Volunteer Lawyer Organizer

Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network seeks the services of an experienced individual with the expertise to develop and execute a program for organizing volunteer lawyers into active and engaged participants through a variety of methods appropriate to the nature of the organization’s model. Our volunteer lawyers provide one hour consultations to terminated federal workers and current feds with employment issues to educate them about their rights and provide them with options tailored to their situation. Volunteer lawyers are the lifeblood of our organization. More information about our model can be found in the description of Rise Up on this website.

We believe that lawyer organizing is similar to other kinds of organizing but has its own characteristics and challenges. Labor organizing may provide a good model for the type of volunteer engagement we are looking for. There may also be other organizing models that can provide guidance to us in moving forward.

Given resource constraints, the plan needs to be implemented by a single person on contract to the organization with support from the Rise Up’s leadership team and Executive Assistant. We anticipate a weekly time commitment of about 20 hours per week.

We are looking for someone who has a combination of the experience and skills listed below:

• Five to seven years developing and executing lawyer, professional, labor or other organizing campaigns in roles that demonstrate increasing responsibility and/or five to seven years of experience with organizing and managing volunteers;
• Adeptness in developing and implementing a digital organizing strategy with clear and articulated objectives for unions, organizations and/or charitable campaigns;
• Developing metrics to evaluate impact and success of the organizing strategy;
• Working collaboratively with a leadership team under conditions that include high stakes and significant time pressure;
• Demonstrated ability to modify and pivot plans and programs depending on events and results;
• Excellent writing skills and ability to tailor message to specific audiences, including lawyers;
• Proficiency at using technology necessary to distribute weekly messages to large groups of volunteers;

Hours needed

This is a part time job of up to 50 percent time. At some point it may develop into a full-time consultancy.

Remuneration

This is a 3-6 month consultancy contract at a monthly rate of $7,000 full-time ($3,500 for 50 percent time), starting as soon as a suitable candidate is hired.

Please send a resume and cover letter to Noah Evans at nevans@workerslegaldefense.org. Use the subject line Volunteer Organizer Position.