Job Opportunities
Staff Attorney
The Staff Attorney works with the Senior Counsel and Legal Director of the Appignani Humanist Legal Center of the American Humanist Association to help accomplish all aspects of legal activities.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Screen legal inquiries and assist with and strategizing the best course of action.
- Draft correspondences on behalf of clients complaining of unconstitutional conduct.
- Assist with all aspects of litigation of cases that AHLC litigates in-house, such as discovery, motion practice, and other aspects of civil case handling.
- Legal research and writing, including dispositive motions and appellate briefs.
- Communicate with and assist local counsel in pending cases.
- Assist with amicus brief opportunities.
- Represent the AHA at relevant coalition meetings.
- Assist with the promotion and publicity of AHLC activities.
Requirements:
- JD and bar admission.
- At least three years of civil litigation experience, preferably handling constitutional litigation in federal courts.
- Meticulous attention to detail while multi-tasking
- Strong communication skills and developed copyediting abilities
- Initiative to discover and take on new projects
- Commitment to the organization’s humanist goals
Starting salary will be $55-65K. The AHA offers good benefits, including full health insurance, a generous leave program, and a 403(b) retirement savings plan that includes a partial match.
To Apply: Send resume and cover letter to: jobs@americanhumanist.org
The AHA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to join our team. We strongly encourage people of color, transgender and non-binary people to apply for our open positions. We encourage you to explore our website for more information about our work. The American Humanist Association advocates progressive values and equality for humanists. Our motto is: Good Without A God.
Social Justice and Legislative Assistant
The Social Justice and Legislative Assistant supports the intersectional social justice work of the American Humanist Association (AHA) including facilitating the development of social justice adjunct groups, as well as assists with AHA’s legislative priorities. Current groups include the LGBTQ Humanist Alliance, the Feminist Humanist Alliance, the Black Humanist Alliance, and the Latinx Humanist Alliance. This position reports to the Legislative and Social Justice Manager.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supporting Social Justice Alliances
- Establish regular communications with volunteer leaders
- Support the engagement of the alliances with and connect them to AHA staff resources
- Assist in preparations for monthly meetings and online discussions for each adjunct
- Prepare and distribute quarterly newsletters for each alliance
- Assist in National Level Advocacy
- Support Legislative and Social Justice Manager in coalition meetings, direct lobbying, and grassroots lobbying across the spectrum of issues the AHA addresses
- Specifically track and lobby on social justice related legislation
- Assist in Local Level Advocacy
- Help develop ideas for programs and events that local AHA groups can implement to advocate for social justice issues at the local level
- Discover ways for adjuncts to collaborate with and form partnerships between related organizations in and out of the nontheist movement
- Assist with prison project coordination
- Help organize AHA involvement in national and regional marches and other protests
- Social Media
- Manage social media presence for social justice alliances
- Support social media staffer with organizational social justice presence on social media
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Experience with social justice work
- Experience working with Congress and/or state legislatures
- Familiarity with and understanding of humanism
- Ability to work independently to further the aims of the AHA and its adjunct groups
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to resolve conflicts, and balance criticism and praise
- Solid computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office products
- Solid working knowledge of social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
Starting salary will be $32-40K. The AHA offers good benefits, including full health insurance, a generous leave program, and a 403(b) retirement savings plan that includes a partial match.
To Apply: Send resume and cover letter to: job@americanhumanist.org
The AHA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to join our team. We strongly encourage people of color, transgender and non-binary people to apply for our open positions. We encourage you to explore our website for more information about our work. The American Humanist Association advocates progressive values and equality for humanists. Our motto is: Good Without A God.
