Events & Operations Coordinator

Law for Black Lives (L4BL) is seeking an exceptionally organized and detail-oriented person to join the organization as the Events & Operations Coordinator. This position is a unique opportunity to support the building of a strong organization as we build an emerging radical national network of lawyers, legal workers, and law students, and support our movement and legal field partners across the country, all working towards Black liberation.

About Law for Black Lives

Law For Black Lives (L4BL) is dedicated to transforming the legal field by promoting movement lawyering and cultivating a national community of radical law students, lawyers, and legal workers, building the power of local organizing to defend, protect, and advance Black Liberation, and transforming the law to change the conditions of the struggle and defend Black Lives. L4BL is a fiscally sponsored project at NEO Philanthropy.

Through the coordination and provision of legal support, training, mentorship, research, political education, policy, and popular education tools, we are building a legal infrastructure that is responsive, action-oriented, and collaborative.

Role Description & Key Responsibilities

The Events & Operations Coordinator will be responsible for the overall coordination of L4BL’s internal and external events, calendars and travel arrangements, purchases, and marketing collateral. The Events & Operations Coordinator will work under the direction of the Operations & Administration Manager to support the organization in meeting its goals of transforming the law, transforming the legal field, and supporting Black-led base building. Specifically, the Events & Operations Coordinator will be responsible for the following key pieces of work:

LEADERSHIP:

• Support L4BL leadership in the implementation of organizational strategy
• Represent the organization to key stakeholders
• Represent the organization at key conferences and retreats
• Strive to bring the values of Law for Black Lives into practice.

LOGISTICS & OPERATIONS:

• Coordinate travel arrangements and accommodations
• Coordinate scheduling, and calendar management

EVENTS:

• Coordinate internal and external, digital and in-person event logistics
• Organize and coordinate host committees where appropriate
• Provide technical support for programming and events
• Maintain records of vendors and contractors

FINANCE:

• Coordinate purchases, contracts, reimbursements, honorarium, and invoices.
• Coordinate and organize organizational vendors and contractors.

DEVELOPMENT:

• Develop and maintain relationships with business partners, vendors, and sponsors.
• Support the Development Manager and coordinate development events, sponsorship, marketing, and thank yous.
• Collaborate with the Membership Department and the Development Manager to coordinate the Membership Boxes.

STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES:

• Assess resource opportunities as they arise, and identify points of leverage, opportunity, and alignment.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Skills & Experiences

• Deep commitment to and enthusiasm for L4BL.
• Familiarity and comfort with L4BL’s values and those of fellow abolitionist movement partners with a strong understanding of Black organizing, Black liberation, intersectionality, and anti-oppression principles and practices.
• Proven track record of utilizing personal and professional engagements to successfully engage with Law for Black Lives politics (including Black Queer Feminism, Abolition, and movement lawyering)
• At least three (3) years of successful event planning experience required. Strong preference for event planning for professional and community gatherings.
• At least one (1) year of experience with coalition-based events and gatherings.
• At least two (2) years of experience providing logistical and administrative support
• At least one (1) year of experience with HR
• At least one (1) experience with nonprofit finance
• At least one (1) year of experience working in the legal field, with lawyers, law students, and legal workers preferred.
• A proven track record for successful negotiations with vendors and timely coordination of contractors.
• Experience engaging community and movement organizations, preferably with strong relationships with organizations doing Black liberation work.
• Strong relationship-building skills.
• Experience engaging membership and expanding reach and members of an organization.
• Ability to effectively facilitate and lead meetings.
• A proven reputation for paying attention to detail.
• Able to effectively represent L4BL to a variety of audiences and communities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to provide leadership within a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work well with a team.
• Exceptional organizational skills for effective project management.

Position: Full-time salaried employee. Overtime exempt.

Compensation: $75,000 - $80,000 commensurate with experience. Through NEO Philanthropy, this position is offered a full benefits package, including 100% medical coverage for the employee and 90% medical coverage for dependents; 100% coverage for vision, dental, life/AD&D, and long-term disability. NEO also offers a 401K retirement savings plan, Healthcare Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA, commuter benefits, Employee Assistance Program, other supplemental benefits and paid time off.

Location: This is a remote position; however, at least quarterly travel will be required.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift 25 lbs
• Ability to sit or stand for prolonged periods in meetings or while working on a computer
• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk and reach
• Required to push, pull, lift and carry

Start Date: July 2025

Reports To: Operations & Administration Manager

Vaccination Requirement: L4BL at NEO staff are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Requests for medical and/or religious exemptions from the vaccination requirement will be considered on an individual basis.

TO APPLY: Submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and three (3)references at bit.ly/L4BLWork.

L4BL at NEO Philanthropy is an equal-opportunity employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status. We strongly encourage black people, people of color, women, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and people who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system to apply.

Law for Black Lives Guiding Values

• We believe in using the law for the people and that legal tools should be used to build the power of movements.
• We are committed to the liberation and self-determination of all Black people -- including Black women and LGBTQIA folks.
• We hold ourselves accountable to support movements for Black liberation, including organic uprisings. This means following the leadership of movement organizers and taking direction and feedback from our partners.
• We are political. We understand that this work requires political lawyering and explicit partnership with movement activists/organizers.
• We strive to think creatively and collectively about how the law can be used to support movements while respecting activists’ and organizers’ political choices.
• We are unapologetically committed to developing and following the leadership of Black people within the law.
• We believe in the importance and necessity of an agile and radical legal infrastructure that supports liberation movements.
• We believe in actively combating elitism, hierarchies, and lawyer-centric tendencies within the legal world.
• We believe in an internationalist approach that draws connections between the struggle for human rights and dignity in Black communities in the United States and across the globe.
• We are committed to continued growth, and in the words of Mary Hooks, we are willing and ready to be transformed in service of the work.
• We believe in creating a space that is affirming, healing, transparent, and respectful. We work to ensure that those spaces don’t replicate the kinds of oppression, harm, and trauma that we are working against.