Office Manager

Who we are

The News Literacy Project, founded in 2008, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a national movement to ensure that all students are guaranteed to be skilled in news literacy before high school graduation, giving them the knowledge and ability to participate in civic society as well-informed, critical thinkers. NLP is the country’s leading provider of news literacy education and works with districts and educators in all 50 states, primarily through our signature e-learning platform, Checkology®, and weekly educator newsletter, The Sift®. To read more about the organization and our plans, visit our website.

Where you fit in

The News Literacy Project empowers educators to teach middle and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age. We are at an exciting inflection point for our work, and we are making critical investments to rapidly scale our growth and impact. To that end, we are seeking an Office Manager to oversee office administration and ensure efficient day-to-day operations. This is a great opportunity for you to support the operational foundation of a mission-driven organization and help ensure staff across the country have what they need to succeed. We’re looking for someone who can have an immediate and meaningful impact on our work, bringing strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative spirit.

This position reports to the Director of Administration.

About the position

The Office Manager provides essential administrative and operational coordination to the organization, helping ensure that office systems, supplies, communications, and processes run smoothly and effectively. Working closely with the Director of Administration and collaborating across teams, this position supports staff needs, coordinates logistical and administrative activities, and helps maintain an organized and welcoming work environment. This role is well suited for someone who enjoys creating order, solving problems, managing multiple priorities, and supporting colleagues in a mission-driven nonprofit setting.

Specifically, in this job, you will:

• Sort and distribute incoming mail once or twice per week.
• Scan all incoming checks and route them to appropriate staff once or twice per week.
• Serve as liaison with building management for office needs, conference room reservations and other staff requests.
• Create tax acknowledgment letters and assist the Development team with other special mailings or projects once or twice per week.
• Answer the office phone; retrieve and distribute incoming voicemails to staff.
• Monitor, respond to and route messages received through the organization’s general email inbox.
• Keep the NLP office workspace and files organized.
• Maintain the office supply, equipment, and swag/collateral inventory.
• Coordinate the mailing of supplies to staff and NLP swag/collateral to staff, educators, partners, and supporters.
• Assist in coordinating logistics for conferences that NLP staff attend, including shipping booth materials, collateral, and swag for events.
• Support staff with procurement needs, including securing travel reservations, making professional development purchases, procuring supplies, etc.
• Work on special projects and event support as assigned.
• Assist with accounts payable and administrative finance processes as assigned.

This part-time position (20 hours per week) is based in Washington, DC. The Office Manager is expected to work in person in the Washington office four days per week, with the opportunity to work remotely one day per week. Once per year the Office Manager is expected to travel for the annual all-staff retreat. Highly qualified candidates who live in the D.C. area and are authorized to work in the United States are encouraged to apply.

About you

This position will support teams that impact many thousands of educators and hundreds of thousands of students in schools across the country, and it plays an important role in achieving our organizational strategy. As the Office Manager, you will partner with the Director of Administration and Chief Operating Officer to ensure staff have the operational support, systems, and resources they need to do their best work in service of NLP’s mission. While we do not expect candidates to meet all qualifications, the successful candidate will have all or most of the following:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in office management or administrative support.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (particularly Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and comfort learning new technology systems.
• Attention to detail, with strong time management and organizational skills.
• A collaborative, solutionsoriented mindset with strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to thrive in a remote, mission-driven work environment.
• Nonprofit experience is highly desirable.
• Bookkeeping experience is a plus.
• Be able to lift 50lbs.

Compensation and benefits

The salary for this position is $28 to $30/hour, depending on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Applications

To apply, upload a cover letter and a résumé at https://bit.ly/NLPJobs. The application deadline is 5 p.m. ET on June 26, 2026. We hope to hire as quickly as possible for a start date around August 24, 2026.

NOTE: To ensure the integrity and fairness of our anonymized evaluation process in making the initial assessment of candidates based on skills and experience, staff members do not respond to individual inquiries about employment with NLP. Please visit our website for more information.

Our Hiring Process

Candidates selected to participate will be asked to complete a skills assessment (1-2 hours) and up to two rounds of interviews (1-2 hours total). Interviews are conducted one-on-one and in group settings. Finalists will be asked to provide references.

The News Literacy Project welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds. We offer equal opportunity in employment for all qualified persons and prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, ancestry, age, veteran status, disability unrelated to job requirements, genetic information, military service or other protected status.

We deeply value diversity in the workplace and strongly believe that a diverse team enriches our organization and strengthens our ability to realize our mission (read/print NLP’s Organizational Values [PDF] and Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [PDF]).

As part of our commitment to building a diverse and inclusive workforce, we invite candidates to voluntarily self-identify demographic information. This information is kept confidential, is not shared with hiring managers, and is used in aggregate to help evaluate and improve our recruitment efforts.