Social Media and Editorial Assistant
The Social Media and Editorial Assistant reports to the Deputy Director/Editor in Chief handling communications needs in social media, producing quarterly membership newspaper, and providing editing assistance to the Humanist magazine. Requires expertise in social media, along with strong writing and editing skills.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Use leading social media platforms to promote the American Humanist Association (AHA) and its mission, consistently expanding the AHA’s base of followers while taking advantage of opportunities to engage—always keeping messaging consistent with AHA policies and image:
- On Facebook, create and schedule regular posts, make stories, develop and manage ads, manage engagement (comments, visitor posts, messenger, tagged posts, AHA hashtags), interact with other pages, manage events, update cover image, add profile/photo frames, monitor fundraising efforts (initiated by AHA and followers)
- On Twitter, create and schedule regular posts, develop ads, monitor useful trending hashtags and concepts, manage engagement (comments, direct messages, tagged posts, AHA hashtags), interact with other accounts, update cover image, live-tweet events as needed
- Manage other platforms: currently, we also emphasize Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Discus, but that mix may shift depending on technology and trends
- Monitor discussions and remove content and users as needed
- Ensure target AHA educational and advocacy programs receive sufficient publicity and seek ways to expand the fundraising potential online
- Utilize volunteers to bolster outreach and find ways to leverage friendly influencers
- Assist in production of the Humanist magazine:
- Review incoming submissions and assist with rejection and acceptance communication
- Assist with copy editing of articles, columns, and other items
- Write profiles and short pieces as assigned
- Participate in design and layout process with Editor and Graphic Designer
- Assist with contributor communication and mailing list
- Manage production of the Free Mind newsletter:
- Include adapted press releases with advice from communications
- Ensure information is gathered for regular blurbs like news of note, contributors lists, obituaries, coalitions, chapters, cartoons, and the article from the executive director
- Help select best organizationally focused articles from theHumanist.com
- Secure photo permissions
- Work with copy editors and graphic designer to bring the publication to print
- Support other activities and events of the AHA as needed, i.e. writing for TheHumanist.com, copy editing other AHA materials, and assisting at fundraising events or other special events
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience
- Experience managing and growing organizational social media
- Strong proofreading and copy editing abilities
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability and interest in promoting humanist viewpoints
Starting salary will be $32-40K. The AHA offers full health insurance, a generous leave program, and a 403(b) retirement savings plan that includes a partial match.
To apply: send resume and cover letter to: job@americanhumanist.org
The AHA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to join our team. We strongly encourage people of color, transgender and non-binary people to apply for our open positions. We encourage you to explore our website for more information about our work. The American Humanist Association advocates progressive values and equality for humanists. Our motto is: Good Without A God.
Internship Opportunities
The American Humanist Association has internships available year-round for students, recent grads, and volunteers in Washington, DC. Interns will develop a more comprehensive understanding of how a progressive, national nonprofit organization works, while gaining valuable skills for the future.
An internship at the AHA will provide an opportunity to support the organization’s current work: advancing humanist values and progressive issue advocacy, focusing on church-state separation, civil liberties, reproductive freedom, human rights, and equality.
Internships are currently available in following areas:
Videography and Design Internship
The American Humanist Association is hiring a part-time videography and design intern for the upcoming Spring 2019 semester. This position is a great opportunity to assist the organization’s current work advancing humanist values and increasing public awareness of humanism.
The videography and design intern will:
- Assist in drafting, editing, and creating projects using Adobe Creative Suite.
- Help build creative video products for use across a variety of social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
- Assist on post-production tasks such as reviewing footage, making editorial decisions, tape logging, rough cuts, audio adjustment, color correction, and final editing.
- Make insightful, creative, and actionable recommendations on how to improve content and campaigns.
- Match produced video content to existing American Humanist Association brand standards.
Applicants must be organized, self-motivated, reliable, and demonstrate an understanding of humanism and interest in progressive issues. Interns are expected to work at the American Humanist Association national office, located at 1821 Jefferson Place NW, Washington, DC, and travel and shoot at a variety of locations within the DC metro area for a combined 10-15 hours weekly starting January 7.
Please send the following materials to Sarah Henry at shenry@americanhumanist.org:
- Cover letter, detailing your experience relevant to the position and your interest and background in secular humanism.
- Current resume, including knowledge and/or access to specific equipment.
- Video sample.
- Weekly availability.
Legal Internship
The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center accepts interns year-round. To be considered for the Fall of 2019, please apply by July 31, 2019. The AHA’s legal arm, the Appignani Humanist Legal Center, handles constitutional litigation and church-state separation cases, with clients ranging from parents and students to federal inmates.
The legal intern is primarily responsible for researching and writing legal memoranda and assisting in litigation under the supervision of the legal center’s attorneys. The intern may also be assigned the task of investigating new complaints, maintaining case files and submitting public records requests. Learn more here!