States United Democracy Center

General Counsel

• Perform all duties in accordance with States United’s values of integrity, inclusion, collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Provide strategic legal counsel to the COO and Executive team on legal and regulatory matters that impact our work.
• Identify, research, implement and oversee policies to address potential organizational risks.
• Ensure that the organization is in compliance with all professional responsibility requirements associated with delivering legal services.
• Draft and review agreements and retention letters that support litigation and other direct legal services; provide guidance on questions regarding conflicts and privilege.
• Ensure compliance with IRS 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) regulations, including the interplay between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entity compliance and governance, lobbying and advocacy restrictions, state charitable registration requirements, grant conditions, and applicable local and federal laws that impact the organization.
• Serve as a liaison with outside compliance, ethics, and employment counsel to ensure the quality of legal services delivered to the organization.
• Continuously monitor changes in the legal and regulatory environment affecting the organization.
• Maintain policy library for the organization.
• Help develop and manage a robust collection of templates for commonly used legal documents and agreements.
• Implement standardized procedures to ensure consistent and compliant legal practices throughout the organization.
• Assist COO on employment law, HR issues and policy compliance and workplace practices.
• Advise COO on liability and insurance matters, working with external brokers to determine appropriate insurance liability.

Communications

• Perform all duties in accordance with States United’s values of integrity, inclusion, collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Work with the SVP of Communications and organizational leadership to develop, manage, and implement States United’s earned and digital communications strategy
• Work with other departments, programs, and senior leadership to strengthen the visibility and impact of the organization and the state officials we support.
• Develop and manage States United’s messaging, profile building, and brand
• Develop and manage rapid response and crisis communications planning and support for States United and for key stakeholders.
• Set priorities for the Communications Department, track and manage progress to goals, and provide coaching and support to ensure team members meet and exceed goals.
• Provide strategic guidance and oversee the development and distribution of communications materials and messaging for States United and key stakeholders.
• Consult on strategy, execution, and delivery of polling, message development, and other research products.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key reporters, influencers, and partner organizations.
• Serve as an expert/advisor to States United advisory board members, key stakeholders, and staff.
• Serve as a project manager for cross-departmental communications-led projects as needed.
• Cultivate and manage States United’s communications staff and consultants, executing the organization’s communications strategies.

Director of Communications

Project Manager

• Project manage litigation tracking project including maintaining database
• Monitor new cases, appeals, and case developments
• Draft summaries of litigation for sophisticated users and the public

Research and Project Management Attorney

Legal Assistant

• Provide high-level administrative and research support to the Legal team
• Schedule, prepare daily meetings and events, create briefing materials, take notes, draft agendas, and make travel arrangements
• Conduct online research, prepare memos, copyedit legal and other documents, and manage external relationships and support to state partners
• Manage and coordinate schedules; book and schedule internal and external meetings and events (both virtual and in-person)
• Prepare materials for meetings and events, including agendas, handouts, slide decks, talking points, and briefing memos
• Take notes at meetings and prepare lists of follow-up tasks
• Serve as the point of contact for the legal department and related cross-departmental inquiries
• Set up and maintain file systems, document sharing, to-do lists, and work stream trackers
• Assist in the production and service of legal filings
• Collaborate with other members of the States United team to manage logistics and prepare materials for organization-wide events and meetings

Consultant

• Perform all duties in accordance with States United’s values of integrity, inclusion, collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Working with partners, vendors, and consultants with digital and design responsibilities for internal projects and cross-departmental activities.
• Working in close collaboration with staff across the organization to develop and execute digital campaigns (including both paid and organic resources) focused on rule of law, election protection, and the work of state officials.
• Collaborating with communication staff to support long and short-term content strategy and editorial planning.
• Tracking and analyzing digital metrics and budget.
• Supporting day-to-day content updates to owned digital channels (websites, social, newsletter).
• Assisting with special projects led by the Digital Director and other members of the States United team.

Digital Consultant

Research Analyst

• Support the organization’s polling program under the direction of the Senior Researcher
• Assist in the design of survey instruments and survey experiments
• Clean, analyze, and interpret survey data using R/RStudio
• Prepare tables, charts, and written memos to summarize polling results for internal and external audiences
• Work with survey vendors on data delivery, documentation, and quality checks
• Track and summarize relevant public opinion polling and academic research
• Contribute to maintaining internal polling documentation and reproducible research workflows
• Provide research support for other election protection projects produced by the research team
• Collaborate with colleagues across teams to respond to research requests and other evolving organizational needs

General Counsel

Director of Communications

Research and Project Management Attorney

Legal Assistant

Digital Consultant

Research Associate, Polling & Public Opinion