Salary
💰 $80,325 - $98,543 per year
About the role
- Manage The Legal Academy’s in-person and virtual programming and networking events, including curriculum planning and speaker outreach, partner organization coordination, and attendee outreach.
- Manage The Legal Academy alumni network outreach, identifying how Americans United can empower this community.
- Collaborate with law students and student groups to raise awareness and scholarship about church state separation and related doctrines, including planning educational programs and supporting student-authored legal scholarship.
- Collaborate with AU’s legal and policy teams and other internal stakeholders to develop programming and resources to support their work and enhance awareness of church-state separation in the legal community.
- Assist in the outreach to local, state, and professional bar associations, legal networks, and other professional organizations to educate their members about where church-state separation intersects with their work.
- Develop marketing materials and web content to support the project’s programming and The Legal Academy.
- Other planning responsibilities include supporting the collection and compilation of surveys and other program feedback; assisting in the budgeting process; and compiling materials for internal and external reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree required; JD or paralegal certificate or similar coursework, or other previous experience in or knowledge of the legal field, a plus.
- 4 years of work experience (including internships and part-time work), particularly in legal or educational programming, event management, and/or volunteer/student management
- Interest in and willingness to learn about church-state separation, religious freedom, and issues relating to these constitutional principles.
- Strong project management skills, including comfort with working on several projects at once and with shifting deadlines.
- Experience working collaboratively with and building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Writing, editing, and proofreading experience, and strong attention to detail.
- Proficient in Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides) and Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience with project management software (e.g. ClickUp) a plus.