Title: Associate, Policy & Advocacy

Department: U.S. Division

Center Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights worldwide. With offices in New York City, and Washington, D.C.; Nairobi, Kenya; Bogota, Colombia; and Geneva, Switzerland, the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 270+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center’s human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has powered the Center’s exceptional growth to an operating budget of over $60 million and won the respect of law firms in countries around the world. Our global pro bono network includes over 3,000 lawyers across 6 continents, 88 countries, and 140+ law firms. Last year, law firms contributed over $35 million USD in pro bono legal services. The Center’s Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world’s population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they were in 2020. The Center has a record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights. We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. The Center has also led development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights. It has built the legal capacity of women’s rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting. To learn more about the Center, please go to www.reproductiverights.org . 

The Job: The Associate, U.S. Policy & Advocacy, reports directly to the Manager, U.S. Policy & Advocacy. The role provides critical administrative and coordination support to the Center’s U.S. Policy & Advocacy Unit, including but not limited to administrative duties, scheduling and logistical support, project managing unit led collaborations, and supporting research and communications. The Associate will be a key point of contact for questions from unit staff related to operations and administrative processes and will lead with a customer service mindset to triage solutions or answers. 

This position will be based in the Center’s Washington DC office in a hybrid model of 3 days in-office, 2 days working-from-home. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

Administrative Duties 

• Provides calendar and travel logistics support to the Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy. 
• Support travel logistics for clients, partners, and U.S. Division staff. 
• As needed, provide administrative support to members of the Policy and Advocacy unit, including managing expense reports. 
• Monitors team email accounts and triages requests to appropriate staff. 
• Meeting scheduling, agenda setting, note taking and document management for the U.S. Policy & Advocacy Unit, in close collaboration with the Manager, U.S. Policy & Advocacy. 
• Be one of the first points of contact for questions from U.S. Division staff on operations or administrative issues and provide a customer service approach to directing them to resources or directly providing answers. 
• Supports maintenance and data quality of contact management systems, in close collaboration with the Manager, U.S. Policy & Advocacy. 
• Supports team events, including but not limited to webinar back-end support and logistics for in person retreats. 
• Supports Unit or Division invoice processing. 
• Supports Unit or Division budgeting, with direct guidance from the owner of the budgeting process. 

Project Management Support 

• Provides project management support to unit-led working groups, in close collaboration with the Manager, U.S. Policy & Advocacy. 

Reporting and Research support 

• Provides tracking and research support to the U.S. Policy & Advocacy Unit in close collaboration with colleagues leading the tracking or research project. 
• Supports internal communications from the U.S. Policy & Advocacy Unit. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

Compensation:  This position's salary is $34.58 hourly equating to an annual salary of $62,930. This salary reflects a position based in New York City or Washington, D.C. This salary will be subject to a downward locality adjustment if authorization is granted to work outside the location listed in this posting. Note that most of the salaries listed on our job postings reflect New York, NY salaries, where our National offices are headquartered.

Union Status:  This position will be part of the CRR Union, a shop within Local 2110 United Auto Workers—Technical, Office, and Professional Workers Union. 

FLSA Exempt Status:  This is a non-exempt position.  

Level: P2a

Benefits: 

• Health: The Center provides a comprehensive health insurance plan with no in-network deductible and best-in-class reproductive healthcare coverage, including infertility. The Center also offers Dental and Vision coverage.  
• Well-being: The Center offers resources to help prevent and recover from burnout through different programs that enable mental, physical, and community well-being. The Center provides generous leave, including paid parental leave, personal days, vacation, and sick leave. We are closed the last week of December to allow staff to spend winter holiday time with their loved ones. 
• Investment: After the first year of employment, the Center will contribute 7.5%* of your annual salary to a 401(k) (*applicable only in US and Kenya). 

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The Center is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all communities to apply. If you are excited about this role but unsure about whether your experience aligns with the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles. To learn more about the Center’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, please visit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Center for Reproductive Rights. 

Center policy on visa sponsorship for U.S.-based positions: Applicants for employment in the U.S. must have valid work authorization that does not now and will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S. by The Center for Reproductive Rights. 

 

Qualifications: 

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience. 
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree preferred. 
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-team projects (experience with Microsoft Teams and/or Monday.com preferred). 
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. 
• Proactive and solutions-oriented approach with strong analytical/reasoning skills. 
• Demonstrated excellent writing and verbal communications skills. 
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint). 
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, solve problems independently, and escalate issues appropriately. 
• Ability to complete assignments in a timely and professional manner, often under time pressure and while multi-tasking. 
• Demonstrated openness to feedback, continuous learning, and professional development. 
• Displays a problem-solving and supportive attitude with colleagues and works to support the goals of the Policy and Advocacy Unit, U.S. Program Division, and the Center. 
• Demonstrates a commitment to inclusive equity work and incorporating inclusive equitable principles into legal, programmatic, and partnership work. 
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the Center as well as with external partners, including coalition members, legislative offices, and others. 
• Ability to travel as needed for coalition engagement, advocacy opportunities, stakeholder meetings, conferences, organizational initiatives, and other work-related activities.