NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER

The National Women’s Law Center fights for gender justice — in the courts, in public policy, and in our society — working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls. NWLC uses the law in all its forms to change culture and drive solutions to the gender inequity that shapes our society and to break down the barriers that harm all of us — especially those who face multiple forms of discrimination, including women of color, LGBTQ+ people, and low-income women and families. For more than 45 years, NWLC has been on the leading edge of every major legal and policy victory for women.

Judicial Nominations and Policy Innovator

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Supervisor: Director of Nominations & Cross-Cutting Policy

JOB DESCRIPTION

The National Women’s Law Center’s Strategy and Policy team is seeking an Innovator who can increase the team’s capacity to develop processes for engagement with attorneys to establish a pipeline of candidates for federal judgeships from underrepresented backgrounds and establish and strengthen its relationships with bar associations and other legal professional organizations across the country.

The Innovator’s job duties will include:

• Data analysis to include gathering and analyzing data from the attorneys with whom NWLC connects for the pipeline. This would include surveying the attorneys, collating and synthesizing the responses to report on demographic trends to help assess if the organization is reaching the attorneys it hopes to have in the pipeline.
• Drafting mass communications to the attorneys in the pipeline. This would include coordinating and planning webinar-based trainings for attorneys on the judicial and executive nominations process, informing attorneys about upcoming trainings, helping attorneys register for those trainings, and running the trainings under the supervision of the Director of Nominations and Cross-Cutting Policies.
• Managing the contact database and reviewing requests for assistance from attorneys in the pipeline. Under the supervision of the Director of Nominations and Cross-Cutting Policies, the Innovator would review requests for assistance on the judicial and executive nominations process and provide relevant information.
• Review and recommend processes for improvement. The Innovator will work with the Director of Nominations and Cross-Cutting Policies to ensure that engagement and communications with bar associations and attorneys in the pipeline are properly tracked, reviewed, and stored for record-keeping and easy retrieval.

DESIRED SKILLS

The ideal candidate must possess:

• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong office and organization skills, including attention to detail, proofreading, and excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, diverse, and inclusive team setting, remaining flexible, resourceful and proactive.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with a diverse group of key organizational and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze qualitative data.
• Demonstrated commitment to and/or experience working on gender and racial equity and centering communities of color in their approach to work.

Additional preferred skills and knowledge:

• Experience with contact management systems.
• A collaborative and collegial approach.

TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund Innovator

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Supervisor: Program Manager, TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund

JOB DESCRIPTION

The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund is the first of its kind, nationwide effort dedicated to helping workers – especially low wage workers – who are facing workplace sexual harassment. TULDF helps workers facing sexual harassment connect with attorneys, fund legal fees and provides media assistance for selected cases of workplace sexual harassment. TULDF also funds outreach grants for organizations that work with low wage workers on the issue of workplace sexual harassment. The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund is housed at and administered by the National Women’s Law Center.

The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund is seeking an Innovator who can increase the team’s capacity, strengthen its relationships with the attorneys in its Legal Network, and improve the timeliness of its responses to workers seeking attorneys.

The Innovator’s job duties will include:

• Drafting mass communications to the attorneys in the Legal Network. This would include writing the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund attorney newsletter and helping to coordinate and plan webinar based trainings for attorneys (thus far, webinar topics have included cyber harassment, trauma informed legal work, and special issues facing clients who are LGBTQ), and helping to recruit more attorneys for the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund.
• Reviewing requests for assistance from workers and assigning attorneys. Under the supervision of the Program Manager, the Innovator would review requests for assistance to TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund and help to find attorneys for the worker to speak with.
• Responding via email and phone calls to individuals seeking assistance from the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. Under the supervision of the Program Manager and after training, the Innovator would respond to individuals seeking assistance with information about how the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund works and how assistance can be accessed.
• Assisting with funding decisions. The Innovator would help review applications for legal and media assistance and participate in deciding which cases will receive TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund funding.
• The Innovator could be involved in a number of special projects involving using social media to spread information about the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund or increasing connections with other organizations that provide survivors with more comprehensive assistance.
• Ensuring proper procedures are followed for reimbursing attorneys. The Innovator would be responsible for checking the bills that attorneys provide for reimbursement to ensure they are accurate.
• Participating in other NWLC-related work including discussions about cutting edge gender justice issues and trainings regarding workplace sexual harassment and discrimination.

DESIRED SKILLS

• The work of TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund routinely requires staff to be exposed to stories about individuals who have been sexually harassed or assaulted. This can be very difficult emotionally. The ideal candidate would be someone who has some experience working with individuals who have been through trauma. The National Women’s Law Center does provide training for staff and excellent resources to deal with vicarious trauma.
• Adept at writing mass communications through email and other platforms.
• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with a diverse group of key organizational and external partners.
• Demonstrated commitment to and/or experience working on gender and racial equity and centering communities of color in their approach to work.