Description:
The Position:A United States Non-Profit Organization seeks a fellow or legal fellow focused on health equity and justice. This role will support the Center's legal and policy work on health access, including gynecological cancer disparities reduction, with a focus on BIPOC, women with few financial resources, and women who face other barriers to care. This role will be on the Center's Reproductive Rights and Health team and is a full-time, one-year term-limited position, to begin in summer 2024.
This is a full-time exempt position of 37.5 hours per week.
The Organization:
A United States Non-Profit Organization 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.
We use 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 50 years, we have been on the leading edge of every major legal and policy victory for women, and we need you with us to continue this fight.
Responsibilities:
- Conducting legal and policy analysis of federal and state legislative and administrative proposals;
- Legal and policy research;
- Drafting written materials, including responses to proposed rules and other agency initiatives on women's health issues, factsheets, talking points, blogs and other materials;
- Working with federal and state policymakers and advocates to work on policy development, including identifying ways to make advancements in the areas of health equity and justice in a creative and imaginative way;
- Participating in coalition meetings and working closely with partners in various progressive coalitions;
- Representing the Center at coalition meetings, conferences, and at public events;
- Working in close coordination with key Center staff, including those on the Reproductive Rights and Health team, other Center staff undertaking federal and state advocacy work, and the Campaign and Communications Team, to strategically and collectively further the Center's work.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have:
- A law degree (JD)
- To be considered as a legal fellow, admission to a state bar with ability to waive into the DC Bar if not already admitted;
- Excellent research, analytical, and writing skills;
- Ability to translate scientific and observational research into concrete policy objectives;
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, stakeholders and those seeking access to health care;
- Ability to collaborate with and build trust with key stakeholders;
- Outstanding time management and organizational skills, with careful attention to detail;
- A demonstrated ability to perform well independently with grace under pressure in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment;
- Commitment to centering diversity and equity in executing key responsibilities;
- Collaborative and collegial approach, and an ability and desire to work in a team-based environment, and an orientation to the work that recognizes and values the contributions of all team members;
Preferred:
- Knowledge of health equity and justice issues;
- Demonstrated commitment to and experience working on gender and racial equity and centering communities of color in their approach to work;
- Proven ability to work independently and a high degree of self-motivation;