Center for Biological Diversity

Paralegal

• Preparing legal documents, including checking citations, completing tables of contents and authorities for briefs, proofreading, formatting, and ensuring compliance with court rules in a variety of federal jurisdictions;
• Serving legal documents by Certified Mail, preparing courtesy/chambers copies, corresponding with vendors and Clerks' offices, and related tasks;
• Assisting with maintaining the Center’s and programs’ litigation-tracking databases and calendar management of court filings, administrative actions, and internal deadlines;
• Preparing and indexing administrative records and appendices/excerpts of records in litigation;
• Preparing billing spreadsheets;
• Conducting factual and legal research and drafting, and document review;
• Working with attorneys to review, organize, and summarize factual documents, and pulling documents from PACER and other court databases;
• Finalizing and submitting petitions and comment letters, including retrieving online references;
• Maintenance of legal library, including updating of court rules and reference materials;
• Maintenance and updating of electronic databases and systems for filings, program campaigns, program management, and other program actions;
• Providing general administrative and clerical support for the program as needed.
• Assisting with preparation for events such as public presentations, rallies, and hearings;
• Handling and tracking payments for incurred expenses, which may include filing fees, bar dues, CLE registration, and submit monthly expense reports to Accounting;
• Calendar and otherwise manage deadlines;
• Coordinating legal filings using PACER/ECF throughout multiple federal jurisdictions;
• Performing other job-related duties as assigned.
• Senior Level Duties Include: Performs at a high professional level; Substantive research and analysis to further litigation, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and media outreach; Occasionally drafting legal filings.

Paralegal – Associate, Staff, Senior

Producer

• Help in strategic development and implementation of online campaigns to increase donor acquisition, sustainer growth, donor renewals, and upgrades.
• Produce visually stunning videos and graphics for digital advertising campaigns and Center web properties.
• In conjunction with the Senior Online Membership Associate, identify opportunities and pilot experiments using new formats and/or platforms to improve fundraising and supporter acquisition.
• Working with the Senior Online Membership Associate, help establish design sensibility and style for Development and Membership digital and print assets.
• Create and produce other video and graphics as needed, including for presentations, donor reports and proposals, direct mail campaigns, and online events like webinars, infographics, and more.
• Assist in the development of creative briefs and management of production calendar for ad and marketing campaigns.
• Assist in producing, resizing, formatting, and testing multiple versions of video and graphic assets, with careful attention to each platform’s technical requirements and best practices.
• Participate in reporting and analyzing metrics on digital content performance across all channels and platforms.
• Assist with social media engagement and listening, including communicating with social media followers and commenters, customizing dashboards and reports to deliver actionable insights on paid ad campaigns; influencer identification and monitoring conversations to surface emerging trends to inform campaign planning and improve community engagement.
• Produce landing pages across multiple platforms for ads and fundraising appeals and assist in the production and delivery of HTML emails.
• Design and produce print collateral such as quarterly newsletters, event postcard invitations, annual reports and other related collateral.
• Write succinct, moving, powerful copy in a range of formats, including fundraising appeals, digital ads, and landing pages.
• Help maintain microsites featuring the Center’s accomplishments and ongoing work.
• Contribute to the membership program’s editorial calendars and team project management tools to help identify needs and requirements and plan and produce new content accordingly.
• Respond to feedback and deliver final content to teams on time.
• Perform photo and video research from archives, publicly available image libraries, and stock agencies; recommend and purchase stock images as needed; track image rights usage and coordinate management of these assets with the Center’s Digital team as needed.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Content Producer

Legal Assistant

• Focus primarily on analyzing federal and state legislation relating to endangered species, public lands, oceans, energy and pollution;
• Conduct research and review administrative regulations and other policy proposals;
• Draft policy comments and assist with other Government Affairs program priorities;
• Track current legislation in Congress relating to the Endangered Species Act, public-land laws, climate and energy laws, marine mammal protection, National Environmental Policy Act and Clean Air Act, with opportunities to attend meetings with agency and congressional staff;
• Complete other project work outside of the program as needed to meet changing organizational priorities;
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Law Clerk – Summer 2026, Government Affairs

Software Engineer

• Designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise reporting solutions and data infrastructure
• Ensuring the stability, reliability, and optimal performance of the database environment
• Building scalable data warehouses, implementing automated reporting frameworks, and optimizing query performance for large-scale operations
• Translating reporting requirements into robust technical solutions
• Maintaining data quality standards and creating self-service analytics capabilities that enable data-driven decision-making across the organization
• Documenting data flows and transformation logic
• Creating automated reporting solutions and dashboards for business stakeholders
• Establishing standardized reporting frameworks and templates
• Researching and prototyping AI-driven solutions for report automation, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics
• Implementing data validation and quality checks across systems
• Monitoring and ensuring data consistency and accuracy
• Supporting data governance initiatives
• Collaborating with stakeholders to gather, refine, and document reporting requirements
• Performing other job-related duties as assigned

Senior SQL Developer

Operations

• Query data sources to extract and compile contact lists for member cultivation and stewardship outreach.
• Provide mail and email production support including proofreading copy and tests, mail merging, printing, sending, creating source codes in the CRM database, and tracking contact histories for highly personalized fundraising and stewardship communications going to funders by email and mail.
• Perform data entry and collection tasks related to member records, member activities and communications, and development team expense and supplies tracking.
• Update and distribute routine fundraising performance reports to enable analysis by team leaders.
• Ensure data integrity by executing regular quality control and data hygiene processes.
• Develop and refine systems and tools, often in collaboration with other departments, including IT, to improve operational efficiency and project management.
• Document processes and methodologies and provide cross training for other team members.
• Update fields and tables in CRM database to adapt to evolving tracking needs.
• Maintain the development team’s shared files by implementing and adhering to logical hierarchies, standardized file naming conventions, and regular archiving and purging according to the Center’s document retention best practices.
• Receive cross training to provide coverage for other data and administrative tasks.
• Participate in other fundraising and outreach activities as needed.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Paralegal – Associate, Staff, Senior

Content Producer

Law Clerk – Summer 2026, Government Affairs

Senior SQL Developer

Development Operations Associate – Administrative Emphasis