Careers
Every day, the staff of Sightline Institute work together to make Cascadia a global model of sustainability—strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment. We believe true sustainability exists at the intersection of environmental health and social justice.
Work with us
Sightliners are a talented cadre of researchers, communicators, and advocates working across Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. We’re supported by dedicated administrative and fundraising staff and united by a shared mission.
We value a wide range of backgrounds and lived experiences and are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We continually work to ensure that our audiences, staff, and board reflect the rich geographic, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and other demographic diversity of Cascadia.
Sightline offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Our Cascadia-based, virtual-first work arrangements and collegial culture mean you can work with flexibility, balance, and regular opportunities to connect in person.
Here are just some of the benefits we offer:
• Retirement support with a 10% employer contribution to a 401(k), regardless of employee contribution
• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, dental, and vision plans with generous employer contributions toward employee and dependent premiums
• Monthly stipend to support a productive and comfortable remote work environment
• Regular in-person staff gatherings for connection and collaboration
• Generous paid time off, including 4 weeks of paid vacation, 12 paid holidays, and 2 weeks of paid health, wellness, and care leave annually
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave, provided directly or in coordination with state family leave programs
• 3-month paid sabbatical earned for every 7 years of service
You can learn more about open roles in the position description(s) below. If no positions are listed, we invite you to follow our work by email or on social media to stay connected and be first to learn of future opportunities with us.
Opportunities
Alaska Housing + Cities Contributor
Sightline is seeking a part-time Alaska-based contributor, located in Anchorage, to help advance pro-housing policy in that city. The ideal contributor is a skilled advocate and connector, someone with deep roots in Alaska’s policy and political landscape who can build coalitions, engage decision-makers, and help move housing reform forward.
Learn more and apply here.
British Columbia Housing + Cities Contributor
Sightline is seeking a British Columbia–based part-time contributor to help advance our housing policy work in the province. The ideal contributor is an intellectually curious researcher and writer who cares deeply about urbanism and housing — someone eager to dig into the policy details and learn the landscape.
Learn more and apply here.
Researcher, Housing + Cities | Permanent, full-time
Our Housing + Cities team works to create housing abundance as a solution to multiple pressing challenges. The Researcher will staff our work as a thought leader, policy researcher, analyst, writer, communicator, and advocate. They will develop and deploy expertise on policies to create housing abundance, primarily zoning reform, but also other types of reforms that Sightline has identified as promising. They will implement strategies for using information and communications to help win passage of these reforms, often in coordination with cross-partisan coalitions. Read more in the full position description.
Researcher, Democracy + Elections | Permanent, full-time
Sightline’s Democracy + Elections program conducts research and educate stakeholders and decisionmakers. We have team members in place to support Alaska, Montana, and Oregon efforts, plus team members who work across all jurisdictions. We are opening a permanent position on this team to support, mostly through research and writing, our efforts in the northern Rockies states of Montana (especially), Idaho, and Wyoming. Although the position will focus on these priorities in the near term, we expect them to lead to other opportunities in future. Read more in the full position description.
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Every day, the staff of Sightline Institute work together to make Cascadia a global model of sustainability—strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment. We believe true sustainability exists at the intersection of environmental health and social justice.
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[vc_column_text]Sightliners are a talented cadre of researchers, communicators, and advocates across Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, supported by solid administrative and fundraising teams. In considering applicants to our jobs, we appreciate a broad array of experiences and backgrounds and are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We continually work to ensure that our audiences, staff, and board reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and other demographic diversity of Cascadia.
Sightline offers a competitive compensation plan, robust benefits package, flexible and balanced virtual-first work arrangements, and a collegial culture. This includes:
- A 401(k) plan with employer contribution of 10 percent of salary, regardless of employee contribution level
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee and partial coverage for dependents
- Monthly remote-work stipend
- Regular staff gatherings for in-person connection
- 4 weeks of paid vacation, 10 paid holidays, and 2 weeks of paid sick leave per year
- A 3-month paid sabbatical every 7 years
Learn more in the position descriptions below. If none is listed, we invite you to follow our work by email or on Facebook and Twitter to be first to learn of opportunities with us. [/vc_column_text]
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Opportunities
Researcher, Housing + Cities | Permanent, full-time
Our Housing + Cities team works to create housing abundance as a solution to multiple pressing challenges. The Researcher will staff our work as a thought leader, policy researcher, analyst, writer, communicator, and advocate. They will develop and deploy expertise on policies to create housing abundance, primarily zoning reform, but also other types of reforms that Sightline has identified as promising. They will implement strategies for using information and communications to help win passage of these reforms, often in coordination with cross-partisan coalitions. Read more in the full position description.
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Researcher, Democracy + Elections | Permanent, full-time
Sightline’s Democracy + Elections program is seizing these opportunities to conduct research and educate stakeholders and decisionmakers. We have team members in place to support the Alaska, Montana, and Oregon efforts, plus team members who work across all jurisdictions. We are opening a permanent
position on this team to support, mostly through research and writing, our efforts in the northern Rockies states of Montana (especially), Idaho, and Wyoming. Although the position will focus on these priorities in the near term, we expect them to lead to other opportunities in future. Read more in the full position description.
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