th ed. 1994).
Melissa Everett, Making a Living While Making a Difference (rev. ed. 1999).
Marjorie Eberts & Margaret Gisler, Careers for Good Samaritans & Other Humanitarian Types (2 nd ed. 1998).
Lilly Cohen & Dennis R. Young, Careers for Dreamers and Doers (1989).
Harley Jebens, 100 Jobs in Social Change (1996).
